G.Wolfe _Shadow of the Torturer_SF-Lovers

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! D.Ellis scilib@ucsd

scilib at NOWALLS.UCSD.EDU writes:

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

repnomar at leland.Stanford.EDU (Janet M. Lafler) writes:

Awful? Gene Wolfe? Them there's fightin' words. The Urth of the New Sun certainly isn't as good as The Book of the New Sun, but a book could be much worse than The Book of the New Sun and still be very good indeed. Urth of the New Sun still has the calm voice and meticulous craftsmanship and sense of inevitability that I find characteristic of Wolfe's writing. Actually, I don't think I would call The Book of the New Sun a series, or a tetrology, so much as a four-volume novel. (And I would call The Urth of the New Sun a sequel.) Matt Austern austern at lbl.bitnet