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Not a planet of the apes traveler trope, but in his “book of the new Sun” trilogy Gene Wolfe leaves it as an exercise for the reader to figure out that it’s set
by smogcutter 4y ago
Not a planet of the apes traveler trope, but in his “book of the new Sun” trilogy Gene Wolfe leaves it as an exercise for the reader to figure out that it’s set in a far-far future South America.
- s1artibartfast 4y agowhat are the clues for south america. The river?
- smogcutter 4y agoThe hints are pretty sparse because Severian doesn’t know where he is any more than the reader does, but Wolfe confirmed it in an interview here: https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/interviews/wolfe46interview.htm https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/interviews/wolfe46interview.htm But yeah the river is a big hint. The Paraná in Argentina is a good candidate, and it’s easy to rule out other big delta rivers like the Nile or Mississippi. Iirc Severian also uses the word “pampas” for plains, and at some point we learn there’s a jungle zone to the north, with an arid region beyond.