The Claw of the Conciliator
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The Claw of the Conciliator
| Full title | The Claw of the Conciliator: The Book of the New Sun, Volume 2 |
|---|---|
| Author | Gene Wolfe |
| Published | 1981 |
| Pages | 303 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Volume two of Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun: Severian, a journeyman of the torturers’ guild, travels north toward the city of Thrax carrying a relic he did not mean to take, and the book widens into the older histories, plays and legends of a dying Earth. |
The Claw of the Conciliator
Where I heard about it
- The a16z infrastructure team — on the a16z Infra Reading List, in the Fantasy section, under The Book of the New Sun series, carded whole on the strength of its prose and its refusal to explain its own world.
About this edition
The middle of a single four-volume narrative, so not a starting point — read The Shadow of the Torturer first.
Connections
- a16z Infra Reading List — the list this came from; Fantasy section, Book of the New Sun series entry.
- Gene Wolfe — the author.
- The Shadow of the Torturer — volume one.
- The Sword of the Lictor — volume three.
- The Citadel of the Autarch — volume four.
- Science Fiction — the genre border the series sits on.
- a16z — the firm whose infrastructure team curates the list.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.