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    <![CDATA[Sword &amp; Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, #3-4)]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as &quot;a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis&quot; by Publishers Weekly, and &quot;one of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century&quot; by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Sword and Citadel brings together the final two books of the tetralogy in one volume:The Sword of the Lictor is the third volume in Wolfe's remarkable epic, chronicling the odyssey of the wandering pilgrim called Severian, driven by a powerful and unfathomable destiny, as he carries out a dark mission far from his home.The Citadel of the Autarch brings The Book of the New Sun to its harrowing conclusion, as Severian clashes in a final reckoning with the dread Autarch, fulfilling an ancient prophecy that will forever alter the realm known as Urth.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this volume much more than the first.  Maybe I had adjusted to the writing style, or perhaps the writing itself was a little simpler, but now that I understand I a little bit more about Urth - the world the story takes place on - I definately want to go back and re-read the first volume agai...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42269643">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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