Torturer, Gene Wolfe, Sequels

Jaworski · 05 Jan 1989, 13:59 · from sf-lovers.1989.mbox

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From: johnj at ihuxy.att.com (Jaworski)
Subject: Re: Torturer, Gene Wolfe, Sequels
Date: 5 Jan 89 13:59:57 GMT
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> I have just recently discovered _The Shadow of the Torturer_ by Gene
> Wolfe, and am quite frankly dazed; seldom do I encounter prose so
> well-written that I reread sections not for the content, but to
> reexperience the writing.  It's sophisticated stuff.
> 
> Has anyone else encountered, and read, these?  The only others I have
> been able to find have been _Claw of the Conciliator_ and _Urth of the
> New Sun_, and I have read neither.  Should I put _Shadow_ down after
> reading it, and not read the sequels, or are they as well-written as the
> first?

I've read this series, except for the latest one which is _Urth of the New
Sun_.  There are four books in that series, I'm not sure what the names of
all four are, but I think other than _The Shadow of the Torturer_, and
_Claw of the Conciliator, there is _Sword of the Lictor(sp?)_ and something
of the Antioch.  This is if I remember correctly.

The series is well written for the style it is in.  If you liked the first
book, you should read the next three.  The whole series ties in nicely.  I
can't say I really liked the books, but I am glad that I took the time to
read them.  I haven't read the latest one, _Urth of the New Sun_ but I
probably will get around to it as soon as I finish about 20 other books I
have to read first.

John Jaworski

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