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Encryptic posted:It's definitely South America. I read a bit of discussion elsewhere that confirms it and you pick up a lot of hints from the text like "the rotting jungles at the waist of the world" (the equator) and mate (a very common drink in South America) is mentioned multiple times, including as a cheap drink served to the prisoners in the oubliette. The leader of the village they're in the beginning in "Claw" is called an "alcalde" - an old Spanish term for a magistrate. Also Apu-Punchau (the guy they're trying to resurrect in the stone city at the end of "Claw") is an Inca sun god. There's also a section at the end of Sword that pretty explicitly takes place on Lake Titicaca - Severian mobilizes a bunch of natives with floating islands to assault Baldanders' castle.
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Shark Sandwich posted:What do people here think of Peace? I picked that up and plan to start it next before giving BOTNS another shot. Peace is excellent, it's not science fiction or fantasy. If anything, it's easier to follow on a narrative level than Cerberus, but still highly representative of his style, methodology and subject matter, even if it's not his usual genre.
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Best of is definitely great, if a little overwhelming. There's a lot of overlap with Island of Doctor Death which is a little more manageable. Really the main thing is to get a collection with Seven American Nights, which is one of (if not) his best shorts. Most of his 70s short stories are worth reading at least once though. Also yeah Alzabo Soup is not good.
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Read the short story Seven American Nights. If you don't like it there's a good chance you won't like his other stuff, but it's really Wolfe™ condensed into a digestable format, so if it clicks move on to the longer stuff. I would probably start with Cerberus over New Sun.
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