4. Coolest detail I picked up on this read through:
When asked about why Urth has changed so much and humanity so little over the long ages, he gives Severian a dumbfounded look and says, "but you have."
It always bugged me that it was eons in the future but humans were still humans.
When asked about why Urth has changed so much and humanity so little over the long ages, he gives Severian a dumbfounded look and says, "but you have."
It always bugged me that it was eons in the future but humans were still humans.
October 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
4. Coolest detail I picked up on this read through:
When asked about why Urth has changed so much and humanity so little over the long ages, he gives Severian a dumbfounded look and says, "but you have."
It always bugged me that it was eons in the future but humans were still humans.
When asked about why Urth has changed so much and humanity so little over the long ages, he gives Severian a dumbfounded look and says, "but you have."
It always bugged me that it was eons in the future but humans were still humans.
3. Pretty sure the popular theory of First Severian (from, I assume, the last couple pages) being Malrubius is wrong. I still need to reread it, but I thought Urth made it pretty clear that Ymar is the first severian.
October 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
3. Pretty sure the popular theory of First Severian (from, I assume, the last couple pages) being Malrubius is wrong. I still need to reread it, but I thought Urth made it pretty clear that Ymar is the first severian.
So I've just (finally) finished Book of the New Sun for the second time, and I def have to retract/rethink a lot of my theories here.
1. Severian being the off-scene woodcutter is wrong--name is Becan.
2. My theory of Severian being the Autarch all along is probably wrong. Need to reread Urth tho.
1. Severian being the off-scene woodcutter is wrong--name is Becan.
2. My theory of Severian being the Autarch all along is probably wrong. Need to reread Urth tho.
I'm going to put down a couple markers so I can come back later and see what holds up.
First off, a disclaimer: I was going through my divorce during my first read through, and I wasn't reading steadily at the time. It took me like 6-8 months to get all the way from Shadow to Urth.
First off, a disclaimer: I was going through my divorce during my first read through, and I wasn't reading steadily at the time. It took me like 6-8 months to get all the way from Shadow to Urth.
So I've started my second read through of Book of the New Sun. It's been about 4 years so I'm interested to see how well my somewhat unconventional read holds up.
Also shout out to Tor for enabling DRM free ebooks on Amazon so I can read it on my Kobo without repurchasing.
Also shout out to Tor for enabling DRM free ebooks on Amazon so I can read it on my Kobo without repurchasing.
October 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
So I've just (finally) finished Book of the New Sun for the second time, and I def have to retract/rethink a lot of my theories here.
1. Severian being the off-scene woodcutter is wrong--name is Becan.
2. My theory of Severian being the Autarch all along is probably wrong. Need to reread Urth tho.
1. Severian being the off-scene woodcutter is wrong--name is Becan.
2. My theory of Severian being the Autarch all along is probably wrong. Need to reread Urth tho.
Urth of the New Sun is frying my brain
October 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Urth of the New Sun is frying my brain
Spotted Men-of-Urth
October 8, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Spotted Men-of-Urth
No one forces you to write a book like that: A short take on Gene Wolfe being forced by publisher to write “Urth”
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No one forces you to write a book like that: A short take on Gene Wolfe being forced by publisher to write “Urth”
Honoré Daumier.
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October 7, 2026 at 12:49 PM
No one forces you to write a book like that: A short take on Gene Wolfe being forced by publisher to write “Urth”
patrickmcevoyhalston.substack.com/p/no-one-for...
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Am I remembering wrong, or was Urth the alternate fantasy realm that Giant Girl went to in the comic arc you drew...?
October 6, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Am I remembering wrong, or was Urth the alternate fantasy realm that Giant Girl went to in the comic arc you drew...?
And now that Dandy's been officially deposited in the mythical realm of "Urth," we can begin in earnest!
This is it, strip ONE of Sabrina and my new comic strip, ADVENTURES IN DUNGEONEERING!
Check it out every Tuesday and Thursday at adventuresindungeoneering.com!
This is it, strip ONE of Sabrina and my new comic strip, ADVENTURES IN DUNGEONEERING!
Check it out every Tuesday and Thursday at adventuresindungeoneering.com!
October 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
And now that Dandy's been officially deposited in the mythical realm of "Urth," we can begin in earnest!
This is it, strip ONE of Sabrina and my new comic strip, ADVENTURES IN DUNGEONEERING!
Check it out every Tuesday and Thursday at adventuresindungeoneering.com!
This is it, strip ONE of Sabrina and my new comic strip, ADVENTURES IN DUNGEONEERING!
Check it out every Tuesday and Thursday at adventuresindungeoneering.com!
I like that a lot. Urth of the New Sun is a really fun book.
October 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I like that a lot. Urth of the New Sun is a really fun book.
How Gene Wolfe came to write THE URTH OF THE NEW SUN. Now when someone says the publisher "forced" Wolfe to write the fifth book, you can explain that that's not quite true.
October 6, 2026 at 5:57 AM
How Gene Wolfe came to write THE URTH OF THE NEW SUN. Now when someone says the publisher "forced" Wolfe to write the fifth book, you can explain that that's not quite true.
Really weird that they're advertising "the first half" of BotNS when the full $20 bundle also contains its second half, plus Urth of the New Sun, AND all of Long Sun and Short Sun too! Plus something like 26 other Wolfe books.
Experience the first half of Gene Wolfe’s fantasy masterpiece The Book of the New Sun with Shadow & Claw.
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October 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Really weird that they're advertising "the first half" of BotNS when the full $20 bundle also contains its second half, plus Urth of the New Sun, AND all of Long Sun and Short Sun too! Plus something like 26 other Wolfe books.
