Tag Archive: The Shadow of the Torturer

SF Classics – The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

Steph P. Bianchini December 4, 2014 0 Comments

The Shadow of the Torturer (1980) is a fantasy novel by Gene Wolfe. It is the first of four volumes in The Book of the New Sun series, and tells the story of Severian, an apprentice in the torturers’ guild….
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Sci-Fi Snippets

fantasy, Gene Wolfe, SF, The Shadow of the Torturer

SF heroes and villains – a portrait gallery

Steph P. Bianchini November 18, 2014 6 Comments

I have been an avid manga reader (and anime fan) since childhood, and what I loved the most was to pick my hero and follow him (her) during the story. Or a villain, that sometimes is far more charming than any…
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Fiction

Altered Carbon, Dan Simmons, Gene Wolf, Hyperion, Margaret Atwood, Peter F. Hamilton, Richard Morgan, SF, SFF, The Book of the New Sun, The Handmaid's Tale, The Hyperion Cantos, The Night Dawn, The Reality Disfunction, The Shadow of the Torturer