Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Welcome to my spoiler-free review of Book of the New Sun and Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Editions and Reading Order
1:40 Overview
3:47 Themes
5:15 Difficulty and Prose
8:54 Tone and Mood
9:42 My recommendations and process
12:48 Male gaze
18:38 Ranking of the 5 books

Spoiler discussions referenced:

SHADOW OF THE TORTURER Discussion on @Talking_Story:
youtube.com/live/NzRZQYzJC4A?si=I2romdb0lZDx1FsE

The Urth of the New Sun Discussion on @NerdLevelRising: youtube.com/live/aptdeHpkvmc?si=5oNFItCzNXXad_wG

FIRESIDE DISCORD:
discord.gg/7cqjh2pKrU

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