Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun

P Nielsen Hayden · 06 Feb 1996, 19:27 · from sf-lovers.1996.mbox

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From: pnh at tor.com (P Nielsen Hayden)
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 96 19:27:11 GMT
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"The Book of the New Sun" consists of the volumes THE SHADOW OF THE
TORTURER, THE CLAW OF THE CONCILIATOR, THE SWORD OF THE LICTOR, and THE
CITADEL OF THE AUTARCH.  Currently, these four books are available as two
trade paperback omnibuses from our Orb imprint: SHADOW AND CLAW contains
the first two, and SWORD AND CITADEL contains the second two.

THE URTH OF THE NEW SUN is a "pendant" - not really a sequel, to THE BOOK
OF THE NEW SUN.

"The Book of the Long Sun" is a separate four-volume sequence set in the
same universe, but some millenia earlier.  It consists of the volumes
NIGHTSIDE THE LONG SUN, LAKE OF THE LONG SUN, CALDE OF THE LONG SUN, and
the forthcoming (in fall '96) EXODUS FROM THE LONG SUN.

Patrick Nielsen Hayden

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