Epiphany of the Long Sun

Book of the Long Sun, Books 3 and 4

By: Gene Wolfe

Narrated by: Jason Culp

The two novels combined in this omnibus (Caldé of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun) comprise the second half of Gene Wolfe's series The Book of the Long Sun.

©1994, 1996 Gene Wolfe (P)2022 Audible, Inc.

Worth getting thru the slow parts

The book was worth finishing but could be a bit slow in parts. Well written either way

one of Wolfe's best

Gene Wolfe was not just an author. He was a magician spinning worlds out of fire. One of the greats, sorely missed.

Easy to enjoy but still a challenge

The mysteries are a little easier to unravel here than BotLS, but not a ton, takes just enough time where If you pay attention you can guess at a lot of things without giving this a second read. This made the book easier to enjoy it on face value and just absorb the story. Definitely worth the read.

Better on audio!

I’d read this back in the day and it felt a bit tedious compared to the New and Short Sun stories. Revisiting as an audiobook was quite a treat!
Thanks audible for finally releasing these.
Good man!!

Good Silk

Listened after reading it more than 30 years ago. I missed many parts and details before, This time around I managed to connect the dots and complete the story. Mainframe AI, robots, super power embryos, drilled out asteroids as generation spaceships, blood drinking aliens and all this means nothing or little. Good Silk. Good Silk. Good Silk. Gene Wolfe you are gravely missed.