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The Book of the New Sun: Volume 2: Sword and Citadel
Gene Wolfe
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Description for The Book of the New Sun: Volume 2: Sword and Citadel
Paperback. The concluding two volumes of Gene Wolfe's magnificent, award-winning The Book of the New Sun. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 428.
An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. The torturer's apprentice, Severian, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners, is now the Lictor of Thrax, a city far distant from his home. But it is not long before Severian must flee this city, too, and journey again into the world. Embattled by friends and enemies alike, pursued by monstrous creatures, the one-time torturer's apprentice must overcome hitherto unimagined perils, as ... Read more
An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. The torturer's apprentice, Severian, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners, is now the Lictor of Thrax, a city far distant from his home. But it is not long before Severian must flee this city, too, and journey again into the world. Embattled by friends and enemies alike, pursued by monstrous creatures, the one-time torturer's apprentice must overcome hitherto unimagined perils, as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473212008
SKU
V9781473212008
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) Gene Wolfe was born in New York in 1931 and raised in Texas. After serving in the Korean War he graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston and worked in engineering until becoming an editor of a trade periodical, Plant Engineering, in 1972. Following his retirement in 1984, he wrote full-time. The author of ... Read more
Reviews for The Book of the New Sun: Volume 2: Sword and Citadel
The last two volumes of one of the greatest novels ever written - Kim Stanley Robinson The books are chests full of wonders; full of images like jewels, of words a reader can get drunk on, of people and incidents that will linger long in memory. For years and years to come, I think we'll see inferior ... Read more