The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun, #2) in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Aug 25, 2008 Stephen rated it really liked it

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4.5 stars. The second volume in The Book of the New Sun Tetralogy continuing the story began in The Shadow of the Torturer. This is one of the most imaginative science fiction/fantasy epics ever written. Highly Recommended!

Winner: Nebula Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1983)
Winner: Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1983)
Nominee: Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1983)
Nominee: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1983)
Nominee: World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1983) ...more

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Aug 31, 2021 Tani marked it as didnotfinish

I tried so hard. But I'm calling it quits at 85%. The final hour it would take to finish this book is a waste of time. I'm not going to like it any better, and if one more woman shows up wanting to fuck Severian, I'm going to rip my own hair out. I think I'll read summaries of the last two books in the series, just to see what all the fuss is about, but other than that, I'm done. ...more

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Sep 05, 2007 Tracey rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: no-longer-owned

The Claw of the Conciliator is the second part of The Book of the New Sun - a fantasy series I started reading along with AuntiePam at the Unaboard.

Th main character, Severian, is still travelling to Thrax, the city to which he has been exiled after committing a crime against his guild. He and Jonas (who is not what he seems) are captured and given a message to carry to an agent in The House Absolute - the castle of the Autarch and its environs.
He gets captured again and manages to escape agai ...more

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Jun 03, 2013 NebulousGloom (FK) rated it really liked it

Really interesting with a good story, but kind of pretentious. The downside is that the story is written as one huge book, so there is absolutely no review for those who read the first book a while ago. Good for hard core SF or fantasy fans. Not light reading.

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