The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_book_of_the_new_sun

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The Book of the New Sun is a novel in four parts written (1980–83) by science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe. It chronicles the journey and ascent to power of Severian, a disgraced journeyman torturer who rises to the position of Autarch, the one ruler of the free world. Severian, who claims that he has perfect memory, tells the story in first person; the books are presented by Wolfe as a translation of Severian's writings into contemporary English. The series takes place in the distant future, where the Sun has dimmed considerably and the Earth (referred to in the series as "Urth") is slowly cooling.

Just got through this last night. Probably the best piece of sci-fi I have ever read. It is fucking amazing and I highly recommend you go pick this up. There's four different parts, and it's a long piece, but SO worth the read.

Carry on.

general sci-fi: Dune, the prequel trilogy, and the genesis-prequel trilogy.

i'm more into dystopia though, and in that subgenre i'd recommend We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (obvious one), and hell, the genre starter - Thomas More's Utopia.

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Originally posted by chinamon not true. i say "ugh" but i am a tranny.

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Originally posted by kotsy lol colour me retarded

thanks for posting

just read something from alistair reynolds that will make me look for more of his stuff. he's a big sci fi fan, himself, and even some of his relatively simple plots have some cool sophistication.

Awesome. Will def add to my 'to read' list.

Can't say it sounds any more interesting than any of the billions of other sci-fi/fantasy arcs with near-identical premises.

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btw, isn't "ruler of the free world" kind of a contradiction in terms?

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Can't say it sounds any more interesting than any of the billions of other sci-fi/fantasy arcs with near-identical premises.

i don't mind terribly when some scifi has a lot of similarities to another. what i hate is bad scifi. for some reason it is usually either sublime or ridiculous.

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Originally posted by Psy-T btw, isn't "ruler of the free world" kind of a contradiction in terms?

So are you saying anarchy is a necessity for freedom?

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Originally posted by Sunsnail So are you saying anarchy is a necessity for freedom?

not really, just pointing out a language quirk.

but if you wanna take things to their absolutes (with freedom in mind, what would be included under that absolute is debatable) it maye well be.

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Originally posted by Sunsnail So are you saying anarchy is a necessity for freedom?

not really, anarchy isn't the only alternative to monarchy, you know.

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Originally posted by Psy-T not really, anarchy isn't the only alternative to monarchy, you know.

Semi-archy?

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