/lit/ - Literature

>>12589242
Monkey and Bear hits me so hard, good point.

It's a front for Scientology recruitment

Screencap this

>Famulimus will never sit on your face

>trilogies where the last book is the best
>the 3rd book is the last
>trilogies where the 3rd book is the best
>the trilogy is actually a single book
By that twisted logic, I'll have to go with The Sword of the Lictor. One of my favorite plotless novels.

>the party scene with Cyriaca and her tale
>adventures with lil' Severian
>the village of the magicians
>the tale of the boy called Frog
>the awakening of Typhon
>Severian being drugged with 'shrooms
>meeting the cacogens in the Castle on the Lake
Not to mention the FUCKING alzabo!

Is there any novel that matches the style and quality of storytelling found in BotNS?

The main character (and by extension, the reader) doesn't know who is the good guy or the bad guy, but just fucks and stumbles his way through the entire plot.

So was Severian a compulsive liar, or just insane?

yes

How would you cast a movie adaptation of The book of the new sun ?
Assuming you would have an unlimited budget.

>tfw almost killed by a fucking flower

Would you watch my BoTNS film adaptation? I suspect that one of the toughest hurdles in adapting this book is the unreliable narrator leading to an ambiguity over certain events being factual or not. I have a solution. There was a movie from a few years ago called 'Hardcore Henry' I will post a link below, the gist of it is that it is all shot POV from the perspective of the hero as he does many cool stunts. An adaptation of BoTNS could be shot similarly from the POV of a stuntman playing Severian and each scene could be shot multiple times with minor or major variations resulting in four different versions any scene. The film itself will play all the scene variations simultaneously in a four way split screen. This splits screen means that the film will require multiple reviewing to pick up on all the details and thus simulating the experience of the books themselves.

What do you think, could it work?


(movie I mentioned) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-YlsnCDk_I

How the hell am I supposed to describe the book of the new sun to someone?

I was talking with my friend and he asked me what my favorite book was, and when I tried to tell him what it was about I was kind of at a loss for words

>fucks his own grandmother

Who won the storytelling contest in the book of the new sun ?

>>10828302
Book of the New Sun. It's precisely what your looking for plus unlimited power complementary added bonuses

>>10819744
>MFW

>>10655915
Glad my psy-op worked. Yes it is really good


>>10655869
It can bring something to the ambiant of the book.

I really appreciate the BOTNS memes.

Can we talk lit bros?

I just finished Citadel and my mind is spinning a bit.

1. Severian as mega-chad?
2. He totally fucked his grandma, right?
3. Why does he dissolve the torturer's guild? Redemption arc?
4. I don't really re-read books (too many on my shelf), but this series seems like multiple reads would be really enjoyable. Severian essentially tells you to near the end of Citadel. Thoughts?
5. Great genre fiction, or actual literature? I'm leaning towards somewhere in the middle. I loved the world building and mystery, but it seems like GW couldn't coherently get a great point across, although I could have missed it and probably need to think on it more.
6. Thoughts on the sequels? I'm definitely going to read UotNS but will probably take a break to read Harry Potter.

>>10569226
>never tortured anyone in his career
>was a journeyman for little more than a few hours or days
>never held a sword in his life
>not even allowed to feed the clients

>somehow a master swordsman who always does his executions with total perfection
>wins the respect of entire sailor crews by his total badass handling of a huge sword
>at one point breaks both femurs of a women during an execution by hitting her with the flat of the blade (massive swords top out at around 9lbs only and there is no way youre going to break BOTH femurs with the big wide floppy side of a blade)

there any editions of the Book of the New Sun that aren't total shit?
it's only been a year and I already want to read it again

And I don't get the hype. It was painful to finish. I hear it's better the second time around but I don't think I can do it. What am I missing?

Book of the new sun

Urth of the new sun

Picture of Dorian Gray

So, in an honest opinion, how is the Book of the New Sun series? I got them a couple days ago not knowing what to expect.

I've never read Gene Wolfe before if that adds any context.