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Just finished this incredible epic, + Urth and Long Sun

Where the hell do I go know? How could any Sci Fi I read from now on even compare?

This world that Gene Wolfe created has been a part of my being for the better part of a year now. I feel empty knowing that it's all over. My thoughts are still buzzing about everything

>> No.10937716

>>10937696
>Where the hell do I go know?
Read secondary lit examining BotNS and Gene, then reread!

>> No.10937779

>>10937696
Try R. A. Lafferty and Jack Vance, they were Wolfe's favourite scifi writers.

>> No.10937790

>>10937696
Book of the Short Sun, of course.
Then read it all again.

>> No.10937834

>>10937696
It took you a year to read it? I read it in a few months and I was only reading like 5 pages a day.

Stanislaw Lem is good in a different way. If you want more Wolfe. The short sun series is supposed to be good.

>> No.10937900

>>10937696
go to your containment thread you fucking faggot

>> No.10937916

>>10937834
Yeah, it took me almost a year to finish all the books. I'm not as good about it as I used to be

>> No.10937918

>>10937900
My posts get ignored there :(

>> No.10937920
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Treasure Planet is just Book of the New Sun

Change my mind

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>> No.10937928

>>10937696
Fret not, friend. Give it time to digest, then read it again. It'll be even better.

>> No.10937935

It's time to take a break from sci-fi. If you started with the Greeks go with Latro in the Mist, otherwise go with the Knight and Wizard.

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>>10937935
I didn't start with the Greeks, I don't even come to this board. Recent books I read that I liked were Moby Dick, Blood Meridian, Dune, and Childhood's End

>> No.10937951

>>10937935
Wizard Knight? That's a Gene Wolfe book, but is it any good? The premise seems stupid

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>>10937945
>I didn't start with the Greeks, I don't even come to this board.

>> No.10937959

>>10937955
So sorry for not following your arbitrary "big boy" guidelines. I didn't know you had to become an asshole in order to enjoy books

>> No.10938416

>>10937959
>So sorry for not following your arbitrary "big boy" guidelines. I didn't know you had to become an asshole in order to enjoy books
you're definitely new here

>> No.10938485

>how could any sci fi I read from now on even compare
It can’t and you don’t need to read any more sci-fi because this is the pinnacle of it. Everything else is childish babble

>> No.10938524

Read Gene Wolfe's Soldier series.

>> No.10939598

>>10937696
Read them again

>> No.10939606

>>10937918
Don't lie nigga

>>10937900
>le not reading for enjoyment gigafaggot anon

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>>10937696

Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust was heavily influenced by BotNS, worth checking out.

>> No.10940486

Alastair Reynolds if you like high-concept hard-SF space opera set in a thoroughly imagined universe

>> No.10940489

>>10938524
This it is just as good imo

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Read The Book of the Long Sun and the rest of Gene Wolfe.
Probably avoid Wizard/Knight for know.

>> No.10940499

>>10939606
you all do not realize how bad it is to do this shit to yourself, you won't realize how ugly this all is till far into the future when you can no longer wince in amazed anguish at your own masochism

>> No.10940529

>>10937900
you're only a communist because you offer society fucking nothing because of your own poor choices in life. You chose this path, now wallow in it and die alone you poor, fat piece of shit.

>> No.10940535

>>10937696
just start listening/reading malazan

>> No.10940612

>>10937920
Treasure planet is treasure island

>> No.10940627

>>10940529
pure ideology

>> No.10941553

>>10937959
>>10938416
kek