Urth of the new sun5/21/2023 It’s also a work that rewards very careful and repeat readings. Unlike Vance’s Dying Earth stories, however, Wolfe’s Urth of the red sun serves as a tapestry for a great deal of philosophizing and metaphysicize. In terms of connections with other works I’ve written about in this space, it shares the “Dying Earth” subgenre with a lot of the works of Jack Vance, who I recently penned a feature on. My most recent recommendation was The Book of the New Sun (1980-1983) by Gene Wolfe, a four-part science fantasy thriller set on the dying world of “Urth” and following the grim adventures of Severian, a torturer. I’m not sure I do, which is why oftentimes I rely on recommendations. For those of you who have followed my book review column for a while now, you probably have a good idea of what my taste in books is.
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