![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Filled with allusions to creation myths, Christianity, hagiography, the Cold War, etc., these books have provided fodder for all sorts of speculation as to what lay underneath the surface of the narrative. Blending elements of science-fiction and fantasy into a first-person narrative, these four volumes ( The Shadow of the Torturer (1980) The Claw of the Conciliator (1981) The Sword of the Lictor (1981) and The Citadel of the Autarch (1982)) have won or been nominated for multiple World Fantasy and Nebula Awards. The four-volume The Book of the New Sun is widely considered to be Gene Wolfe's magnus opus and it consistently ranks as one of the most highly-regarded literary works of the past 30 years. ![]()
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