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  <title><![CDATA[The Urth of the New Sun]]></title>
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  <default_description>The Urth of the New Sun is a novel that serves as a sort of coda to Wolfe's 4-volume Book of the New Sun series. The book is a continuation of Severian's narration of the aftermath of his ascent to the throne and subsequent journey &quot;between the suns&quot; to be judged and win back the fountain of life that will rejuvenate the slowly dying sun and revive life on earth. When the book begins, Severian has already rewritten his accounts of before and is beginning his new log aboard the spacehip that will take him to Yesod, an enigmatic planet, home to the godlike beings, who have the power to grant Urth and its sun a new lease of life.

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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a great sense (and I've read elsewhere that there is reason to sense this) that I ought to be reading Wolf several times in order to begin to get the tapestry he's woven.  But, even on the first read there are apparent structures and relationships that are present, kind of like the sense one ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10780698">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Urth of the New Sun is an excellent work of fantasy/sci fi.  Severian, an apprentice torturer, is the narrator and tells his reader the story of his young life. As an apprentice torturer, Severian's ultimate goal is to complete his training that culminates with becoming a member of the Torturer's Gu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5325992">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I stumbled on this book on accident, and was pleasantly surprised. Somehow <em>The Urth of the New Sun</em> manages to out shine the already excellent first four novels in Wolfe's <em>The Book of the New Sun</em> series.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[one of my least favorite wolfe because ... i didn't quite love it.  it's almost like a glove that isn't entirely filled by a hand; it's somewhat desultory, and you get the feeling he'd rather be somewhere else.  still, a pretty good wolfe book is better by leaps and bounds than the best books of mos...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45905770">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38718052">
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    <body><![CDATA[This work of fiction can get a little long winded. But nevertheless, an excellent read for those that enjoy thoughtful characterization and realistic settings.]]></body>
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    <review id="38738901">
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit simpler conclusion to the New Sun books. Find out what happens with Severian (according to him, anyway). ]]></body>
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    <review id="42242144">
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    <body><![CDATA[The final installment which ended up being my favorite.  Lots of great twists and great religious imagery]]></body>
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    <review id="52793529">
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    <body><![CDATA[Sequel to the Book of the New Sun, but reads as if all written together,  Again, frighteningly talented.]]></body>
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    <review id="35272934">
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    <body><![CDATA[Having just re-read Wolfe's <em>Book of the New Sun</em> tetralogy, I decided to move straight in to <em>Urth of the New Sun</em>, with all the previous books events fresh in my mind.  Wow.  The first time I'd read this, it was years after I'd read the tetralogy, and because of that I throughly missed so many of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35272934">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66123662">
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  <read_at>Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[More of Gene Wolfe's wonderful writing]]></body>
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    <review id="14442045">
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1994</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[aaaargh!.....got lost in it, and lost patience, and couldn't finish it.  I'll start again one day.  The complexity that beckons me to read Wolfe is the same variety that I couldn't keep organized as I read this book.  But beautiful, my goodness.  Incredible.  Read Wolfe like you're entering love or ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14442045">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64130010">
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the coda to what is most likely the greatest work of science fiction ever written, The Book of the New Sun.  It was amazing , as is all of Wolfe's work that I've read, but I found myself lost a few times which may have been due to my not having read The Book of the New Sun for about a year. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64130010">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15054342">
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    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
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  <date_updated>Sun Feb 10 12:23:03 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Easily the most enigmatic entry in Wolfe's &quot;Solar&quot; books.  I think I understood less than a 1/10th.  In many ways, it is a reflection on the the Book of the New Sun, but I found it less helpful in understanding those books than Wolfe's other follow-up books.  <br/><br/>Also, I wish I kne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15054342">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gene Wolfe continues to amaze me. This series is unlike any other I have read yet is very familiar.  There is still a problem with his not being able to write female characters and the main character still has a problem stereotyping women but I don't find it misogynistic, just sexist.  This would be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53759708">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really love this series.  I don't want to leave.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everything I said about the previous New Sun books applies. Only this is even more genre-bending and paradox whizzing. Still can't hold all the ends of string in my head at once. I can't even really discuss it in a way that makes sense. It's an amazing finale. I mean sequel. Don't be deterred by the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11017017">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good finish to the pentalogy, although it is quite different from the first four books.  I enjoyed it if only because I enjoy Wolfe's writing style.  There was a bit in the middle where I was starting to get disappointed with just how fantastical it was getting, but by the end I was pleased.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one is always slow going.  I think GW himself says that it is not necessary to the overall story.  The Book of the New Sun always leaves me exhausted and thinking that Severian had more adventures just wears me out.  I can never seem to make it through this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A strange book that, in my mind, I can't separate definitively from the other four, it goes beyond the completion of Briah into Yesod, words that matter to Wolfe readers or Kabbalists and hardly anyone else. Indescribably lovely and disturbing at the same time.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 13 18:46:15 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I guess, as my friend Matt says, it's kind of unnecessary.  But I kind of liked some of the clarifications/amplifications, and I love stories that wind up being circular.  Not as great as the original stories, but a neat little postscript.]]></body>
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