Search results
My spoiler-free reflections on Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun. The spoiler-filled discussions on the individual books within the series with Paul Willi...
- 12 min
- 10.1K
- Philip Chase
This time I talk about why you might enjoy reading the epic twelve book Solar Cycle by Gene Wolfe.Tip me if you like: http://ko-fi.com/owenedwards.
- 22 min
- 899
- Owen Edwards
I've found an audiobook of that novel on YouTube. You can listen to it here: YouTube | A Voyage to Arcturus - David Lindsay - Full Audiobook. I'm a bot that searches YouTube for science fiction and fantasy audiobooks.
May 19, 2024 · Enthusiastic rambling about The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe - never read anything like it, or a book that read me the way it does.
- 17 min
- 1536
- Seed of Dragons
Reading Wolfe's other, less obvious influences might be rewarding in its own way. Wolfe read Proust (a likely influence on Wolfe's preoccupation with plots that rely on the memory of the narrator) and Melville, and in several interviews he said his favourite author was Dickens.
Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun is widely recognized as being one of these: a work that established a new paradigm for science fiction as a literary form and may rank as one of the great works of American literature in general.
People also ask
Which books are influenced by Wolfe?
What makes Wolfe a good postmodern writer?
What is the difference between forlesen & the hero as Werwolf?
If you think you might be interested in this book, perhaps you can listen to some of his YouTube videos first to get an idea of his erudition and enthusiasm. But since the greatest pleasure is solving the puzzles central to each story, they will not be revealed here.
