G.Wolfe _Shadow of the Torturer_

Janet M. Lafler · 23 Jul 1991, 16:49 · from rec.arts.sf-lovers.1991.mbox

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From: repnomar at leland.Stanford.EDU (Janet M. Lafler)
Subject: Re: G.Wolfe _Shadow of the Torturer_
Date: 23 Jul 91 16:49:22 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Jul23.164922.11000 at leland.Stanford.EDU>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
References: <9107221851.AA00898 at nowalls.UCSD.EDU>

In article <9107221851.AA00898 at nowalls.UCSD.EDU> scilib at NOWALLS.UCSD.EDU (Sci Eng Library) writes:
>I'm nearly finished reading Wolfe's SOTT and just noticed that it says
>"Volume One of The Book of the New Sun".  Does this mean it goes on (an on)?
>Is our main main Severian going to adventure his way through ___ more books?
>PLEASE, will someone let me know the titles?  Thanks!
>

One of the main features of Wolfe's narrative style is that his stories go
on and on beyond the point you could reasonably expect them to.  If you like
his tricks, he's great.

There are four books in the series, _The Shadow of the Torturer_, _The Claw
of the Conciliator_, _The Sword of the Lictor_ and _The Citadel of the 
Autarch_.  There is also a companion volume, _The Urth of the New Sun_,
which I haven't read but have been reliably informed is awful.  That's all
the books there are in the series; I think we can count on him not to write
any more.

Enjoy.

/Janet

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