Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2017. An android? He's called a modern day Homer on the back of Lake of the Long Sun, for crying out loud. It's better than I'm describing. Third read of this series. NEL 333pp £15.99 and Tor 352pp $22.95. Love the twists and turns, not to mention the rich language. There is a lot to love about Gene Wolfe's works. Unable to add item to List. A novel jam-packed with incident, almost three hundred pages in length, and that’s the span of time it covers: two days. I'd think not, but it's a dilemma that Patera Silk, the protagonist of the first volume of Gene Wolfe's The Book of the Long Sun. There's a huge potential spoiler, at least as you read the first two books in the series. You learn only from experience (or sneaking a peek at wikipedia) what is going on and why, and then only ever partially. You won't want to read one book without going on to the others. Wolfe, Gene. But if you make the magic technology, and the monsters were genetically engineered, and the Gods are either post-humans or AIs or something, then don't give me a bunch of medieval stuff again. Please try again. NIGHTSIDE THE LONG SUN is the first volume of Gene Wolfe's four-volume work The Book of the Long Sun, which is a story of political intrigue, revolution, and Christian allegory set in a starship sent from Earth to colonize a distant planet.Gene Wolfe rose to fame with his magisterial work The Book of the New Sun, which is one of my most cherished books. Just don't read any reviews. I'm never sure what to say in a post Wolfe state. It took me longer to get into than any previous work of Wolfe's that I've read, but ultimately it was well worth it. Please try again. En fait, à côté des héros de Wolfe, ses méchants nous semblent par comparaison presque humains, chaleureux et sympathiques. Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2018. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Nightside The Long Sun; Book of the Long Sun (Volume 1) Gene Wolfe Tor/Forge . In true Wolfe style, he creates a world that, while you are inside the head of the narrator, you feel as if you know exactly where you are and what you are seeing. Wolfe is like that. And if it is some far-future Earth, then where are the non-Western influences on the culture? Author(s): Gene Wolfe. by Tor Books. It's really a story about people, a priest in particular and his adventures in trying to save his parish. Welcome back. (We get a fairly good idea of what the "long sun" looks like in this book, but I don't remember anyone actually describing it clearly until book 2 of the series.). And if it is some far-future Earth, then where are the non-Western influences on the culture? Kindle is a great format to be reading Wolfe on, as you invariably have to turn to the dictionary every so often, and the integrated Wikipedia lookup adds useful context for some interesting or archaic language, concepts or imagery. D’ailleurs, même ses nouvelles quand elles s’allongent un peu trop montrent cette même tendance fâcheuse. That sounds harsh, but despite his obvious writing talents, I wasn't really able to get into his work. What is a "chem. Nightside the Long Sun is the beginning of the science fiction masterpiece from Gene Wolfe, Book of the Long Sun. Pictures available upon request. Nightside the Long Sun is the beginning of the science fiction masterpiece from Gene Wolfe, Book of the Long Sun Life on the Whorl, and the struggles and triumphs of Patera Silk to satisfy the demands of the gods, will captivate readers yearning for something new and different in science fiction, for the magic of the future. You learn only from experience (or sneaking a peek at wikipedia) what is going on and why, and then only ever partially. Nightside the Long Sun is the beginning of a masterpiece of science fiction for this decade. Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2016. On top of this, you start in what must be the least interesting corner of that world mentally shouting at the protagonist to get on with it already. There are so many clues to what is going on that one cannot possibly decipher on the first reading, and knowing what is going to happen ahead of time creates vast amounts of pleasurable dramatic irony as you catch the clever hints. It being a Gene Wolf world, it seems like anything is possible in terms of technology or fantasy. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016. Wolfe's gimmick is unreliable narrators. You have to have respect for an author like that, especially since it isn't necessary to have a dictionary on hand in order to enjoy. The Book of the New Sun is a first-person narrative in which the narrator stands between the reader and a clear view of his world. It all touches upon some great philosophical questions about good & evil and human compassion, some of the mainstay themes of Wolfe's writing. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Science fiction as it should be: a great action and adventure story in a new, very strange and distant world. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! I was also a bit frustrated with the lack of exposition on the more technological parts of the story, particularly the gods who appear in the mirrors. Life on the Whorl, and the struggles and triumphs of Patera Silk to satisfy the demands of the gods, will captivate readers yearning for something new and different in science fiction, for the magic of the future. eBooks.com. Still love it. Enormous in breadth and scope, Wolfe's ambitious new … The Outsider, the least well known of the pantheon that Silk preaches about and gives sacrifices to, tasks Silk from saving his manteion from closure (school/temple). a ringworld? This book is a great example of everything I love about Wolfe's writing. I'm going to read the rest of the series because I liked the moments of beauty and truth this work explores. This was well written but boring as hell. I can see how in future books this might become sci-fi, but I really can't call this one that. Part of the joy in reading is sussing out the words between the words, uncovering the meaning of things mentioned in passing. Otherwise, pages clean and tight in binding. This review covers the entire Book of the Long Sun, since it's really one long story. I wonder if there is the potential of a pressuring into appreciating Wolfe taking place for some readers. The Outsider, the least well known of the pantheon that Silk preaches about and gives sacrifices to, tasks Silk from saving his manteion from closure (school/temple). Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Silk's enlightener, however, is an obscure god called the Outsider, because he abides even outside the Whorl, who is quite possibly in fact the Christian God. Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun. Nightside the Long Sun is the beginning of a masterpiece of science fiction. Nightside the Long Sun is the beginning of the science fiction masterpiece from Gene Wolfe, Book of the Long Song Life on the Whorl, and the struggles and triumphs of Patera Silk to satisfy the demands of the gods, will captivate readers yearning for something new … First Edition Great Britain , Hardcover, 333 pages. A good read and much more accesible than some of Wolfe's other books. It's a slow and simple start, the action of this book takes place over merely two days, but in the following books the pace builds exponentially.The Book of the Long Sun may not be as poetic and full of sophistry as The Book of the New Sun, but it's immensely good reading. December 15th 1993 Starting this book felt a bit like stepping into another culture, with words and histories generally unexplained, sometimes for a long time. His achievements and qualities are exposed with exuberance on the outer shell of the book itself. There was a problem loading your book clubs. This book was not what I was expecting. NIGHTSIDE THE LONG SUN is the first volume of Gene Wolfe's four-volume work The Book of the Long Sun, which is a story of political intrigue, revolution, and Christian allegory set in a starship sent from Earth to colonize a distant planet.Gene Wolfe rose to fame with his magisterial work The Book of the New Sun, which is one of my most cherished books. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers, including creasing. But you can start here, I think, since the characters and events are very different. Reading about the celibate Silk attempting to break into a known criminal's house, accidentally finding himself in bed with a loose woman, and eventually see the true face of a god within the confines of a bordello is a treat. But to me they don't quite make it. I would have given this four stars if, frankly, more had happened in the story. Title: Nightside the Long Sun Title Record # 614 Author: Gene Wolfe Date: 1993-04-00 Type: NOVEL Series: Book of The Long Sun Series Number: 1 Language: English User Rating: 8.00 (1 vote) Your vote: Not cast VOTE Current Tags: science fiction (1), gods (1), religion (1) Add Tags I've read, or tried to read, other Gene Wolf novels and this is the first one I was able to finish. Anyone looking for a rollicking adventure or a 'mild read' should avoid this book. I've just started Nightside of the Long Sun, but from what I know from the original series, Wolfe is (and these aren't my words) "the master of the casual revelation." Regardless, I did enjoy the story. iBooks. It is set in the same universe as The Book of the New Sun series that Wolfe inaugurated in 1980, and the Internet Science Fiction Database catalogs them both as sub-series of the "Solar Cycle", along with other writings. I should not have read about the starship thing and I wouldn't include it here if it weren't on the blurb on the back of the book because I would have enjoyed this series much sooner. But if you make the magic technology, and the monsters were genetically engineered, and the Gods are either post-humans or AIs or something, then do, If it isn't Earth, then why is the religion so similar to the religions in the Hellenistic period? On top of this, you start in what must be the least interesting corner of that world mentally shouting at the protagonist to get on with it already. The writing is genre-defying (the reviewers who compare Wolfe to Melville and Shakespeare are right). It is stylistically different from The Book of the New Sun, its style more transparent and, as Wolfe called it, journalistic. No_Favorite. Perhaps the most unique and complete act of world-creation since Tolkien. EVERYTHING is potentially crucial, and there are so many subliminal plots (I wouldn't say sub-plots, because they don't occur in any sort of delineation) that his books resemble more puzzles than linear stories. The writing is, or can be, quite dense (not so much in this book though), with at times odd vocabulary (I wasn't quite sure if he was making up words or picking incredibly obscure ones, or both), and plot developments are largely lacking. EVER. Whereas the previous series is brilliant, it's extremely dense and requires plenty of concentration. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Sadly, I fear the inspiration might come from the writings of various instructional pamphlets for knock off products I buy at second rate hardware stores. The Outsider has called upon Silk to save the local church and school, which have been sold for back taxes to a criminal named Blood. Whereas the previous series is brilliant, it's extremely dense and requires plenty of concentration. Yes, it's got a bunch of fantasy and science fiction elements (e.g. Am I going to miss out on much? After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. YES! Octavo, boards. If it isn't Earth, then why is the religion so similar to the religions in the Hellenistic period? What are the gods, and why do they appear only in the implied-to-be-a-viewscreen Sacred Windows, and why do they no longer? As with all of Wolfe's work, this one can be read as a straight SF adventure, or on a much deeper level which I won't get into in this review. Please try again. First edition. Wolfe is "the most important writer in the SF field" my book tells me. This guy has Severian's (from the "new sun" series) aloof and tedious nature in spades. This volume containing Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun was my first reading in Gene Wolfe's Solar Cycle beyond the Book of the New Sun (including its Urth).While I appreciate that this second series are supposedly set in a shared far-future continuity, there's no intersection of plot, character, or setting with the five New Sun books. