The Urth Cycle includes the four-volume Book of the New Sun, an additional novel The Urth of the New Sun, the novella Empires of Foliage and Flower, as well as the short stories "The Boy Who Hooked the Sun," "The Cat," "The Map," and "The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun." These works inspired hordes of imitations, but Gene Wolfe's "Urth Cycle," while firmly based in the traditions of science fantasy, is so rich, powerful and original as to tower above all others.
these are all familiar elements of that brand of science fantasy pioneered by Clark Ashton Smith with his "Zothique" stories (1932-1948) and Jack Vance's The Dying Earth (1950). Sorcerers and adventurers battle over "magical" artifacts that are remnants of super-science, worshipping or killing ancient "gods" who are actually tyrannical extraterrestrials, while the dying sun glitters above them all, threatening to bring eternal night to a tired world. This article originally appeared in Pyramid #4 Book of the New Sun By Michael Andre-Driussi Timeline | GURPS Time Travel data
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