S&C: Continuing discussion - Sword & Citadel?

[Jlawrence, S&L Moderator]

Just wanted to see if folks were interested in continuing discussion of the rest of the New Sun books in this forum. Even though it's the 'Shadow & Claw' forum, I know a number of you are continuing with, or have already read, the other books, and they're so intertwined it seems it would make sense to keep discussing them here, as long as we mark the threads titles to let people know they're from the later books, like:

'Topic (Sword, ch. 4)' etc.

What do you think?

[terpkristin]

Makes sense to me!
But alas, I'm not planning on reading the rest of the books until after I finish The Wise Man's Fear and my re-read of the A Song of Ice an Fire books (and A Dance with Dragons, depending on timing). So I'll probably sit most of the conversations out

[Ed]

I'm all in favor of continuing. It seems kind of silly to stop halfway (or a quarter way) through.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I'd be up for it.

[Colin]

Not exactly related, but i am reading Soldier of the Mist. Just started it, but it is interesting so far. VERY memory oriented. So far i like Latro better than Sevarian...

But on topic, i'd continue on. I'd just need to pick up a copy of the back half.

[Jlawrence, S&L Moderator]

OK! Sword & Citadel threads ahoy!

[Ed]

The Latro books are awesome. Such a fresh approach and setting for fantasy. Highly recommended. It's so cool that Wolfe wrote about a guy (Severian) who can't forget anything (supposedly) and a guy (Latro) who forgets everything. Just for the record, the early Latro books predate the movie Memento.

May I suggest that, assuming it's possible, the name of this discussion forum be changed from "Shadow & Claw" to "The Book of the New Sun"? Perhaps Josh or Tom or Veronica have the ability to do that.

[Colin]

Ed wrote: "The Latro books are awesome. Such a fresh approach and setting for fantasy. Highly recommended. It's so cool that Wolfe wrote about a guy (Severian) who can't forget anything (supposedly) and a guy..."

Yeah, i have been a fan of greek mythology since i was approximately 9 or 10 years old. Loved it, and ate it up like Kronos and his bebes. I want to dust of Homer, Sophocles and Euripedes to try and calibrate the myths with the altered names spoken by Latro and friends. It really is a neat story mechanic never being able to remember more than a day at a time, reverting back to the quasi-tabula rasa.

All this enthusiasm and it is not the correct forum. lol

[Ed]

Colin wrote: "I want to dust of Homer, Sophocles and Euripedes to try and calibrate the myths with the altered names spoken by Latro and friends."

If you want to get back to the original Greek sources for the Latro books, Herodutus would give the most insight, followed by Thucydides, Strabo, Pliny, and Pindar. Or you could just read the posts on this blog: http://ubikcan.wordpress.com/category.... That's what I did. I really would like to read Herodutus though before I re-read the Latro books someday.

Colin wrote: "All this enthusiasm and it is not the correct forum. lol"

Well, it seems appropriate to discuss Wolfe's other major works to put The Book of the New Sun into the proper perspective of Wolfe's oeuvre. ;-)

[Jlawrence, S&L Moderator]

Extra Wolfeian discussion is totally valid here, I think. :) I've had the Latro books on my shelves for many years and have been very interested in their take on memory. With my various 2011 reading goals, they'll probably still have to wait til next year though!

Ed wrote: May I suggest that, assuming it's possible, the name of this discussion forum be changed from "Shadow & Claw" to "The Book of the New Sun"? Perhaps Josh or Tom or Veronica have the ability to do that.

I don't have that ability, but I'll ask Tom and Veronica if they'd like to make that change.