Status Updates From The Urth of the New Sun (Th...

To think I nearly put this on queue. Sometimes I just need to stop and read again. THIS is an amazing book.

I almost stopped it because it was too crazy but then I read it again and it was like a full wind blow of enjoyment.

Collons, què bo és aquest llibre (per no dir res de la saga)!

No puc ser objectiu amb TBOTNS. En la meva llista de llibres per dur a una illa deserta estaria dels primers. Aquest Wolfe no deixa de meravellar-me a cada capítol.

Eres bueno, tío... Muy bueno.

Typhon!! :D

So far it looks like my predictions may be right... :)

Severian sure has a knack for hooking up with women who are out to kill him.

This is crazy! Sidero must be huge.

Wow, this is MUCH more action-packed than any of the previous books.

Ground control to Major Severian

This is killing me!

The description of passing through what I have to guess is some sort of stargate blew my mind, especially as it was narrated by an (for all intents and purposes) medieval/renaissance educated man.

Las cosas han mejorado mucho. La información recibida acerca de los Hierogrammates ee muy interesante y le añade una nueva dimensión a la historia. Ahora me queda claro por qué esta es una coda al Book of the New Sun, pues es claramente un género distinto. The Book of the New Sun era la crónica de la vida de Severian y cómo se convirtió en Autarca. Éste es la historia de los Ciclos Universales.

Me tardé un poco para meterme en la historia. Requiere un reajuste del punto de vista con que leyó uno los anteriores, pero una vez comprendida la diferencia en el ambiente, que no en el estilo, la dificultad desaparece. Si El Libro del Sol Nuevo tiraba más a fantasía, éste definitivamente tira a ciencia ficción, pero con el mismo estilo narrativo, lo que lo vuelve un poco extraño.

Seemed the right time to read this, while the general flow and essence of the story are reasonably fresh in mind. I'm struck immediately (not for the first time) by the ease of Wolfe's prose. You could read this book so quickly, but that would be missing the point.

Not bad, but it just didn't have the same spirit as the previous books. All the things that Gene Wolfe hinted at and made mysterious were presented here flat out and, in doing so, he sucked some of the magic out.

Events are starting to clarify themselves now. It's a little annoying how Severian keeps mentioning characters from the previous books (there were a lot of them), as it's been awhile since I read them.

Starts off with quite a leap in time. Not quite sure what's happening, but then, it is Gene Wolfe. I'll just enjoy the ride and assume events will get clarified (to some extent) eventually.

Gene, you books are fascinating and beautifully unique, but they're also so dang hard to read.

Knife in arm.

the edition I read actually has 310 pages.

Oh dear, he really is going to tie everything up neatly with a bow on top, isn't he?

This book isn't bad, but it's certainly not up to the standard of the rest of the Book of the New Sun. Haven't had a ton of time to read lately, need to power through the rest of this one.

Don't really know what's going on...per usual, for Gene Wolfe. A lot of action in this one; not sure if I like that, actually.

Having trouble committing to a book at the moment

Oh man oh man!

I'm very excited to read this book. I've read the previous book(s) in this series twice. Oh the mysteries and puzzles this will unlock!

Slow Going.