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Lexicon Urthus, Second Edition | 
| Author: Michael Andre-driussi
Creator: Gene Wolfe
Publisher: Sirius Fiction
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 84710
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 440
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0964279509
EAN: 9780964279506
ASIN: 0964279509
Publication Date: August 1, 2008
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Lexicon Urthus is an alphabetical dictionary for the complete Urth Cycle by Gene Wolfe: The Shadow of the Torturer; The Claw of the Conciliator; The Sword of the Lictor; The Citadel of the Autarch; the sequel Urth of the New Sun; the novella Empires of Foliage and Flower; the short stories "The Cat," "The Map," and "The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun"; and Gene Wolfe's own commentaries in The Castle of the Otter. The first edition was nominated for a World Fantasy Award. This second edition includes over 1,200 entries. When the first edition was published, Science Fiction Age said: "Lexicon Urthus makes a perfect gift for any fan of [Wolfe's] work, and from the way his words sell, it appears that there are many deserving readers out there waiting." Gary K. Wolfe, in Locus, said: "A convenient and well researched glossary of names and terms. . . . It provides enough of a gloss on the novels that it almost evokes Wolfe's distant future all by itself. . . . It can provide both a useful reference and a good deal of fun." Donald Keller said, in the New York Review of Science Fiction: "A fruitful product of obsession, this is a thorough . . . dictionary of the Urth Cycle. . . . Andre-Driussi's research has been exhaustive, and he has discovered many fascinating things . . . [it is] head-spinning to confront a myriad of small and large details, some merely interesting, others jawdropping."
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A labor of love; a gift to Wolfe's readers August 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Gene Wolfe's prose is black-whole dense, his mythology is ocean deep, and his tales are as complex as the convolutions on your brain. Wolfe elevates the sensations of wonder, mystery, and discovery that we associate with science fiction into the realms of aesthetic and religious awe. He reaches back in time to take hold of the the thread of earliest human myth, traces this thread through the weave of history and literature, draws it forward into the unimaginable future, and then he ties the two ends together in an infinite loop.
I am profoundly grateful for Lexicon Urthus, a book that is clearly a product of extraordinary time and effort on the part of its author. Lexicon Urthus is a key to the labyrinth that is The Book of the New Sun. It is full of maps, diagrams, and timelines, as well as definitions of the words you won't find in your dictionary, and information about the linguistic, mythical, historical, and/or literary origins and meanings of the names of people and places in the book.
The trouble with much that has been written about Wolfe's works, especially about the New Sun novels, is that it is full of speculation, specious reasoning, and overinterpretation. In contrast, all of the information in Lexicon Urthus is based upon Wolfe's text and upon extrapolation and research; nothing is made up. Lexicon Urthus is an invaluable resource for delving deeper into Wolfe's masterpiece.
not only for fans! August 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
great fun for world lovers, too, and an excellent introduction to the depth of wolfe's work.
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