Gene Wolfe BotNS Shadow of the Torturer general

[Anonymous No.10827211]

/GWG/ - Gene Wolfe General
The number of people I see on here not getting Gene Wolfe's masterpiece is unbelievable. Read up on the religious symbolism ffs!
BotNS is my favorite fantasy series. First of all, it's anti-sjw. Severian knows exactly what women are. Gene Wolfe is a conservative and you know he's an /ouguy//
Second of all, it's mature. This isn't your average teenager's novel to say the least! Haha. Let's just say there's a lot of rape and our protagonist is a torturer, so you're going to get a lot of mature themes covered in these books.
Secondly, there's so many layers of this book it's unbelievable someone was smart enough to come up with all this! I'm not just talkig about the plot, which is Dark Souls esque in not holding your hand explaining the plot (hence mature!). There's all sorts of hidden secrets, yes, (holy shit Severian was fucking his grandmother that whole time? so fucking weird), but the highlight of the series is the religious undertones and the rich imagery. For instance i loved the image of Severian describing his first execution (he's an executioner too, this is not some baby book where the protag is some nice pure guy!) "I raised Terminus Est (name of his sword) up, blocking out the sun" WOW.
If you don't like these books, frankly, you are an idiot. Good day.

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