Urth of the New Sun was a fine enough read but it felt... so excess, providing too much clarity and this one really bogged down into the christian ideals that just come across as over simplistic. (Esp compared to buddhist readings or works for example) - its not really for my taste like BOTNS is
October 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Urth of the New Sun was a fine enough read but it felt... so excess, providing too much clarity and this one really bogged down into the christian ideals that just come across as over simplistic. (Esp compared to buddhist readings or works for example) - its not really for my taste like BOTNS is
leaving this comment made me fear that I had earlier misremembered a scene from Urth of the New Sun as being in Book of the New Sun, and also called Typhon's other head by the wrong name, but fortunately I was doing something much less coherent than that
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the most moving line of the chronicles of narnia: "say hi to my boy Monty Typhon"
October 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM
leaving this comment made me fear that I had earlier misremembered a scene from Urth of the New Sun as being in Book of the New Sun, and also called Typhon's other head by the wrong name, but fortunately I was doing something much less coherent than that
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I just finished The Book Of The New Sun (LOVED IT) is Urth Of The New Sun worth reading? I've heard mixed things about it!
October 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I just finished The Book Of The New Sun (LOVED IT) is Urth Of The New Sun worth reading? I've heard mixed things about it!
I don't know who needs to hear this, but Gene Wolfe's entire Solar Cycle series (inc The Book of the New Sun, The Urth of the New Sun, The Book of the Long Sun, and The Book of the Short Sun), & more, as ePUBs, is over on Humble right now www.humblebundle.com/books/ultima...
Humble Book Bundle: The Ultimate Gene Wolfe Library by Tor Books
Get a massive library of the best of sci-fi and fantasy master Gene Wolfe! Choose what you pay, and support Alzheimer’s Research UK with your purchase!
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October 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but Gene Wolfe's entire Solar Cycle series (inc The Book of the New Sun, The Urth of the New Sun, The Book of the Long Sun, and The Book of the Short Sun), & more, as ePUBs, is over on Humble right now www.humblebundle.com/books/ultima...
Amazing project recently completed. Urth Caffe. Here is one of the images we created.
#ArchViz #3DVisualization #InteriorDesign #ArchitecturalRendering #CGI #VirtualTour #FlyingEmuStudios #3DAnimation #craxypizza #luxury #luxuryliving #urth #urthcaffe
#ArchViz #3DVisualization #InteriorDesign #ArchitecturalRendering #CGI #VirtualTour #FlyingEmuStudios #3DAnimation #craxypizza #luxury #luxuryliving #urth #urthcaffe
October 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Amazing project recently completed. Urth Caffe. Here is one of the images we created.
#ArchViz #3DVisualization #InteriorDesign #ArchitecturalRendering #CGI #VirtualTour #FlyingEmuStudios #3DAnimation #craxypizza #luxury #luxuryliving #urth #urthcaffe
#ArchViz #3DVisualization #InteriorDesign #ArchitecturalRendering #CGI #VirtualTour #FlyingEmuStudios #3DAnimation #craxypizza #luxury #luxuryliving #urth #urthcaffe
in the South you will find the state of Flor-id-ah
there is a man named James Urth-mi-yer
watch him close now he‘s a true DeSantis clone
GOP alt Right down to his bones
and a snake he is, but oh, what a Li-yer
there is a man named James Urth-mi-yer
watch him close now he‘s a true DeSantis clone
GOP alt Right down to his bones
and a snake he is, but oh, what a Li-yer
October 2, 2026 at 4:40 AM
in the South you will find the state of Flor-id-ah
there is a man named James Urth-mi-yer
watch him close now he‘s a true DeSantis clone
GOP alt Right down to his bones
and a snake he is, but oh, what a Li-yer
there is a man named James Urth-mi-yer
watch him close now he‘s a true DeSantis clone
GOP alt Right down to his bones
and a snake he is, but oh, what a Li-yer
Urth of the New Sun that causes me to repeatedly raise my eyebrows at the way it seems to provide a very clear teaching tool on neoreaction psychosexual logics through its discourses on the indestructibility of the logos, the gender of the logos, and self-differentiation through the destructive
October 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Urth of the New Sun that causes me to repeatedly raise my eyebrows at the way it seems to provide a very clear teaching tool on neoreaction psychosexual logics through its discourses on the indestructibility of the logos, the gender of the logos, and self-differentiation through the destructive
I have an idiosycratic opinion about The Urth of the New Sun (which I appreciate). I think I understand why Wolfe intended to end the four volumes they way he did before the publisher offered him money for more -- and why tUotNS feels different.
October 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I have an idiosycratic opinion about The Urth of the New Sun (which I appreciate). I think I understand why Wolfe intended to end the four volumes they way he did before the publisher offered him money for more -- and why tUotNS feels different.
*URTH OF THE NEW SUN enters the chat*
October 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM
*URTH OF THE NEW SUN enters the chat*
Cass-kuh [Casca]
Skoh-urth [Skógur]
[I’m not sure how to type that out lol]
Skoh-urth [Skógur]
[I’m not sure how to type that out lol]
September 30, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Cass-kuh [Casca]
Skoh-urth [Skógur]
[I’m not sure how to type that out lol]
Skoh-urth [Skógur]
[I’m not sure how to type that out lol]
Another Urth Caffe project compoleted! We were able to help the designers get their designs approved and everyone turned out happy! We have more in the pipeline and will share when we complete! #urthcaffe #luxury #restaurante #3dart #highendcgis #cgi
September 30, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Another Urth Caffe project compoleted! We were able to help the designers get their designs approved and everyone turned out happy! We have more in the pipeline and will share when we complete! #urthcaffe #luxury #restaurante #3dart #highendcgis #cgi