What is _Urth of the New Sun_ about?

AnomJ7t7 · 30 Dec 2003, 04:29 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2003.mbox

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From: anomj7t7 at aol.com (AnomJ7t7)
Subject: Re: What is _Urth of the New Sun_ about?
Date: 30 Dec 2003 04:29:49 GMT
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And just another brief aside...I'm not overly well read in the science fiction
genre,but it doesn't seem to me that this was ever a really popular theme
(dying sun or million years into the future type stories) alternate histories,
near future dystopias and space operas are a dime a dozen, but I suppose this
sort of sub-genre (if it really can be called that) would require quite a bit
more imagination and ability to pull off.The only books I can think of in this
genre are 'the Night land' by William Hope Hodgson (God-awful and damn near
unreadable after chapter 10 or so....some of the ideas are amazing though,given
it's pre WWI) Jack Vance's 'Dying Earth' series, Wolfe's "Book of the new sun"
series and of course 'the Time machine' by H.G.Wells. Anyone know of any other
examples?

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