![]() ![]() Severian in The Book of the New Sun (1980-83) sets out as a messiah to save the Earth, and in the process reinvigorates the sun, but causes a great flood on the planet that cleanses everything. ![]() The three book series that comprise Wolfe’s Solar Cycle have a religious theme running all the way through them about messiahs, promised lands and deliverance. Or, more precisely, I understand that Gene Wolfe set out to do a couple of things with them.įirst of all, it is the continuation and conclusion of his Solar Cycle of course. Only now, halfway through the final book, I sort of start to understand what Gene Wolfe has set out to do with these series. I’ve been trying forever to wrap my head around these books. ![]() Some thoughts about the Books of the Long and Short Sun. As Patera Remora would say: “Saints, eh? Visions, rockets. ![]()
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