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Title: Long Days Journey into Light
Review: This series of five books (inc Urth of the New Sun) is singly the most imaginative and moving piece of sci fi I have ever had the pleasure to read. It is not, an easy road, as Severian the central character states at the end of book 1, but is well worth pursuing again and again. Such is the nature of the writing, different levels of meaning and suggestion are discovered on every reading, and a detailed examination of the sequence reveals a story which is so rich in texture as to suggest a visual tapestry of imagery. Wolfes books range from the impenetrable to the merely obscure, but BOTNS must be read by any sci fi enthusiast - not just the first book(s) but the whole series, as although each book is a self contained wonder, it is only after completing the final part that the whole sequence lights up like a neon sign and glows with the light of the Claw. An indisputable 20th century classic. Fabulous.
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