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The Shadow of the Torturer

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-09-29
ISBN 10 : 9780575114159
Pages : 301 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (114 downloads)

Download The Shadow of the Torturer PDF Format Full Free by Gene Wolfe and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Severian is a torturer, born to the guild and with an exceptionally promising career ahead of him . . . until he falls in love with one of his victims, a beautiful young noblewoman. Her excruciations are delayed for some months and, out of love, Severian helps her commit suicide and escape her fate. For a torturer, there is no more unforgivable act. In punishment he is exiled from the guild and his home city to the distant metropolis of Thrax with little more than Terminus Est, a fabled sword, to his name. Along the way he has to learn to survive in a wider world without the guild - a world in which he has already made both allies and enemies. And a strange gem is about to fall into his possession, which will only make his enemies pursue him with ever-more determination . . . Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best novel, 1981 Winner of the BSFA Award for best novel, 1982

The Book of the New Sun: Volume 1

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Gollancz
Release Date : 2017-01-10
ISBN 10 : 1473216494
Pages : 0 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (473 downloads)

Download The Book of the New Sun: Volume 1 PDF Format Full Free by Gene Wolfe and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have a grander plans for Severian the torturer . . . ? This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.

Shadow & Claw

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Tor Books
Release Date : 2021-06-08
ISBN 10 : 1250781256
Pages : 512 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (25 downloads)

Download Shadow & Claw PDF Format Full Free by Gene Wolfe and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadow & Claw are the first two novels in Gene Wolfe’s epic four-part masterpiece, The Book of the New Sun, now together in one volume as a Tor Essentials title...

The Book of the New Sun

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher :
Release Date : 1998
ISBN 10 : 1568658079
Pages : 950 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (568 downloads)

Download The Book of the New Sun PDF Format Full Free by Gene Wolfe and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadow of the torturer.; Claw of the conciliator.; Sword of the lictor.; Citadel of the autarch.

Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun

Author : Michael Andre-Driussi
Publisher : Sirius Fiction
Release Date : 2019-11-11
ISBN 10 : 9781947614116
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (614 downloads)

Download Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun PDF Format Full Free by Michael Andre-Driussi and published by Sirius Fiction. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to Gene Wolfe's series The Book of the New Sun, and the sequel The Urth of the New Sun, as well as four shorter "New Sun" works. Designed for use by first-time readers as well as those returning to the text.

Gene Wolfe

Author : Joan Gordon
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 1986
ISBN 10 : 9780893709563
Pages : 116 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (79 downloads)

Download Gene Wolfe PDF Format Full Free by Joan Gordon and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1986 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated bibliography and criticism of Gene Wolfe's science fiction and non-fiction writing.

The Citadel of the Autarch

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-09-29
ISBN 10 : 9780575114180
Pages : 611 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (114 downloads)

Download The Citadel of the Autarch PDF Format Full Free by Gene Wolfe and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Severian the Torturer continues his epic journey across the lands of Urth, carrying with him the Claw of the Conciliator and the great sword, Terminus Est. All his travels are leading towards a destiny that he dare not refuse . . . Winner of the John W. Campbell Award for best novel, 1984

The Complete Book of the New Sun

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Orb Books
Release Date : 2017-11-14
ISBN 10 : 9781250179111
Pages : 1216 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (179 downloads)

Download The Complete Book of the New Sun PDF Format Full Free by Gene Wolfe and published by Orb Books. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This discounted Gene Wolfe ebundle includes: The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the New Sun “Magic stuff...a masterpiece...the best science fiction I've read in years!” —Ursula K. Le Guin The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe’s most remarkable work, hailed as “a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis” by Publishers Weekly, and “one of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century” by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The Shadow of the Torturer introduces young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, who has been exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession—showing mercy toward his victim. The Claw of the Conciliator continues the saga of Severian, banished from his home, as he undertakes a mythic quest to discover the awesome power of an ancient relic, and learn the truth about his hidden destiny. The Sword of the Lictor is the third volume in Wolfe's remarkable epic, chronicling the odyssey of the wandering pilgrim called Severian, driven by a powerful and unfathomable destiny, as he carries out a dark mission far from his home. The Citadel of the Autarch brings The Book of the New Sun to its harrowing conclusion, as Severian clashes in a final reckoning with the dread Autarch, fulfilling an ancient prophecy that will forever alter the realm known as Urth. The Urth of the New Sun is the long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe's four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We return to the world of Severian, now the Autarch of Urth, as he leaves the planet on one of the huge spaceships of the alien Hierodules to travel across time and space to face his greatest test yet. More Tor books by Gene Wolfe The Book of the Long Sun Nightside the Long Sun Lake of the Long Sun Caldé of the Long Sun At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Fifth Head of Cerberus

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-11-14
ISBN 10 : 9780575114142
Pages : 222 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (114 downloads)

Download The Fifth Head of Cerberus PDF Format Full Free by Gene Wolfe and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far from Earth two sister planets, Sainte Anne and Sainte Croix, circle each other. It is said that a race of shapeshifting aliens once lived here, only to become extinct when human colonists arrived. But one man believes they still exist, somewhere out in the wilderness. In THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS, Gene Wolfe brilliantly interweaves three tales: a scientist's son gradual discovery of the bizarre secret of his heritage; a young man's mythic dreamquest for his darker half; the mystifying chronicle of an anthropologist's seemingly-arbitrary imprisonment. Gradually, a mesmerising pattern emerges.

