By the beginning of The Sword of the Lictor (), the third novel in Gene Wolfe's unique science fiction masterpiece, Dorcas and Severian have finally reached Thrax, City of Windowless Rooms, where Severian has become the "master of chains," the lictor of the Vincula, the prison shaft bored into the side of the mountain, along both sides of which the shackled prisoners await torture or death. · As a middle book The Sword of the Lictor is incapable of standing on its own, and, as with Severian, for every answer the reader receives, another one or two are raised. The thing about it is, even if Wolfe fools me and leaves me hanging, and all remaining secrets unrevealed, I don’t think I’ll care. The Sword of the Lictor, on the other hand, spends large bits of the middle of the book in a far more conventional adventure story, and disturbing wild beasts and jungle sorcerors just don't create the same sense of vast history. Worse, the tone of a somewhat dry and philosophical retrospective that these books are written in works wonderfully for exploring sudden revealed artifacts of history but works .
Click to read more about The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Add to Wishlist. Item Price. $ The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun, Volume 3) by Wolfe, Gene. Seller. Once Upon a Time Books. Published. Gene Wolfe's The Sword of the Lictor essentially contains no plot, but it's the best plotless book I've ever read. It's one of the best books I've ever read, period. I loved every moment of it! (I read this on audio; Audible Frontiers' audio version, read by Jonathan Davis, is exceptional.).
The Sword of the Lictor, on the other hand, spends large bits of the middle of the book in a far more conventional adventure story, and disturbing wild beasts and jungle sorcerors just don't create the same sense of vast history. Worse, the tone of a somewhat dry and philosophical retrospective that these books are written in works wonderfully for exploring sudden revealed artifacts of history but works poorly as the narrative voice for a more conventional adventure. By the beginning of The Sword of the Lictor (), the third novel in Gene Wolfe's unique science fiction masterpiece, Dorcas and Severian have finally reached Thrax, City of Windowless Rooms, where Severian has become the "master of chains," the lictor of the Vincula, the prison shaft bored into the side of the mountain, along both sides of which the shackled prisoners await torture or death. As a middle book The Sword of the Lictor is incapable of standing on its own, and, as with Severian, for every answer the reader receives, another one or two are raised. The thing about it is, even if Wolfe fools me and leaves me hanging, and all remaining secrets unrevealed, I don’t think I’ll care.
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