Lexicon Urthus, Second EditionSirius Fiction, 1 aug. 2008 - 440 sidor Lexicon Urthus is an alphabetical dictionary for the complete Urth Cycle by Gene Wolfe: The Shadow of the Torturer; The Claw of the Conciliator; The Sword of the Lictor; The Citadel of the Autarch; the sequel Urth of the New Sun; the novella Empires of Foliage and Flower; the short stories "The Cat," "The Map," and "The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun"; and Gene Wolfe's own commentaries in The Castle of the Otter. The first edition was nominated for a World Fantasy Award. This second edition, available for the first time in paperback, includes 300 new entries. When the first edition was published, Science Fiction Age said: "Lexicon Urthus makes a perfect gift for any fan of [Wolfe's] work, and from the way his words sell, it appears that there are many deserving readers out there waiting." Gary K. Wolfe, in Locus, said: "A convenient and well researched glossary of names and terms. . . . It provides enough of a gloss on the novels that it almost evokes Wolfe's distant future all by itself. . . . It can provide both a useful reference and a good deal of fun." Donald Keller said, in the New York Review of Science Fiction: "A fruitful product of obsession, this is a thorough . . . dictionary of the Urth Cycle. . . . Andre-Driussi's research has been exhaustive, and he has discovered many fascinating things . . . [it is] head-spinning to confront a myriad of small and large details, some merely interesting, others jawdropping." |
Innehåll
LIST OF SPECIAL ARTICLES AND TABLES | 56 |
Solar System Table | 325 |
SYNOPSIS OF SEVERIANS NARRATIVE | 389 |
OLD MAPS | 411 |
Vanliga ord och fraser
Abaia Agia Agilus alzabo ancient antechamber apprentice Apu-Punchau Ascian Autarch Baldanders Briah brown book Burgundofara Casdoe Catherine cavalry century Ceryx chap chiliarch Citadel Claw Commentary Commonwealth Conciliator constellation corridors creature Cyriaca dead died Dorcas Eata Empire Eschatology Eschatology and Genesis exultant Famulimus father feet Garden Gene Wolfe goddess Greek Green Group of Seventeen guild Gunnie Gurloes Hadelin Hethor Hierodule Hierogrammate Hildegrin History of Urth House Absolute Inire Jahi jibers John Brunner Jolenta Jonas Juturna khaibit killed Lake Latin lazaret living Malrubius Master Matachin Matachin Tower mausoleum Meschiane Moon Nessus night Odilo old sun Onomastics Orithyia Ossipago Ouen Palaemon Pelerines peryton play Eschatology prisoner probably resurrected River Gyoll Roman Rudesind sailor Saint Saltus Sancha Sanguinary Field seems Severian Severian meets Sidero soldier stone town story sword Tale tall Talos Thecla Thrax torturers Typhon Tzadkiel Tzadkiel's ship undine Urth Urth Cycle Ushas Valeria Vodalus Wolfe woman Yesod Ymar
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Solar Labyrinth: Exploring Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun Robert Borski Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2004 |