The Book of the New Sun

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Gollancz
Release Date : 2015-03-12
ISBN 10 : 1473211972
Pages : 608 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (473 downloads)

Download The Book of the New Sun PDF Format Full Free by Gene Wolfe and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have a grander plans for Severian the torturer . . . ? This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.

The Monomyth in American Science Fiction Films

Author : Donald E. Palumbo
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2014-10-22
ISBN 10 : 9780786479115
Pages : 205 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (479 downloads)

Download The Monomyth in American Science Fiction Films PDF Format Full Free by Donald E. Palumbo and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great intellectual achievements of the 20th century, Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces is an elaborate articulation of the monomyth: the narrative pattern underlying countless stories from the most ancient myths and legends to the films and television series of today. The monomyth's fundamental storyline, in Campbell's words, sees "the hero venture forth from the world of the common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons to his fellow man." Campbell asserted that the hero is each of us--thus the monomyth's endurance as a compelling plot structure. This study examines the monomyth in the context of Campbell's The Hero and discusses the use of this versatile narrative in 26 films and two television shows produced between 1960 and 2009, including the initial Star Wars trilogy (1977-1983), The Time Machine (1960), Logan's Run (1976), Escape from New York (1981), Tron (1982), The Terminator (1984), The Matrix (1999), the first 11 Star Trek films (1979-2009), and the Sci Fi Channel's miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003).

The Generation Starship in Science Fiction

Author : Simone Caroti
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
ISBN 10 : 9780786485765
Pages : 275 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (485 downloads)

Download The Generation Starship in Science Fiction PDF Format Full Free by Simone Caroti and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical history explores the concept of the multi-generational interstellar space voyage in science fiction between 1934, the year of its appearance, into the 21st century. It defines and analyzes what became known as the "generation starship" idea and examines the science and technology behind it, also charting the ways in which generation starships manifest themselves in various SF scenarios. It then traces the history of the generation starship as a reflection of the political, historical, and cultural context of science fiction's development.

The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction

Author : Edward James
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-11-20
ISBN 10 : 0521016576
Pages : 330 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (521 downloads)

Download The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction PDF Format Full Free by Edward James and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-20 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

To be Continued

Author : Merle Jacob
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date : 2000
ISBN 10 : 9781573561556
Pages : 481 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (561 downloads)

Download To be Continued PDF Format Full Free by Merle Jacob and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2000 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Main entries by author, then series. Title and subject index also included.

Shadow & Claw

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher : Orb Books
Release Date : 1994-10-15
ISBN 10 : 9781429966276
Pages : 416 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (966 downloads)

Download Shadow & Claw PDF Format Full Free by Gene Wolfe and published by Orb Books. This book was released on 1994-10-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as "a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis" by Publishers Weekly. Shadow & Claw brings together the first two books of the tetralogy in one volume: The Shadow of the Torturer is the tale of young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession -- showing mercy toward his victim. Ursula K. Le Guin said, "Magic stuff . . . a masterpiece . . . the best science fiction I've read in years!" The Claw of the Conciliator continues the saga of Severian, banished from his home, as he undertakes a mythic quest to discover the awesome power of an ancient relic, and learn the truth about his hidden destiny. "One of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century." -- The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Book of the New Sun

Author : Gene Wolfe
Publisher :
Release Date : 1981
ISBN 10 : OCLC:606167005
Pages : 303 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)

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Attending Daedalus

Author : Peter Wright
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01
ISBN 10 : 0853238286
Pages : 260 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (853 downloads)

Download Attending Daedalus PDF Format Full Free by Peter Wright and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new study of the fiction of Gene Wolfe, one of the most influential contemporary American science fiction writers, offers a major reinterpretation of Gene Wolfe’s four-volume The Book of the New Sun and its sequel The Urth of the New Sun. After exposing the concealed story at the heart of Wolfe’s magnum opus, Wright adopts a variety of approaches to establish that Wolfe is the designer of an intricate textual labyrinth intended to extend his thematic preoccupations with subjectivity, the unreliability of memory, the manipulation of individuals by social and political systems, and the psychological potency of myth, faith and symbolism into the reading experience.