Sword and Citadel: The Second Half of ‘The Book of the New Sun’ (New Sun)

Science Fiction Adventures

Author: Gene Wolfe

The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe’s most remarkable work, hailed as ‘a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis’ by Publishers Weekly, and ‘one of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century’ by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Sword & Citadel brings….Read More

5 Books Similar to Sword and Citadel: The Second Half of ‘The Book of the New Sun’ (New Sun)

The Urth of the New Sun

The long awaited sequel to 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… Continue Reading Posted in: American Writers, Fantasy, Fiction In English, Genetic Engineering Science Fiction, Science Fiction Adventures

The Shadow of the Torturer

The first volume of a masterpiece - Usula K. Le GuinThe Earth is old and the sun is dying. In the great Citadel of the City Imperishable, Severian, apprentice of… Continue Reading Posted in: 1945, American, American Writers, Fantasy Fiction, Science Fiction

Lilith’s Brood

Lilith Iyapo is in the Andes, mourning the death of her family, when war destroys Earth. Centuries later, she is resurrected -- by miraculously powerful unearthly beings, the Oankali. Driven… Continue Reading Posted in: Dystopian Science Fiction, Extraterrestrial Beings, Genetic Engineering Science Fiction, Resurrection

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