![]() ![]() I didn’t take much notes while reading this fourth book, but I’m laughing at something I wrote down on my scribble sheet – “I know it is gross and taboo, but I’m surprised Severian doesn’t get more people’s memories the way he got Thecla’s (although he hadn’t planned to get hers). ![]() ![]() Even better – these aren’t the stages of grief, but the stages of awakening.Īs I’ve done in previous entries in this little series of blog posts, we’ll start with new words Then I experienced acceptance that Gene Wolfe is, as always, a brilliant mastermind of storytelling. Then I was confused, by a whole tone of WTFery at the end, then I was curious and got some helpful spoilers online. First, I was mad “that’s how it ends!? I’ve got to read the entire damn thing all over again from start to finish now!”. The days after I finished felt like going through tangential stages of grief. So, I finally finished The Citadel of the Autarch, the 4th book in Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun. ![]()
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