Capsule Review Archive – The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

This review originally appeared on Goodreads on May 28, 2019.

https://write.as/robinmarx/capsule-review-archive-the-urth-of-the-new-sun-by-gene-wolfe

graisle - a kind of horn used in battle

#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian leaves a battle and sees a fallen ally lying next to his destrier, flag and horn.

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acharya - In India, a Hindu or Buddhist preceptor and expert instructor in a subject such as religion

#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian seeks to understand the manifestations of the Increate.

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caracara - a bird of prey of the order Falconidae, in the subfamily Polyborinae with the spot-winged falconet

#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. A Pelerine priestess describes for Severian the shape and quality of the Claw of the Conciliator.

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catenary - in mathematics, a curve that describes the shape of a flexible hanging chain or cable. The name derives from the Latin, catenaria ("chain").

#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch, book four of The Book of the New Sun series. In a story being told to Severian, a man meets a strange figure on a rope and bamboo bridge.

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imperator (plural, imperatrix) - Roman title for a commander, given to a victorious general

#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Gene Wolfe's The Sword of the Lictor. Severian attempts to flatter the two-headed giant Typhon.

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Saw some people sharing this on #Bluesky and thought I'd bring my entry over here as well.

#FiveBookSeriesToKnowMe

• #TheDeathGateCycle - https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/5301
• #TheWheelOfTime - https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/2095
• #MemorySorrowAndThorn - https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/3703
• #EnderSaga - https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/54
• #TheBookOfTheNewSun - https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/4391