The Book of the Long Sun
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Nightside The Long Sun
by Gene Wolfe
Enormous in breadth and scope, Wolfe's ambitious new work opens out into a world of wonders, of gods and humans, aliens and machines, and mysterious adventures far out in space and deep inside the human spirit. It is set on a ship-world whose origins are shrouded in legend, ruled by strange gods who appear infrequently to their worshippers on large screens, and peopled by a human race changed by eons of time, yet familiar.
Year: 1993
Genre: Science Fiction
Calde of the Long Sun
by Gene Wolfe
Journeying aboard the generational starship the Whorl, the young priest Patera Silk becomes a prophet and revolutionary as he questions his faith while confronting a crime lord in a saga where "[Wolfe] continues to prove himself one of the genre's most literate writers and luminescent thinkers" (Library Journal).
Year: 1994
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Lake of the Long Sun
by Gene Wolfe
It is the far future, and the giant spaceship, The Whorl, has travelled for forgotten generation towards its destination. Lit inside by the artificial Long Sun, The Whorl is so huge that you can see whole cities in the sky. And now the gods of The Whorl begin to intervene in human affairs. A god speaks to Patera Silk, a clergyman at work in the schoolyard of his church. Silk must go on a quest to save his church and his people.
Year: 1994
Genre: Science Fiction
Litany of the Long Sun
by Gene Wolfe
Litany of the Long Sun contains the full texts of Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun, that together make up the first half of The Book of the Long Sun. This great work is set on a huge generation starship in the same future as the classic Book of the New Sun.
Year: 1994
Genre: Science Fiction
Epiphany of the Long Sun
by Gene Wolfe
Epiphany of the Long Sun contains the full texts of Calde of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun, that together make up the second half of The Book of the Long Sun. This great work is set on a huge generation starship in the same future as the classic Book of the New Sun.
Year: 1996
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Titles
| Year | Title | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Nightside The Long Sun | by Gene Wolfe | |||||||||
| 1994 | Calde of the Long Sun | by Gene Wolfe | |||||||||
| 1994 | Lake of the Long Sun | by Gene Wolfe | |||||||||
| 1994 | Litany of the Long Sun | by Gene Wolfe | |||||||||
| 1996 | Epiphany of the Long Sun | by Gene Wolfe | |||||||||
| 1996 | Exodus from the Long Sun | by Gene Wolfe | |||||||||
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