Pros: A complex protagonist, intricate prose, and an enriching experience. Cons: It's not easy to identify the dots, much less connect them.
Gene Wolfe is one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the science fiction and fantasy fields. He's won a shelf full of awards, academicians study his work, and his peers revere him. Ursula K. Le Guin compares him to Melville. Michael Swanwick ...
Pros: a story that will remain with you for life Cons: none whatsoever
this series is truly astounding. i first read the opening volume, "shadow of the torturer", in junior high and couldn't grasp the story beyond its basic plotline. fortunately, that alone was intriguing enough to capture my mind, allowing my...
Pros: I can resell it to the used bookstore I bought it from. Cons: Where to start...badly written, silly, adolescent...etc
This badly and pompous written book can only be called "classic" by those with little or no experience with good literature. In fact it fails as good sci-fantasy.
Basically a repulsive tale of a torturer who even takes part in the torture of...
Pros: inventive language, cool characters, rich world Cons: Hard SF folk may find it too literary
Gene Wolfe is the most effective literary SF writer since Ursula K Leguin. This is his best book, filled with foreshadowing in a universe enriched by his use of language and depth of characterization. The novel is set in the far future as an apprentice...
Pros: Original, captivating, just plain awesome! Cons: Can be confusing; requires avid participation.
Gene Wolf has created a compelling, but mysterious world called Urth. Sound familiar? Well, the similarity is more than a homonymn. Readers are drawn into a world presented, at times, without enough details to fully understand what is happening; but,...
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