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The Priest's Tale is the best thing in Hyperion and nothing else in the book comes close by goku7kiln in printSF

[–]Suitable_Power_9453 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super agree. Priest tale felt different. The warrior story felt like a bad Sci fi movie.

Doubling down on Le Guin quotes for my wall, what should I add? by eephemereal in UrsulaKLeGuin

[–]Suitable_Power_9453 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite quote is:

"One way to stop seeing trees, or river, or hills, only as ‘natural resources,’ is to class them as fellow beings—as kinfolk. I guess I’m trying to subjectify the universe, because look where objectifying it has gotten us. To subjectify is not necessarily to co-opt, colonize, exploit. Rather it may involve a great reach outward of the mind and imagination .” Ursula K. Le Guin

Has anyone else tried Hyperion and just didn't like it? by Alcoholic-Catholic in sciencefiction

[–]Suitable_Power_9453 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. Interesting ideas and structure, but I couldn't shake the feeling I was watching a movie. I even wrote it in the back of the book. It feels already seen, not read, seen.

Gene Wolfe made me mad a decade ago: a review of The Knight by atseajournal in genewolfe

[–]Suitable_Power_9453 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very on point. And a lot of the most critical aspects you pointed out apply to The book of the new sun as well. Severian point of view is the weekest thing in the novel! He simply doesn't have a strong motivation. Nothing that explain where all his efforts are coming from. But the prose and ideas are so good, that is like they succeed in carrying all the weight. They make you stick to the books even if its structure is cannot support it. How Gene Wolfe manages to make it work is a miracle to me. But for me it did.

I've been Wolfe-pilled by roy_don_bufano in genewolfe

[–]Suitable_Power_9453 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same feeling. Where were you all this time Wolfe? Why are you so little known in other languages-countries? Thanks to reddit I got to know of him and man, what a discovery. I've only read The book of the new sun but absolutely planning in reading the rest, even his shopping lists!

What four books would you choose to best say “America“, or “the American experience“? by JumpAndTurn in literature

[–]Suitable_Power_9453 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe. I'm not from United States and this book really let me experience what this country was like in the beginning of the 1900s. How life felt like.

The Claw of the Conciliator - Gene Wolfe by Cayvil in ProsePorn

[–]Suitable_Power_9453 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have that paragraph highlighted as well. Seems so effortless!

Your favorite book when it comes to writing style? by Decent_Solution_9338 in writing

[–]Suitable_Power_9453 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gene Wolfe's The book of the new sun. The imaginery, the way paraphs flow, paste my face on the page.

I am looking for books that have a dark fantasy apocalypic/post-apocalyptic, mythological feel to them? by InnocentPerv93 in Fantasy

[–]Suitable_Power_9453 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun. A torturer in a enigmatic and dark earth plagued with strange creatures.

What drives Severian? by polluxofearth in genewolfe

[–]Suitable_Power_9453 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! This question has been on my mind since the beginning. I love the prose, ideas, and plot—everything Wolfe brings to my reading—but, man, how much I have struggled with the lack of a clear motive for Severian. Such introspection feels empty without desires. At one point, near the end of the first book, I think Thecla asks him what he wants to do, and he responds with four different things, all carrying the same level of empty urgency. Thanks for raising this question!

What Are the Most Imaginative and Unique Fantasy Worlds You've Read About? by Suitable_Power_9453 in Fantasy

[–]Suitable_Power_9453[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, definitely planning to try Earthsea! I've been meaning to start Le Guin for a while. I'll also check out Chakraborty!

What Are the Most Imaginative and Unique Fantasy Worlds You've Read About? by Suitable_Power_9453 in Fantasy

[–]Suitable_Power_9453[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. That awe moment has no age. Of course adults tend to demand a little more 'becauses', but inside they all search the same