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I can second the New Sun series. The bizarre thing about this series is that it is a hole in my memory. I can remember reading it, I can remember liking it, and
by jiggawatts 4y ago
I can second the New Sun series. The bizarre thing about this series is that it is a hole in my memory. I can remember reading it, I can remember liking it, and I can remember little snippets, but I can't remember most of the specifics. I've read the series twice, but even the second reading hasn't resolved this failure to recollect.
Ironically -- likely on purpose -- that's the point. The series centres on an unreliable narrator, which is a part of the charm.
You forget moments because the narrator wasn't clear.
The narrator wasn't clear because the he didn't understand what he was seeing.
You have to re-read the series, perhaps several times, to figure out what's truly going on.
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoAll of Wolfes books are like that. I too have read the books of the Sun twice, and still have no real idea what happened.