wtf! its so good. should i keep reading more gene when i finish citadel or work my way through the lit top 100?

>>24572965 (OP)
take a little break and maybe read something else but definitely come back for long/short sun. short sun is one of gene's best but requires the foundation of long sun.

You should stop reading fantasy slop and graduate to reading literary fiction
And if you insist on reading fantasy then maybe read some good literary fantasy like Dunsany or Eddison or read the authors that Wolfe Plagiarised.

>>24572965 (OP)
The best way to approach this series is to push through up to the fifth book. So you can keep things fresh in your head and allow your brain to make the connections as easily as possible.
The worst advice, is to "read the four books and leave the 5th aside", Why the fuck does people say that? Are they retarded? Why would you ignore in any way the most important part of the story?
But anyways, keep reading till you get to the 5th book, then you will start to enjoy the whole thing in a new uplifted way, and it will be very rewarding to look back and connect everything.

>>24572965 (OP)
It's worth reading Fifth Head of Cerberus after and maybe one of his later one-offs. I would switch off to anothet author before diving into another one of his series, espcally if it's Long/Short Sun, although when I got into his novels I did read a ton of them in a row.

>>24572995
>you should stop reading fantasy
>read fantasy recommended by my eceleb instead

>>24572977
>>24573093
>>24573123
Yeah i'll read through the series and stop there if I dont check out his shorter works. I might even take a break from reading for a bit to let it marinate
>>24572995
he's so cute though...

>>24572995
You should off yourself

>>24572995
>You should graduate to reading literary fiction
>good literary fantasy like Dunsany or Eddison
Is that it?
The state of fantasy is fucking grim

>>24573330
the book i posted in the op is good though...

>>24573330
Bakker is literary. It's just no one wants to say it cause the 'orcs/goblins' in that story are demonic genetically engineered golems that rape wounds and corpses

>>24573175
ESL wolfefags misses the "and if you insist on reading fantasy" preface
Are you retarded?
>>24573293
You should grow up
>>24573330
Imagine getting filtered by Dunsany of all people
Even dunsany's worst stories are better than Wolfe's best, and wolfe is a pretty good writer (for his genre)

>>24573424
>"read literature"
>*cant list a single one*
>*only lists more fantasy*

>>24573123
it's easy to fall into a gene hole of literature because there's so much and it's spans a lot of different tastes. his short story collections are all very good too. i second filling the gap with fifth head; it's a pretty quick read but mind melting.

>>24573615
Why do you want to be spoonfed literature?
My most recently read books are fieldings tom jones, spensers the faerie queene and burtons anatomy of melancholy if you really care that much

>>24573664
>thinks I need his retard recs

>>24573730
>wolfefag sees actual literature and deems it retard
Does poetry filter you, wolfefag? Does literature written before the 20th century make your tiny pea brain ache?

>>24573750
What defines a Wolfefag? Why is there no other categorized literary fag? Like TolkienFag, or Poe-fag? Why Wolfefags? What makes them stand out?

>>24573750
Ya seeth?

>>24572995
>literary fiction
Nice tautology, dumbass.

>>24573664
>if you really care that much
We don't.

>>24573750

>>24572965 (OP)
it goes hard

>>24573775
>What defines a Wolfefag?
Obessive fans of Gene Wolfe who think he is the greatest thing in literature since shakespeare
>Why is there no other categorized literary fag? Like TolkienFag, or Poe-fag?
If tolkien fans and poe fans were as annoying and obnoxious as Wolfe fanboys i would label them as such, but they really aren't that bad
>Why Wolfefags
Because they are obnoxious manchildren who have no knowledge of literature yet pretend the book of the new sun is up there with faulkner, proust, mccarthy, dostoyevsky, goethe, shakespeare, etc

>>24574073
faggot

>>24574073
you will never find anything of the sort in botns or gene threads. this guy is a lunatic.

>>24574075
Manchild
>>24574098
You've been saying wolfe is better than proust and that vance is "shit" compared to wolfe for years, buddy

>>24574156
Better than Proust yes, the rest can be debatable.

>>24574182
Nope

Do all asians hate Wolfe?

>>24573664
>faerie queene
I can see why you like reading about fairies and queens.

>>24574270
Protestants and atheists also hate him

>>24574289
Wolfefags are so ignorant of literature they they don't even know about one of the most famous and influential pieces of poetry ever written
Spenser shall continue to be read long after wolfe's works are forgotten

>>24574303
Are these Wolfefags in the room with you right now?

>>24574303
Retard doesn't even know that TBOTNS was written millions of years in the future. Wolfe's legacy will be eternal.

hi I'm related to Gene Wolfe and just randomly found this forum. AMA.

>>24574378
why did jolenta and dorcus have sex? why was severian so insistent he didnt do anything gay with the boy?

>>24574378
Was he a funny guy? He sounds funny. Tell us a funny or weird anecdote about him.

>>24574156
>shills for Jack fucking Vance
>calls someone else a manchild