Gene Wolfe: these books are basically the Dark Souls of reading

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > Gene Wolfe: these books are basically the Dark Souls of reading

my dad: Oct 17, 2012; this shall be humorous

Personally, half the fun of the books is figuring out when Severian is outright lying. If you read carefully, you can find several contradictions that aren't a plot-hole, but a clue.

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my dad: Oct 17, 2012; this shall be humorous

anilEhilated posted:

edit: Hell, people can't agree on when Severian is lying and when he's telling the truth.

I don't think Severian knows it, either.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2015 18:46

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