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La cittadella dell'Autarca
La cittadella dell'Autarca | Gene Wolfe
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Dopo un lungo viaggio costellato di personaggi bizzarri ed eventi straordinari, Severian ha finalmente raggiunto la citt del suo esilio: Thrax, la Citt dalle Stanze Senza Finestre. Dei portentosi prodigi, per, indicano che la sorte ha in serbo per lui un destino pi elevato e che Thrax non la meta definitiva del suo peregrinare. Severian deve riprendere il cammino alla volta di Nessus, la citt da cui stato bandito, con una missione gravosa: salvare il fato dellintera Urth dando vita alla nascita del Nuovo Sole e di una nuova era. Non c spazio per dubbi ed esitazioni, la sua nuova prova contempla due uniche alternative: diventare il Nuovo Sole oppure morire. Nel quarto volume del ciclo Il Libro del Nuovo Sole il peregrinare di Severian assume i connotati di un vero e proprio viaggio epico. Come un eroe classico che abbia espiato le proprie colpe in un viaggio di formazione e di catarsi, Severian fa finalmente ritorno a casa consapevole del destino di prescelto che lo attende.
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
TobeyTheScavengerMonk
The Citadel of the Autarch: Urth: Book of the New Sun | Gene Wolfe
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“Sometimes driven aground by the photon storms, by the swirling of the galaxies, clockwise and counterclockwise, ticking with light down the dark sea-corridors lined with our silver sails, our demon-haunted sails, our hundred-league masts as fine as threads, as fine as silver needles sewing the threads of starlight, embroidering the stars on black velvet, wet with the winds of Time that go racing by.”

#star #QuotsyMay19

tagged users iconTK-421
TobeyTheScavengerMonk Image is concept art for Disney‘s Treasure Planet, but it matched this quote rather well, I thought. Also I miss Gene Wolfe. 6y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
TobeyTheScavengerMonk
The Citadel of the Autarch: Urth: Book of the New Sun | Gene Wolfe
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“Rain symbolizes mercy and sunlight charity, but rain and sunlight are better than mercy and charity. Otherwise they would degrade the things they symbolize.”

#symbol #quotsyapr19

Requiescat in pace, Gene Wolfe

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk Art from this really amazing article about Gene Wolfe that you should probably read: https://www.theringer.com/2019/4/25/18515675/gene-wolfe-science-fiction-author 6y
TK-421 Great article! Thanks for sharing the link. I‘m ashamed to say I‘ve never read any of his work – that needs to change! 6y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
TobeyTheScavengerMonk
The Citadel of the Autarch: Urth: Book of the New Sun | Gene Wolfe
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“Rain symbolizes mercy and sunlight charity, but #rain and sunlight are better than mercy and charity. Otherwise they would degrade the things they symbolize.”

#QuotsyMarch18

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
TobeyTheScavengerMonk
The Citadel of the Autarch: Urth: Book of the New Sun | Gene Wolfe
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“Sometimes driven aground by the photon storms, by the swirling of the galaxies, clockwise and counterclockwise, ticking with light down the dark sea-corridors lined with our silver sails, our demon-haunted sails, our hundred-league masts as fine as threads, as fine as silver needles sewing the threads of starlight, embroidering the stars on black velvet, wet with the winds of Time that go racing by.”

#space #QuotsyFeb18

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Leftcoastzen Love both quote and illustration, superb! 7y
Eggs Breathtaking 7y
Cathythoughts Great shot! 7y
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KnjiskiZmaj
KnjiskiZmaj
The Citadel of the Autarch: Urth: Book of the New Sun | Gene Wolfe
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OMG!!! What a way to finish and clear things up! By far the best book of the series with amazing turn of events. Maybe the previous books were full of it and I didn't notice, but this one was full of descriptions of places I could really picture in my head, which is a great advantage when it comes to book. Take a deep bow mr. Wolfe, you've earned your applause!!

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
TobeyTheScavengerMonk
The Citadel of the Autarch: Urth: Book of the New Sun | Gene Wolfe
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Okay, so you clicked through the spoiler thing, which ostensibly means you are down to be spoiled. But, just to be sure, I am going to put the #TaintedLove megaspoiler in the comments.

If you have no intention of ever reading the Book of the New Sun, one of the greatest masterworks of fantastic fiction ever written, then tap the spoiler comment. If you think you might want to tackle this towering achievement then move along. #JuneTunz

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk So in book 4 we find out that Dorcas, the lovely woman that Severian saved in the lake and who had been his lover and traveling companion, is actually his paternal grandmother whose corpse he accidentally resurrected. It's handled kind of beautifully and tragically if you can imagine that. Yep. #TaintedLove indeed. 7y
Reggie I kinda think this takes the #TaintedLove cake. Wow. 7y
Cinfhen Hahaha...that's a lot of family drama and some major #taintedlove 😉 7y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
TobeyTheScavengerMonk
The Citadel of the Autarch: Urth: Book of the New Sun | Gene Wolfe
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"Here I pause. If you wish to walk no farther with me, reader, I cannot blame you. It is no easy road."

"Here I pause. If you wish to walk no farther with me, reader, I do not blame you. It is no easy road."

"Here I pause. If you have no desire to plunge into the struggle beside me, reader, I do not condemn you. It is no easy one."

"My pen halts, though I do not. Reader, you will walk no more with me. It is time we both take up our lives."

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TobeyTheScavengerMonk All of the #lastlines of the Book of the New Sun. #splashintosummerreads (edited) 7y
readinginthedark Awesome! 7y
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