/lit/ - Literature

>>21842289
Gene Wolfe

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>>20332896
The Shadow of the Torturer

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>>20175948
Thank you for the advice, fellow, Wolfescholars. I've decided to finish up Citadel, then take a month long break, or so, to catch up on other books, before picking up Urth.
Also, someone redpill me on The Castle of the Otter

>>19985091
Number #4 is the BOOK OF THE NEW SUN. Sci-fi and Fantasy united as one.

>>19903102
>Is it worth reading past that point?
Yes, very much so. I've heard the consumption of her flesh being compared to a false Eucharist alas it's definitely a disturbing and evil thing that occured there. Something similar but less evil in nature is going to occur later on, so consider yourself warned, I guess.

>>17468460
Unironically even better on the second readthrough.

>>16300394
>he doesn't want to read about chad torturers fucking bitches across Urth while exploring faith

>>15993136
I know that Severain is an “unreliable” narrator, at the very least he contradicts himself when it comes to sleeping with Thecla- although that contradiction is provided by Severain himself.

Here’s my question for /lit/, with Severain as an unreliable narrator, how do you decide what did or didn’t happen, or what’s really the truth? What other lies do you think Severain told? Such as I’ve heard theories floated that Severain fakes Thecla’s death warrant after she called him a boy. Personally I read it straight unless there’s something to contradict it later, although I want to do another reread to looks specifically for inconsistencies.

Why did he went along with it when those primitives thought he was a Sun-God?

>>15816943
The whole point of Severian raping her was to further convey how morally ambiguous Severian is as a character. The Book of the New Sun is great insofar that you know no character or plot is entirely as it seems, largely due to the unreliable narrator but also because Wolfe was trying to avoid writing a cliche. I knew straight away that Jolenta would probably have a sad ending when Talos offered to make her beautiful. I think it's Wolfe's way of punishing the damsel archetype in fantasy stories.

>>14487469
>neet alcoholic who is desperate to kill himself but too retarded to succeed
Not even close to Chad

>>14372232

can you elaborate?

>>12992837
Yes. All these no posts are made by women and beta males intimidated by the protagonist's alpha energy.

>>12967404
Christ figure goes on fun adventure in a dying Earth setting

doing my second reread rn

>nigga has a gov't job
>qt that's been with him through thick & thin
>erryone fears him

this picture could not be more true

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>>10391221
This one?

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