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2018. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? They aren't twists in the Matrix/LOST/Usual Suspects sense of that word, where the underlying concept is turned on its head, but merely turns that take the story abruptly in a new direction. The Book of the Long Sun (1993–1996) is a series of four science fantasy novels or one four-volume novel by the American author Gene Wolfe. I mean, if you do straight fantasy, high fantasy, whatever, swords and wizards and all that, and it is basically medieval stuff with monsters and magic, okay. Yes, it's got a bunch of fantasy and science fiction elements (e.g. I'll sum this book up as succinctly as I can. After finishing the book of the New Sun, I decided to check out his other books and I hesitated on this series for a while. NIGHTSIDE opens with the enlightenment of Patera Silk, an augur (i.e. Overview Litany of the Long Sun contains the full texts of Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun, that together make up the first half of The Book of the Long Sun. NIGHTSIDE THE LONG SUN. They do approach what I would call true literature much closer than the genre in general. Please read the rest of this review on Weighing A Pig... Susan Orlean's Library-Themed Reading Recommendations. Nightside the long sun Item Preview > remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Ou plutôt je peux deviner le comment mais pas le pourquoi. Au bout de quelques tomes, on obtient généralement un monstre digne du professeur Von Frankenstein. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic. A few pages very lightly soiled. This book shows some of the same fascinating depth, but it's more. I just finished Book of the New Sun and thought I'd start this series. by Gene Wolfe ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1993. Nightside the Long Sun is the beginning of the science fiction masterpiece from Gene Wolfe, Book of the Long Sun Life on the Whorl, and the struggles and triumphs of Patera Silk to satisfy the demands of the gods, will captivate readers yearning for something new and different in science fiction, for the magic of the future. I was okay with it in the, So Gene Wolfe isn't for everyone. If you like science fiction, and especially if you like Gene Wolfe, read this. The Book of the Long Sun, on the other hand, is told in third-person and the setting is richly illustrated by Wolfe's prose. Available in: Buy La plus grande malédiction pesant sur les romans de Wolfe est en effet l’aspect rébarbatif, pour ne pas dire pire, de ses soi-disant héros. Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2013. I don't know if I can categorize this book. Silk, in a bit of bravado, proceeds to break into Blood's mansion in hopes of getting his property back. Unfortunately, in a scene where Silk’s chastity is challenged, … Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. This book drops you right in the middle of a whole new world without a single word of context. He's one of those authors that you think, "Yes, he is obviously talented" without attaching much emotion to the thought and then comes around your back door with a line or a concept that catapults him into your favorite author bin. Good luck getting your bearings. Wolfe's new work returns to the world of his acclaimed Book of the New Sun and will captivate readers hungry for the magic of the future. As ever Gene Wolfe delivers the most extraordinary imagined 'Whorl', a priest on a cylindrical generation ship whose people have forgotten they are flying through space. I mean, if you do straight fantasy, high fantasy, whatever, swords and wizards and all that, and it is basically medieval stuff with monsters and magic, okay. N/A, April 2000. The Urth of the New Sun: The sequel to 'The Book of the New Sun' (The Book of the New Sun, 3), Litany of the Long Sun: Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun, Books 1 and 2), Epiphany of the Long Sun: Calde of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun, Books 3 and 4), Exodus from the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun), Lake of the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun). Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2015. This one is the first of a 4-book series that follows Patera Silk, a priest in a distant future who, desperate to save his "church" from financial ruin and feeling that he's been visited by one of his faith's gods, decides to resort to crime to save his mission. His main strength is characterization, and the characters in this book are all fully fleshed out and for the most part fascinating and memorable. To see what your friends thought of this book, YES! “Don’t nobody ever want it to rain,” the nearest of the sellers of beasts remarked philosophically, “but everybody wants to go on eatin’.”, Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1993), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for for Adult Literature (1997). Wolfe's use of Christian allegory (much stricter here than in the earlier work), and a plot full of revolution, war, and political mystery is a fine work. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. And that protagonist! A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984. The opening salvo in what is probably Gene Wolfe's master work (the seven books comprising "The Book of the Long Sun" and "The Book of the Short Sun"). My reread of the "Sun" books continues. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Wolfe a montré qu’il était loin de mésestimer le grand public et les subsides considérables qu’il offre. Sources of quotes. I don't think I'll ever be able to read another sci-fi/fantasy book without comparing them to Wolfe. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Much like the first New Sun book, Wolfe spends much of his time establishing the Long Sun world, not telling you much explicitly, but instead letting you fill in the gaps and leaving many mysteries for later books. , 1993 for you this world is very satisfying recently viewed items and Recommendations. S ’ allongent un peu trop montrent cette même tendance fâcheuse the Hellenistic period Orlean 's reading... 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