The Sword of the Lictor
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The Sword of the Lictor
| Full title | The Sword of the Lictor: The Book of the New Sun, Volume 3 |
|---|---|
| Author | Gene Wolfe |
| Published | 1982 |
| Pages | 302 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Volume three of Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun: Severian takes up the office he was sent north to fill and then leaves it for the mountains — the stretch of the series where the scale of the dying world, and how much of it is ruin, becomes hard to miss. |
The Sword of the Lictor
Where I heard about it
- The a16z infrastructure team — in the Fantasy section of the a16z Infra Reading List, which cards the four volumes of The Book of the New Sun as one series entry.
About this edition
Not a standalone: the four volumes were drafted as one book before the first was published. Start with volume one.
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 Claw of the Conciliator — volume two.
- 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.