Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun

Marcus Ogden · 07 Feb 1996, 12:36 · from sf-lovers.1996.mbox

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From: Marcus Ogden <mwo20 at cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun
Date: 7 Feb 1996 12:36:33 GMT
Message-ID: <sflovers-v21-17-14 at digest.sf-lovers>
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Excellent stuff, far-future SF set on an atmospherically evoked low-tech
Earth with high-tech undercurrents. Expect to have to pay close attention
to work out what the hell is going on. If you loved the literary quality of
the Hyperion books, you should enjoy these, though the tone is much darker.

The "Long Sun" series is newer, and as yet unfinished, but it has a
different setting (though with one or two very slight links) to the "New
Sun" books.

Marcus Ogden
mwo20 at cam.ac.uk

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