/lit/ - Literature

>be me
>torturer
>beheading a tranny for being a tranny
>use the male edge of my sword
Heh nothin personal BRO

>>22797330

>>22528380
>Is this entry level reading for sf/f?
No, there is a huge amount of below the surface meaning, symbolism, interpretation, theology etc. Though it can be read and enjoyed as a straight forward surface-level adventure series in a cool far future world.

In my opinion it is the pinnacle of fiction. It's easily my favourite series ever. Not even close. Wolfe is a fantastic writer and he really went above and beyond with BotNS. Literally every page is packed with symbolism and deeper meaning, every word chosen for a very exact reason. I highly recommend getting Lexicon Urthus (after finishing or to read along with for definitions is your choice, I personally don't think it matters much). Then something which delves more into meaning and explanation of all the mysteries; Michael Andre-Driussi is a good go-to, but there are some deeper dives out there which you might want to look into if you enjoy it.

If it's your first time reading it then just dive in and enjoy the hell out of it.

>>21272711
I'm more of a New Sun kind of guy.

>>20859583

Severian did nothing wrong

>>20696690
Based post

>>20265374

>>20199683
Just finished Citadel of the Autarch. Gonna. Catch up on some non-sff stuff before I start Urth of the New Sun next month.
Gene Wolfe is a genius on the same level as Tolkien
Fuck you if you disagree

>does it bother you that these soldiers have been doing their best to kill ascians?
>ascians are not human

What did he mean by this??

>>19622682
Push through for the memes

>>18446057

>>17447326
the main character of the Prince of Nothing is an onions wizard who gets cucked by a chad that takes control of an empire and makes the wizard's oneitis into a baby factory

btw just read BOTNS

It is possible I already had some presentiment of this thread's future

>>13851570
Jesus Christ

>>12183440
firefall, aka blindsight
>>12186051

>>11485901

here's my response

What's his fucking problem?

>>11203573

You want to read meme Wolfe.

>>10820637
is there any character in the history of fiction that has gotten more prime pussy than chad sev?

I have a really great sci-fi book which I self-published on Amazon three years ago just to see how it would do. All the reviews were surprisingly positive with only a few minor complaints (spelling mistakes) that I've revised. I took the book down after a few months of decent sales, at its best it was making like 400$/month. I did no advertising or marketing for it. Anyway the book is about 600pages long and I'm pretty proud of it.
Should I try to get it published by a real company now or should I self-publish again online and do more marketing? Maybe sent it to some bloggers/reviewers/agencies to hype it up? I dunno what to do.
Will I be able to publish it with a real paper publisher if it already existed online a few years ago? I think I read this could be a problem.
I'm also half-way through a sequel.

>>10577456
no idea who this is but since people keep mentioning wolfe is this the bitch who refused to read book of the new sun because the professional torturer who plays with severed heads for fun and work MAY have sort of "raped" someone in the story if your definition of rape is not giving enthusiastic consent every 2 seconds?