Calde of Long Sun

by Gene Wolfe

Book Overview

This is the third volume in the Book of the Long Sun series. In the very distant future, the inhabitants of a great generation starship, The Whorl, have traveled so long and far that they have forgotten their origins and their destiny. In this world, Patera Silk, a young cleric, has been spoken to by a god and given a mission--to save his church buildings.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812534204
• ISBN13: 9780812534207
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Probably the best book of the four in the series

The action really picks up in this one. Ultimately, the series is disappointing, though. See my review of the fourth book.

Typical Gene Wolfe: rich in detail, character and confusion

Long awaited sequel in the Book of the Long Sun. The structure of this strange place slowly comes together. It's quite incredible how the heat, the smells and the colours of this planet come to life in this series.

A readable masterpice of a saga.

Some writers are content to have us interested in their characters. Wolfe's style forces us to think and learn to love them. Yet the pace is fast, and pulls us along at disturbingly realistic paces, his charcters at times lost, at times knowing but always 3-D. And the scope of the story is vast and fast - the city revolution you thought would last till the last book of the saga is already, it seems, over by the end of the book. A word of warning? Check out the characters from the earlier books again before you start- otherwise they may do something vital before you remember them fully

excellent

One of the finest of a series of fine literature from Gene Wolfe. More than the usual poetry and narrative excellence, which for Gene Wolfe, is saying alot. A fine third component to the Long Sun series. I can't wait for the finale!