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In Green's Jungles: The Second Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (The Book of the Short Sun #2)
by
Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe's In Green's Jungles is the second volume, after On Blue's Waters, of his ambitious SF trilogy, The Book of the Short Sun. It is again narrated by Horn, who has embarked on a quest from his home on the planet Blue in search of the heroic leader Patera Silk. Now Horn's identity has become ambiguous, a complex question embedded in the story, whose telling is itsel...more
ebook, 384 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by Tor Books
(first published 2000)
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Shoot. I wanna give this four stars but the truth is at this point in the ongoing saga I'm a little weary. (Just one left)
If you count the books from "Book of the New sun" then this is the 9th ! book in this series and Wolfe's formidable tricks & games with narrative and plot can be grueling . . . especially when he is playing the tried and true story tellers game of withholding key information. In this case it is the mystery of how the Inhumi aliens ever got onto the starship way back in th...more
If you count the books from "Book of the New sun" then this is the 9th ! book in this series and Wolfe's formidable tricks & games with narrative and plot can be grueling . . . especially when he is playing the tried and true story tellers game of withholding key information. In this case it is the mystery of how the Inhumi aliens ever got onto the starship way back in th...more
The second volume of the Short Sun trilogy, and the 11th book in Gene Wolfe's massive and mind-blowing "Solar Cycle", is another excellent work. Continuing the story of Horn, a rather bit character in the middle Long Sun series, this one follows Horn between the planets Blue and Green. The real trick is that Horn is narrating two of his own stories - one in the present and one from the past. On top of this, his physical appearance has shifted somehow, though we don't really know the reason. As w...more
OK, I love Wolfe. He is one of the best writers alive or just perhaps one of the best writers period.
This book is great because, well, it's all about the world of the inhumus ... but none of the book takes place there. It all takes place way later as Horn is taking care of other troubles on Blue... you pick up what happened on Green by way of recollections and waking dreams.
Horn is both a smart guy and incredibly dumb ... doesn't he ever look in a mirror or listen to his bird? Like Silk, he's...more
This book is great because, well, it's all about the world of the inhumus ... but none of the book takes place there. It all takes place way later as Horn is taking care of other troubles on Blue... you pick up what happened on Green by way of recollections and waking dreams.
Horn is both a smart guy and incredibly dumb ... doesn't he ever look in a mirror or listen to his bird? Like Silk, he's...more
The middle book in a trilogy can often be a difficult proposition, when a plot needs to be advanced but cannot be completed, where characters needs to be developed without achieving their destiny. Oftentimes the constant sense of irresolution can stifle the flow of the story, weigh things down. With Wolfe, however, it's rarely a problem because he weaves such a wavering, deliberately uncertain narrative that even his endings rarely reveal a fraction of all the secrets, so In Green's Jungles neve...more
Jun 06, 2007
Jordan Halsey
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Recommends it for:
Everyone
Gene Wolfe is a genius, and this is my favorite of his books. The one's I've read anyway. The man is a wizard. In this book, the second of a trilogy, with that trilogy a sequel to another series of four books (quadrology?), with links all the way back to the Book of the New Sun... well you would expect that it would be incomprehensible to the uninitated. And it just occurred to me that I had already read all of the previous books before I read this one, but I still don't believe that you MUST re...more
Far from my usual literature realm, In Green's Jungles leads you deeper into a world so unlike our own that for a moment you forget which way is out. Excellent reading, I feel bad about having missed the first in the series, but made do since this is an excellent stand-alone novel.
Feb 09, 2009
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books-i-love,
absolutely-my-favorite-books
really, i run the risk of being redundant in my praise for wolfe, but his work is simply so excellent that i can't do him justice with the quality of my reviews, and so i lean towards quantity to compensate. he's ... just ... brilliant. and so is this book.
Dec 22, 2012
Shannon Appelcline
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Not quite up to the quality of its predecessor, both because the story is more mundane, with its emphasis on a war, and because the Green narrative is frustratingly incomplete. Still, a thoughtful book with a daring plot structure.
Gene Wolfe is simply one of the best novelists we have -- read the entire series, as there are layers within layers, and a subtle, haunting quality that grows and develops, especially in this book.
I found the narrative, as with "On Blue's Waters" as slightly disorientating, but the further that you read, the more the story draws you into the intregue of the books'circumstances. Combined with the fantastical elements of Wolfe's work, it makes a great read.
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Gene Wolfe is fantastic, and the Sun Saga is his masterpiece.
If you haven't figured out that the narrator is not quite all there by the time you start this one, it quickly becomes obvious here. The style of the first book is abandoned as Horn's present day travels become much more involved, and our glimpses of his past get more confused and terse. I loved every minute and flew through this book. Puzzles posited in the first book get deeper, new stranger ones get added, and we are treated to see more of the distinctly dim doom the protagonist seems to be u...more
This isn't as good as On Blue's Waters, the first volume of the Short Sun trilogy, but it does an adequate job of linking the first and third volumes.
Mar 24, 2008
Don
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Recommended to Don by:
Jason Huntington
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sci-fi
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Even better than the first book of the "Book of The Short Sun" series.
Part 2 of 3 in the Book of the Short Sun. I don't know what to make of this installment yet, or the BotSS as a whole. It'll take months to digest who the narrator is. After that I can go back and see what things he says that I believe.
Better (more exciting) than the first volume in the series. I like it, but I've concluded that I'm something of a sucker for Wolfe's protaganists.
One of the Short Sun Series which follows Horn on his quest to find Patera Silk to help save his newfound homeland.
Jul 08, 2011
Malrubius
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Gene Wolfe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic. He is a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the field.
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