Shadow and Claw

The First Half of the Book of the New Sun

By: Gene Wolfe

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Paperback | 15 October 1994 | Edition Number 5

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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.

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.

About the Author

Gene Wolfe has been called "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced" by "The Washington Post." A former engineer, he has written numerous books and won a variety of awards for his SF writing. He lives with his wife Rosemary in Barrington, Illinois.

Industry Reviews

""The Book of the New Sun" establishes [Wolfe's] pre-eminence, pure and simple...."The Book of the New Sun" contains elements of Spenserian allegory, Swiftian satire, Dickensian social consciousness and Wagnerian mythology. Wolfe creates a truly alien social order that the reader comes to experience from within...once into it, there is no stopping." --"The New York Times Book Review""Magic stuff...a masterpiece...the best science fiction I've read in years!" --Ursula K. Le Guin"Arguably the best piece of literature American science fiction has yet produced." --"Chicago Sun-Times"

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