{"product_id":"9780312863944","title":"The Urth of the New Sun : The sequel to 'The Book of the New Sun'","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Urth of the New Sun\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Gene Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Hugo and Nebula Award nominee, \u003ci\u003eThe Urth of the New Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is the long awaited sequel to science fiction Grand Master Gene Wolfe's four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe 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, to become the legendary New Sun or die. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe strange, rich, original spaceship scenes give way to travels in time, wherein Severian revisits times and places which fill in parts of the background of the four-volume work, that will thrill and intrigue particularly all readers of the earlier books. But \u003ci\u003eThe Urth of the New Sun \u003c\/i\u003eis an independent structure all of a piece, an integral masterpiece to shelve beside the classics, one itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Urth of the New Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine coda to what is arguable the finest piece of literature American science fiction has yet produced, the four-volume \u003ci\u003eBook of the New Sun\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gene Wolfe's new book soars, falls free, runs like the river that runs through it from universe to universe, between life and death and life again. The groundnote of it all is human pain, so that this fantasy has the weight of vision.” —\u003ci\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gene Wolfe's four-volume magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the New Sun,\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the modern masterpieces of imaginative literature--an evocation of a world so far in the future that magic and technology, poetry and science, are indistinguishable,a  world heavy with time but yet bereft of hope, a world brought to life by Mr. Wolfe's unique blend of slightly archaic diction and ever-surprising vocabulary. Readers familiar with these volumes will find much to enjoy in \u003ci\u003eThe Urth of the new Sun.\u003c\/i\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNominated Hugo Award - Nominee (1988), Nominated Nebula Awards - Nominee (1988)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312863944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Orb Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594790744270,"sku":"9780312863944","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a1f50e9b-0526-47c3-adb1-280e612e659a.jpg?v=1637818122","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312863944","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}