# Will there ever be a Book of the Old Sun? *The Urth list — 9 messages, 6 voices, 19 Jan 2003* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Anthony Ferrara *19 Jan 2003, 16:43* Since Wolfe complemented (title wise, that is) his Book of the Long Sun series with a Book of the Short Sun series, why not write a Book of the Old Sun series? Obviously, this could take place before Anthony --- ### Josh Geller *19 Jan 2003, 16:48 · follows Anthony Ferrara* > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Anthony Ferrara wrote: > Since Wolfe complemented (title wise, that is) his Book of the Long Sun > series with a Book of the Short Sun series, why not write a Book of the > Old Sun series? Obviously, this could take place before > After he's written some more Latro stories. . --- ### Anthony Ferrara *19 Jan 2003, 17:19 · follows Josh Geller* I haven't read the Soldier books yet, but may order the Latro in the Mist omnibus. How would you rate them compared to Wolfe's other work? Anthony Josh Geller wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Anthony Ferrara wrote: > Since Wolfe complemented (title wise, that is) his Book of the Long Sun > series with a Book of the Short Sun series, why not write a Book of the > Old Sun series? Obviously, this could take place before > After he's written some more Latro stories. . --- ### Josh Geller *19 Jan 2003, 17:52 · follows Anthony Ferrara* > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Anthony Ferrara wrote: > Josh Geller wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Anthony Ferrara wrote: >> Since Wolfe complemented (title wise, that is) his Book of the Long Sun >> series with a Book of the Short Sun series, why not write a Book of the >> Old Sun series? Obviously, this could take place before > After he's written some more Latro stories. > I haven't read the Soldier books yet, but may order the Latro in the > Mist omnibus. How would you rate them compared to Wolfe's other work? They may be right up there with 'The Book Of The New Sun'. It's hard to say, as the story is not complete. . --- ### Michael Straight *20 Jan 2003, 01:53 · follows Josh Geller* > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Anthony Ferrara wrote: > I haven't read the Soldier books yet, but may order the Latro in the > Mist omnibus. How would you rate them compared to Wolfe's other work? I like them as much or more than Wolfe's other novels. -Rostrum --- ### James Jordan *20 Jan 2003, 18:33 · follows Michael Straight* > At 10:43 AM 1/19/2003, you wrote: > Since Wolfe complemented (title wise, that is) his Book of the Long Sun > series with a Book of the Short Sun series, why not write a Book of the > Old Sun series? Obviously, this could take place befo > > Anthony Latro, man. Latro lives before the Ultimate New Sun arrived in history (the theoanthropos). He lives at the beginning of time, when memory is short, unlike Severian, who lives toward the end, when memory is almost infallible. Thematically, anyway, Latro is what you are looking for. Let's hope he lives to finish it the way he planned. It would be interesting to read the Soldier books with an eye on the Severian quintet, and see how many things are thematically or narratively parallel. I suspect there's a lot. Nutria --- ### James Jordan *20 Jan 2003, 18:35 · follows James Jordan* > At 07:53 PM 1/19/2003, you wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Anthony Ferrara wrote: >> I haven't read the Soldier books yet, but may order the Latro in the >> Mist omnibus. How would you rate them compared to Wolfe's other work? > I like them as much or more than Wolfe's other novels. > > -Rostrum You might want to skim Bulfinch's Mythology before starting in. You've gotta know a bit, yea more than a bit, about ancient Greek mythology. And if the series continues, you're going to have to know something about Zoroastrianism also, I suspect. Nutria --- ### Dan'l Danehy-Oakes *20 Jan 2003, 19:13 · follows James Jordan* To Anthony's: >> ... why not write a Book of the Old Sun ... Nutria respondeth: > Latro, man. Latro lives before the Ultimate New Sun arrived=20 > in history (the theoanthropos).=20 ... an interesting point. I'd noticed some of the obvious contrasts, but thinkin of it as a BotOS had not occurred to me. Yeah, may he finish it; I want to see how important Apollo turns out to be in all this ... --- ### Ryan Thistlethwaite *20 Jan 2003, 21:50 · follows Dan'l Danehy-Oakes* Who is he George Lucas?! I like a little MYSTERY in my life. The Old Sun is just that, OLD... ---