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The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)

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  • May, 1980
  • #Fantasy #ScienceFiction
Gene Wolfe
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The Shadow of the Torturer book. Read 1,670 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the...

Number of Pages: 262

ISBN: 0671540661

ISBN-13: 9780671540661

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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself · Jul 18, 2022
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Three SF books I love....
Christy Tidwell @christymtidwell · Sep 14, 2014
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Leonard Tillerman @LeonardTillerma · Feb 20, 2023
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Brandy Jensen @BrandyJensen · Jun 28, 2023
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have you read Gene Wolfe? a bit more fantasy than hard sci-fi but incredible
Lincoln Michel @TheLincoln · Jun 28, 2023
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I'd second everyone the Gene Wolfe recommendation. Le Guin's Hainish novels can be quite fun and epic. And of course Iain Banks's Culture novels. Although I wouldn't describe any of those as "hard" SF.
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