Gene Wolfe Fans discussion

Anyone read this? I have read the Book of the New Sun, the Fifth Head of Cerberus and Peace and thought they were all absolute masterpieces. I came across a reference to Latro in the Mist today and I think I going to have to read it. It sounds fascinating.

I love the Latro series. The way Wolfe weaves the lesser mythic elements of the area in such an everyday way into the narrative makes these some of my favorite of his novels. And the same thing he does with Greek myth in the first two books works just as well for Egyptian in the third.

These are definitely worth your time.

Yes, they are on par with the other works you mention. When you finish let me know and I will refer you to a few of my analyses on it. Fabulous- only Wolfe could have so many subtexts in it in a story that shows the burgeoning shift in ethos away from the barbaric warlike sensibilities of the Dacians to the mercy idealized in Christianity, all in a text that has pagan deities literally walking around with ruminations on memory, identity, justice, and history. Wonderful- and you can actually trust the hero this time, just not his memories or perceptions.

An excellent read, really enjoyed it.

going to link to a few of my comments on it, the primary gist of which is that Ares/Pleistorus is either Latro or stuck in him, and through his experiences as a "mortal" has grown sick and weary of war, beginning the syncretic transformation towards the zeitgeist of Christianity.

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