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The Book of the Long Sun (1993–1996) is a series of four science fantasy novels or one four-volume novel by the American author Gene Wolfe.It is set in the same universe as The Book of the New Sun series that Wolfe inaugurated in 1980, and the Internet Science Fiction Database catalogs them both as sub-series of the "Solar Cycle", along with other writings.
In the 1990s, Wolfe published two more works in the same universe as The Book of the New Sun. The first, The Book of the Long Sun, consists of the novels Nightside the Long Sun (1993), Lake of the Long Sun (1994), Caldé of the Long Sun (1994), and Exodus From the Long Sun (1996). These books follow the priest of a small parish as he becomes ...
The Book of the Long Sun: Nightside the Long Sun: 1993 Tor Books: 1993: Nebula 1997: Mythopoeic [11] [12] Lake of the Long Sun: 1994 Tor Books: Caldé of the Long Sun: 1994 Tor Books: 1995: Nebula [13] Exodus from the Long Sun: 1996 Tor Books: The Book of the Short Sun: On Blue's Waters: 1999 Tor Books: In Green's Jungles: 2000 Tor Books: 2001 ...
Severian is the narrator and main character of Gene Wolfe's four-volume science fiction series The Book of the New Sun, as well as its sequel, The Urth of the New Sun.He is a Journeyman of the Seekers for Truth and Penitence (a Guild of torturers) who is exiled after showing mercy to one of his clients.
In Starburst, David Langford called Free Live Free a "fine, delightful book", while emphasizing that it is ultimately "unclassifiable". [2]Dave Langford reviewed Free Live Free for White Dwarf #71, and stated that "the final surprises aren't even the kind of surprises anticipated.
The Book of the New Sun. namely, The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the New Sun; The Book of the Long Sun. namely, Nightside the Long Sun, Lake of the Long Sun, Calde of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun; The Book of the Short Sun
The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun; The Friendship Light; Slow Children At Play; Under Hill; The Monday Man; The Waif; The Legend of Xi Cygnus; The Sailor Who Sailed After the Sun; How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen; Houston, 1943; A Fish Story; Wolfer; The Eleventh City; The Night Chough (related to The Book of the Long Sun) The ...
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a short story collection by American science fiction author Gene Wolfe. [1]The title story of the collection is "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories", which recounts the fantasies of a dreamy young boy who is reading a lurid pulp science fiction novel modeled after The Island of Doctor Moreau. [1]