![]() The intricate plot comes to a satisfying conclusion, although nothing so pat as to preclude a sequel, which, in fact, is already in the works. Anyone who has read the earlier books will recognize that this is high praise indeed. ![]() In this final volume, I am happy to report, Mr. The first volume (''The Shadow of the Torturer'') came out in 1980, the second (''The Claw of the Conciliator'') in 1981 and the third (''The Sword of the Lictor'') in 1982. The exigencies of the marketplace dictated its publication in four more or less equal parts. ![]() Wolfe's tetralogy is truly one long novel. Unlike most science-fiction series - which consist of loosely related but essentially independent stories that do not have to be read in order - Mr. THE appearance of the concluding volume of Gene Wolfe's four-part novel ''The Book of the New Sun'' is a major event. New York: Timescape Books/ Simon & Schuster. ![]() THE VOID CAPTAIN'S TALE By Norman Spinrad. THE CITADEL OF THE AUTARCH Volume Four of ''The Book of the New Sun.'' By Gene Wolfe. ![]()
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