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03 Dec 2010, 4:11 am

I bought "shadow of the torturer" by Gene Wolfe as i liked the look of the cover, and it had a recomendation by Ursula LeGuin on it, it is one of the best books I have ever read! I got halfway through in a day. Has anyone read the others or heard of it, i would be curious to know.



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03 Dec 2010, 9:10 am

Book of the New Sun is an awesome series over all.
Definitely read the other books.



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03 Dec 2010, 10:22 am

Yupa wrote:
Book of the New Sun is an awesome series over all.
Definitely read the other books.


Thanks Yupa. I remember you from a while back, we chatted about other fantasy novels and didnt you get kicked off the intensity forum for being to young at the time?



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03 Dec 2010, 5:31 pm

he's been famous ever since his novella "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" but i think his masterpiece is "Seven American Nights"...


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03 Dec 2010, 5:33 pm

thanks, I havent heard of that one. I love the novel where he falls in love with the woman he is guarding, it is so gripping. And i liked how the torturers school were outcasts. It was so sad how he helped the woman prisoner he befriended.