The talk on evolution and design, with the resulting “possession” (Chapter 9), in Urth of the New Sun, is one of the most important in the Briah Cycle.

Re-reading The Book of the New Sun. I would like to read a series only about the daily life of the torturers. A dark slice of life story.

AD&D assumes Book of the New Sun as the default setting for those with eyes to see

Anatomy of a horse, from a 1400s CE Egyptian manuscript

Book of the New Sun

CITADEL OF THE AUTARCH SPOILERS. 🧵 The last third of Book 4 has been a crazy ride. From Severian joining the army, to armored mammoths ridden into battle to the Autarch itself. Never once did I imagine he was the owner of the sex house Sev visits at the start of Shadow.

The cover of Latro In the Mist (2003) by David Grove. This was a return to the classic vibe set by Richard Bober in The Book of the Long Sun. I don't know why they didn't have Bober finish out The Book of the Short Sun and went with Jim Burns instead.

*Gene Wolfe prank calling Robert Jordan at 3 AM* ooooOoooOooooOoOOO! I’m the Dark One, Bobby! I’m gonna get ya!

The ReReading Wolfe Podcast | 重读沃尔夫播客 .... 1. Ashes of Man 2. Hamlett's Mill 3. The Experience of God, Vol 1 4. Meditations on the Tarot 5. Urth of the New Sun CURRENT reading list, thank you very much.

from French: "All serious mystical thought considers that the symbol precedes man, as Gene Wolfe said."

The ReReading Wolfe Podcast | 重读沃尔夫播客 I'm more of an AlzaboSoup guy but I do listen to your podcast from time to time !

unsure on if i want to start book of the new sun or the first law

Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun is Hegelian, Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach is Schellingian