![]() ![]() Regarding the complexity of his work, from what I've read the Sun series are perhaps the most complex and allusive and not easy reads. He has written a lot of short fiction and realist fiction with a fantasy twist that I've yet to pick up. Of Wolfe's oeuvre I have read maybe 30-40%, and of this, predominantly his more overt sci-fi/fantasy, works like the Sun series, Soldier series, and Wizard Knight. The bits of chauvinism and misogyny, however, There remains a touch of proselytizing that may put some readers off. World-his rise to self-actualization-is an edifying experience for the reader, While Severian’s coming to terms with his emotional and spiritual stance on the Spiritual, the second presents a monotheistic worldview-the underlying symbolismĪnd interwoven religious and cultural history leaving no room for guessing Wolfe’s cosmological pretenses likewise present an opportunity for The New Sun are at times difficult to swallow for readers of more liberalĮxample, either as sex objects or vindictive wenches, is more indicative of theĮra of Wolfe’s youth than most modern perspectives. ![]() Member of the previous generation, some of the underlying motifs of The Book of The writing basically flawless, it is only in theme ![]()
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