SF Chronicle magazine award. The “Italy” prize. Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Seiun awards.
“Sun and Castle” is a continuation of the celebrated tetralogy “The Book of the New Sun” by Gene Wolfe.
“Urth of the New Sun” — Severian, Autarch of the ancient world of Urth, leaves the planet and sets off on a journey through space and time. He must appear before the Court, where the mighty ierogrammats will decide whether the people of the New Sun are worthy—or whether they should fade away along with the Old Sun. “The Book of the Wonders of Urth and the Neba” and “Tales from the Age of Severian” are collections of fairy tales, parables, and stories that complement the cycle.
“Castle of the Otter” — a collection of essays about how Gene Wolfe wrote his famous series of novels, how he worked with editors, agents, publishers, and literary critics. Here you’ll find a great deal of useful advice on craft and uncover the small authorial secrets that will let you see Severian’s story anew.
“An excellent ending and at the same time the beginning of what may be the best literary work of American science fiction ever created—the tetralogy ‘The Book of the New Sun’.” — Chicago Sun-Times
“A new book by Gene Wolfe glides and freely plans, runs, like a river that flows from the universe into the universe, between life and death and again life. There is a moment of pain in human existence in this fantasy, which gives the whole work weight.” — Ursula Le Guin
“The Magnum Opus of Gene Wolfe ‘The Book of the New Sun’ is one of today’s literary masterpieces—the embodiment of a world so distant in the future that magic and technology, poetry and science are indistinguishable; a world burdened by time and bereft of hope; a world brought to life by a unique combination of slightly archaic style and Wolfe’s constantly surprising vocabulary.” — The New York Times