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The Book of the New Sun Series

6 primary works • 14 total works
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 Fictio…

Book 1

The Shadow of the Torturer
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3.84 · 38518 Ratings · 3377 Reviews · published 1980 · 2 editions
The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in …

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    Book 2

    The Claw of the Conciliator
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    4.00     · 19581 Ratings · 1271 Reviews · published 1981 · 73 editions
    Severian is in possession of a gem considered to b…

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    Book 3

    The Sword of the Lictor
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    4.23     · 14183 Ratings · 764 Reviews · published 1982 · 65 editions
    Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Seve…

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    Book 4

    The Citadel of the Autarch
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    4.26     · 12209 Ratings · 748 Reviews · published 1983 · 61 editions
    Severian the Torturer, possessor of the miracle-pr…

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    Book 5

    The Urth of the New Sun
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    4.06     · 9954 Ratings · 749 Reviews · published 1987 · 36 editions
    The long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe’s four-volum…

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    Book 5, part 1 of 2

    Le nouveau soleil de teur, Tome 1
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    3.70     · 10 Ratings · published 1989 · 1 edition
    Voici Sévérian, devenu Autarque de l'Empire, en ro…

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    Book 5, part 2 of 2

    Le nouveau soleil de teur, Tome 2
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    3.45     · 11 Ratings · published 1989 · 1 edition
    Après bien des péripéties, voici Sévérian de retou…

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    Book 1-2

    Shadow & Claw
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    4.04     · 24402 Ratings · 1959 Reviews · published 1994 · 27 editions
    The Shadow of the Torturer is the tale of young Se…

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    Book 3-4

    Sword & Citadel
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    4.36     · 15249 Ratings · 780 Reviews · published 1994 · 26 editions
    The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed a…

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    Book 1-4

    The Book of the New Sun
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    4.25     · 5130 Ratings · 327 Reviews · published 1983 · 16 editions
    The Book of the New Sun is set a million years in …

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    Book 1-5

    The Complete Book of the New Sun
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    4.25     · 611 Ratings · 50 Reviews · 4 editions

    This discounted ebundle includes: The Shadow of th…

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    Book 1-3

    L'Ombre du Bourreau l'Intégrale, Tome 1
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    2.89     · 9 Ratings · published 1983 · 1 edition
    Cloîtré depuis l'enfance entre les murs austères d…

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    Book 4-5

    L'Ombre du Bourreau l'Intégrale, Tome 2
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    3.33     · 3 Ratings · published 2006 · 1 edition
    Cloîtré depuis l'enfance entre les murs austères d…

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    Book 5-5.5

    Солнце и Замок
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    3.40     · 5 Ratings · 1 edition
    "Солнце и Замок" - продолжение прославленной тетра…

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