Comments on: Mapping a Masterwork: A Critical Review of Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun http://www.ultan.org.uk/review-botns/ a resource for the study of Gene Wolfe Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Book-Brain http://www.ultan.org.uk/review-botns/comment-page-1/#comment-1150 Book-Brain Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:02:52 +0000 http://www.ultan.org.uk/?p=80#comment-1150 I have been reading consistently since I was about twelve or thirteen years of age. I am twenty-six now, so you can imagine that I have read a lot of science-fiction and fantasy novels over the years. I can safely say without a shadow of a doubt that nothing I have read before had affected me like The Book of the New Sun. I remember after I read it for the first time I literally could not get it out of my head for months. That has never happened to me before, and it has certainly never happened since. I am gearing up to read it for the second time. A splendid piece of literature by quite possibly one of the most underrated magicians in the writing world. I have been reading consistently since I was about twelve or thirteen years of age. I am twenty-six now, so you can imagine that I have read a lot of science-fiction and fantasy novels over the years.

I can safely say without a shadow of a doubt that nothing I have read before had affected me like The Book of the New Sun. I remember after I read it for the first time I literally could not get it out of my head for months. That has never happened to me before, and it has certainly never happened since.

I am gearing up to read it for the second time. A splendid piece of literature by quite possibly one of the most underrated magicians in the writing world.

]]> By: Michael E. Bierman, Esq. http://www.ultan.org.uk/review-botns/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 Michael E. Bierman, Esq. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:04:18 +0000 http://www.ultan.org.uk/?p=80#comment-1005 An erudite and illuminating analysis of an exceptional, well-crafted and paradoxical work. This haunting novel has been in my mind for years as I have struggled to peel away the layers of the onion only to find I was holding no onion at all. I still do not believe I understand this landmark work, so must begin again, for the fourth time. Thanks for your great insight! An erudite and illuminating analysis of an exceptional, well-crafted and paradoxical work. This haunting novel has been in my mind for years as I have struggled to peel away the layers of the onion only to find I was holding no onion at all. I still do not believe I understand this landmark work, so must begin again, for the fourth time. Thanks for your great insight!

]]> By: nate http://www.ultan.org.uk/review-botns/comment-page-1/#comment-323 nate Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:00:07 +0000 http://www.ultan.org.uk/?p=80#comment-323 The Book of the New Sun is the only story I have ever called a "literary masterpiece". The Book of the New Sun is the only story I have ever called a “literary masterpiece”.

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