Another G.Wolfe book set in Urth milieu?

Dani Zweig · 16 Sep 1993, 02:21 · from sf-lovers.1993.mbox

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From: dani at netcom.com (Dani Zweig)
Subject: Re: Another G.Wolfe book set in Urth milieu?
Date: 16 Sep 93 02:21:09 GMT
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as at comlab.ox.ac.uk (Andrew Stevens):
>On a recent trip to the U.S. I could swear I either saw a flyer for, or a
>hard-back copy of, a new book by Gene Wolfe set in the Universe of the
>Book/Urth of the New Sun.

The first book in the new series, "Nightside the Long Sun", has been out
for a few months, and the second should be out some time this coming year.
It takes place on what appears to be a huge generation spaceship, and the
only evidence to date that it's in the same universe as The Book of the New
Sun is in the cover blurbs.  NtLS does not have the same magic as TBotNS,
but it's very good nonetheless, and it could become better as the story
progresses.

(Wolfe seems to be following the same pattern of exposing his protagonist
to an increasingly large world.  Just as "Shadow of the Torturer" only
serves to get Severian out of the guild and then out of the city, while
introducing us to his world, "Nightside the Long Sun" serves to get the
protagonist (a priest of sorts) onto the streets and involved with the
local underworld, while introducing us to his world.)

Dani Zweig

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