Wolfe's BOOK OF THE NEW SUN
The SF-Lovers list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 13 Aug 1992
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PAUL WINALSKI AT METOO c/o — undated

RE:  question about third book in the "Torturer" series

Gene Wolfe's BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is a tetralogy, not a trilogy.  The
four books are:

	The Shadow of the Torturer
	The Claw of the Conciliator
	The Sword of the Lictor
	The Citadel of the Autarch

THE SWORD OF THE LICTOR is currently available in hard cover only.
The first two books are available both in hard cover and in paperback.
Book four is supposed to be out in January.

I won't risk a spoiler by discussing plot details of tSotL.  Suffice
it to say that the literary quality is up to the high standards set by
the first two volumes, and there are plenty of loose ends to be tied
up in book four.

--PSW

[THE SWORD OF THE LICTOR is available in a Timescape paperback. THE
 CITADEL OF THE AUTARCH is only in hardback at the moment, with a
 paperback to come in early 1983. --Stuart]

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David Ben_Ami — 13 Aug 1992, 17:57
  follows, by subject match PAUL WINALSKI AT METOO c/o

Another question about the first book. Is Valeria the girl he meets in the
beginning of the book mentioned laterr?

I was sure that he'll meet her again (actually I expected he will fall in
love with her and not with Dorcas - but that's too much I guess :-)).

I seem to remember her name mentioned near the end of the first book but I
don't know where.

David Ben-Ami
s2780369 at Techst02.Technion.Ac.Il
davidba at Carmel.Technion.Ac.Il
davidba at Moav.Techniona.Ac.Il

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Michael Qvortrup — 14 Aug 1992, 07:52
  follows, by subject match David Ben_Ami

davidba at carmel.technion.ac.il (David Ben_Ami) writes:

> Another question about the first book. Is Valeria the girl he meets in
> the beginning of the book mentioned laterr?

You mean the one in the atrium with all the clocks (sunclocks?) when he is
looking for Triskele?

It was indeed my impression that they are the same person (but then again
that assumption is not that uncommon in the books :-)

Michael Christian Heide Qvortrup
Inst. of Scientific Computation
ETH, Zuerich
Switzerland
qvortrup at inf.ethz.ch

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