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| Author | Gene Wolfe |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Peter Goodfellow |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Gollancz (UK) Tor Books (US) |
Publication date | Aug 1987 (UK)[1] Sep 1987 (US) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 372 pp |
| ISBN | 0-575-04116-1 |
| OCLC | 16003956 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3573.O52 U78 1987 |
| Preceded by | The Book of the New Sun |
The Urth of the New Sun is a 1987 science fiction novel by Gene Wolfe that serves as a coda to his four-volume Book of the New Sun series. Like Book of the New Sun, it is of the Dying Earth subgenre. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1988.[2]
Urth of the New Sun picks up the tale of Severian, the protagonist of Book of the New Sun, years after that work's end. He leaves his role as Autarch of Urth to seek a new sun for Urth.
- ^ isfdb
- ^ "1988 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-06.