The Urth of the New Sun is a follow-up novel in the series 'The Book of the New Sun' by Gene Wolfe. It continues the story of Severian as he navigates through time and space, traveling on a ship to negotiate with aliens for the coming of the New Sun. The book features a mix of advanced technology and mythic storytelling, with Severian exploring various time periods and facing trials to fulfill his role as humanity's representative and possible savior. Wolfe's writing style is described as lyrical and inviting readers to participate in fleshing out the story, while incorporating scenes from the New Testament reimagined to fit Severian's journey and cosmology.
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Content warnings include thematic complexity, existential dread, and potential confusion due to the narrative structure.
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A Hugo and Nebula Award nominee, The Urth of the New Sun is the long awaited sequel to science fiction Grand Master Gene Wolfe's four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun.
We return to the world of Severian, now the Autarch of Urth, as he leaves the planet on one of the huge spaceships of the alien Hierodules to travel across time and space to face his greatest test, to become the legendary New Sun or die.
The strange, rich, original spaceship scenes give way to travels in time, wherein Severian revisits times and places which fill in parts of the background of the four-volume work, that will thrill and intrigue particularly all readers of the earlier books. But The Urth of the New Sun is an independent structure all of a piece, an integral masterpiece to shelve beside the classics, one itself.
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About the Author:
Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) was the Nebula Award-winning author of The Book of the New Sun tetralogy in the Solar Cycle, as well as the World Fantasy Award winners The Shadow of the Torturer and Soldier of Sidon. He was also a prolific writer of distinguished short fiction, which has been collected in such award-winning volumes as Storeys from the Old Hotel and The Best of Gene Wolfe.
A recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, and six Locus Awards, among many other honors, Wolfe was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007, and named Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2012.
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