Caldé of the Long Sun

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Author(s):

Gene Wolfe

First Pub:

1994

Genre(s):

Fantasy; Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Subject(s):

Science fiction

Internal ID:

1760

Series:

Lake of the Long Sun
Exodus From the Long Sun

Book of the Long Sun*

#3 of 4

Book of the Long Sun*

A series of novels by Gene Wolfe that takes place after Book of the New Sun.

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1) Nightside the Long Sun
2) Lake of the Long Sun
3) Caldé of the Long Sun
4) Exodus From the Long Sun

Solar Cycle

#8 of 12

Solar Cycle

A mega-series encompassing several other series of stories.

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1) The Shadow of the Torturer
2) The Claw of the Conciliator
3) The Sword of the Lictor
4) The Citadel of the Autarch
5) The Urth of the New Sun
6) Nightside the Long Sun
7) Lake of the Long Sun
8) Caldé of the Long Sun
9) Exodus From the Long Sun
10) On Blue's Waters
11) In Green's Jungles
12) Return to the Whorl

Dedication:

For Todd Compton, classicist and rock musician.

First Sentence:

As unruffled by the disturbances shaking the city as by the furious thunderstorm that threatened with every gust to throw down its shiprock and return its mud brick to the parent mud, His Cognizance Patera Quetzal, Prolocutor of the Chapter of This Our Holy City of Viron, studied his present sere and sallow features in the polished belly of the silver teapot.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

That was a good sign, surely.

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Added: 14-Jun-2015

Last Updated: 16-Sep-2024

08-Mar-2022

Audible Originals

Audiobook

Date Issued:

08-Mar-2022

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

$24.95

Length:

13 hrs 6 min (385 pages)

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

43659

Publisher:

Audible Originals

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Jason Culp - Narration

From audible.com:

A Nebula Award finalist and winner of the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Caldé of the Long Sun is the third volume in science-fiction Grand Master Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun tetralogy.

Journeying aboard the generational starship The Whorl, the young priest Patera Silk becomes a prophet and revolutionary as he questions his faith while confronting a crime lord in a saga where "[Wolfe] continues to prove himself one of the genre's most literate writers and luminescent thinkers" (Library Journal).

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Notes and Comments:

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Nightside the Long Sun

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Litany of the Long Sun

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Lake of the Long Sun

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Caldé of the Long Sun

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Epiphany of the Long Sun

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Exodus From the Long Sun

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Author(s)

Gene Wolfe

Awards

1996

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

Nebula Award - Best Novel

Nominee

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