The Rereading Wolfe Podcast | 重读沃尔夫播客
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A chapter-by-chapter spoiler intense deep dive into Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun" stewing in unhinged speculation. You cannot read a Gene Wolfe story. You can only re-read a Gene Wolfe story. http://patreon.com/rereadingwolfe
20. What makes a good book for me? First, strong authorial voice. Gene Wolfe is the master of this: each of his book's narrators, even in third person, is unique and expertly tailored to the novel. Scott Lynch is another prime example of strong authorial voice.
23. "The author you read whom you find the most challenging but rewarding" That would have to be Gene Wolfe. Even his early and deceptively simple books and short stories contain more layers than an Ogre or an onion and reward re-reading
2. top 5 books of all time (fungible order): 1 - Rayuela - Julio Cortazar 2 - Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut 3 - The Sword of the Lictor - Gene Wolf 4 - Cien Años de Soledad - Gabriel García Marquez 5 - Don Quijote de La Mancha - Miguel de Cervantes
2. Top 5 books (that I’ve read in the last 3 years): - The Book of the New Sun (Gene Wolfe) -My Brilliant Friend series (Elena Ferrante) -Distant Star (Roberto Bolaño) -The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro) -The Works of Vermin (Hiron Ennis)
Terry Pratchett, SMALL GODS (he stole my lunch money when we were kids) Jane Austen, EMMA (spied for Napoleon) Gene Wolfe, BOOK OF THE NEW SUN (every Friday night was "Endangered Species BBQ Night" at the Wolfe household) Iain Banks, LOOK TO WINDWARD (funded the Darien scheme)
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · yesterdayalright let's do real discourse: five books *by bad people* that are still good or great books V.S. Naipaul, A BEND IN THE RIVER Allison Pearson, I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT Kevin Myers, WATCHING THE DOOR Yukio Mishima, CONFESSIONS OF A MASK Neil Gaiman, BRIEF LIVES.
Alex Pheby's @alexpheby.bsky.social Cities of the Weft trilogy is my new obsession. No clue if he's read Wolfe (or if it matters), but definitely something for the obsessives at @rereadingwolfe.bsky.social! At first, it was just the vibes... but soon you hit the narrative uncertainty, and in I go...
Toni Morrison and Gene Wolfe were both born in 1931 and both died in 2019. Both Catholic converts, too. I haven't figured out what to make of that yet but I'm going to make something of it one of these days
Not, apparently, a show based on the Last House in Wolfe's BotNS, or even The Last Homely House from Tolkein's LotR. Original titles challenge: impossible.
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Michael Bishop, writing for Thrust in 1980 reviews 'The Shadow of the Torturer' and Gene Wolfe's oeuvre to that time before his interview. Note that Bishop is already a fan, which should encourage you to check out Wolfe's 70s short fiction if you haven't. dn760102.eu.archive.org/0/items/thru...
How do you define speculative fiction? And which books have you read in this genre? It is a genre to ask the deep questions. Listen to my thoughts here⬇️ #bskyspeculativefiction m.youtube.com/watch?v=zJdG...
What Is Speculative Fiction? A Genre that asks deep questions
What is speculative fiction — and does dark fantasy like Malazan or Bakker actually count? In this cozy BookTube deep dive I define speculative fiction, walk eight books and two games on my shelf, and ask you which ones qualify. Sci-fi, fantasy, dystopia, alternate history, horror, and the stories that sit between them — all through a philosophical and spiritual lens. If you love imaginary worlds with real spiritual, psychological, and social weight — Gene Wolfe, Philip K. Dick, Malazan, Bakker, Hyperion, and beyond — pour the tea and settle in. 📚 What you'll find: • A clear, reader-friendly definition of speculative fiction • Why not all fantasy automatically qualifies (and why some does) • Shelf tour: Fallout, Bakker, Death Stranding, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Malazan, A Canticle for Leibowitz, cyberpunk, Roadside Picnic, Hyperion • An open invitation for your speculative fiction book recommendations ⏱ Chapters: 0:00 Why I'm reading broader this summer 1:01 What I look for in a story (the "what if" + meaning) 1:57 What is speculative fiction? A working definition 3:11 Fallout — survival, meaning, and a broken world 4:41 R. Scott Bakker — dark fantasy as speculative fiction? 6:25 Death Stranding — human connection after the network falls 8:01 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? — empathy and the human 9:42 Malazan Book of the Fallen — empire, spirit, and politics 11:05 A Canticle for Leibowitz — faith after the fall 12:49 Cyberpunk (Rafał Kosik) — when the future is almost now 14:12 Roadside Picnic — the Zone and forbidden meaning 15:15 Death Stranding (book) + Hyperion 16:20 Your turn — recommend me books & games 🔗 Watch next on the channel: • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Analysis — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH98OrL7eE8 • Book of the New Sun: The Claw of the Conciliator — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuEZgSuHj3o • Writing a Spiritual Cyberpunk Short Story — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpC1CUL80w8 • Neuromancer Analysis — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUSGqBQLCwM 💬 Drop your speculative fiction recommendations in the comments — books, games, or the titles that changed how you see the "what if." This channel is BookTube for slow readers: deep literary analysis of speculative fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mythology through a philosophical and spiritual lens. I don't do quick takes. I do the deep read. 📧 thenostalgicdragon@outlook.com #SpeculativeFiction #BookTube #ScienceFiction #FantasyBooks #BookRecommendations #LiteraryAnalysis #PhilipKDick #Malazan #WhatIsSpeculativeFiction speculative fiction · speculative fiction books · fantasy vs science fiction · science fiction vs fantasy · dystopian fiction · alternate history · philosophical fantasy · booktube
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GENE WOLFE regresa en español gracias a Zona Abisal, que recupera en nueva edición y con nueva traducción EL SOLDADO DE LA NIEBLA, la fantasía histórica que nos lleva a una antigua Grecia de dioses y monstruos, aquí os cuento: caballerodelarbolsonriente.blogspot.com/2026/06/gene...
24. The Citadel of the Autarch, from Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun, by the fabulous @nathanandersonart.bsky.social (available at www.inprnt.com/gallery/deim...) #MapMonday
Nearly finished with Gene Wolfe's first 2 books in the Book of the New Sun. I love this setting just as much as I loved Vance's the Dying Earth.
there’s a part where gene wolfe describes clavigers who have enormous keys around their necks in a prison who can use their keys to fend off escaping prisoners. he invented evil kingdom hearts
Some stuff in the first reading will be lost forever; some stuff will be re-encountered on the second one; some stuff will remain in your memories only and you will discover new stuff over and over re-reading Wolfe. His books are really alive.
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The reason I have New Sun in 2 formats is I shelled out for the super-expensive Folio edition as I love it so much.
I have splurged on two special editions for my library: my BOTNS folio, and a HP Lovecraft boxset (and only in that case because the books came in two regular sized, clean-edged paperbacks as opposed to the huge, ugly, hardback omnibus editions). Otherwise please just give me a cheap clean book!
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i love eggers so much but i would NEVER want him anywhere near BotNS
Gene Wolfe cited Clark Ashton Smith in his 2015 novel ‘A Borrowed Man’ and he wrote the intro to ‘The Return of the Sorcerer: The Best of Clark Ashton Smith’
Neon Genesis Episcopalian@inplacesdeep.bsky.social · 5d agoMine is probably probably Clark Ashton Smith, who seems to me to have probably been a big influence on BotNS but maybe I'm wrong. He was much more obscure at the time I think