SWORD & CITADEL (BOOK OF THE NEW SUN) | Spoiler Chat w/ Christopher Ruocchio

[@Ntwolf1220]

I read Shadow, Claw and Sword over the last five months or so and upon finishing the third I absolutely demolished Citadel in about 2.5 days. I am so mind melted and confused but weirdly fulfilled and I am just happy to listen to people talk about this wonderful piece of fiction.

[@iWizard]

Yes, I'm with you. The really interesting thing will be to go back and read it a second time. I'm sure I'll catch sooo much that I missed on my first read. :) Wolfe is a genius for sure.

[@chetarchbold970]

This was a truly great conversation. Way too many points for me to comment on all of them. Thanks to both of you.

[@iWizard]

Thank you so much for watching, Chet!

[@chetarchbold970]

@@iWizard I love what you’re doing. It’s exactly the kind of literary conversations I want to hear.

[@thomashanson7550]

Thank you so much for these talks. Some of the best ones I've listened to on BOTNS

[@iWizard]

Thank you so much! Cheers!

[@sw3dge]

I've actually been reading Book of the New Sun and Malazan as a new reader over the same period of time. I personally found that the "just ride the wave" approach has worked for both, despite their differences.

[@iWizard]

I'm very bad at "just rid[ing] the wave," but I'm working on it, haha. I sort of had to do that with Wolfe, though. :)

[@richardkern112]

Would you say it's an easier read?

[@sw3dge]

@@richardkern112 maybe easier to literally follow scene by scene.

[@jramoo]

Guys, this was excellent. Is there a 3rd video on Urth, the 5th book ? I just finished it and want to hear Christopher's take on it.

[@iWizard]

Oh, man. Christopher and I were supposed to do a chat on Urth and I kind of messed up. I needed a break and a palette cleanser, having just read books 1-4 all at once, and then Christopher asked me about it twice and I kept kicking the can down the road. I'll ask him if he's still interested.

[@jramoo]

@@iWizard please do. These Gene Wolfe videos were awesome.

[@lanwyacaere9274]

@@iWizard Please do the Urth discussion. It is also my favorite part of the series.

[@KaiHanson-cd5xt]

​@@iWizard Urth is amazing

[@richardkern112]

Please do it!! I'm halfway thru right now​@@iWizard

[@johankleinhaneveld9452]

J.G. Ballard was the one coining the phrase of 'inner space' as opposed to 'outer space'.

[@iWizard]

Thank you, sir!!

[@RogertheGS]

Just rereading the series now. Even the scenes that didn't stick are amazing. Wonder what you think of the Long Sun series though? I thought it quite good on its own, but fades in the light of the earlier books.

[@iWizard]

Christopher and I are still hoping to do a video on the Long Sun at some point. Thanks for watching! :)

[@aspiringgoldsoul]

Loved the video. I feel like I need to reread them and read Urth for the next video

[@iWizard]

Thanks so much. I was a little lost and I feel like we went on a BUNCH of tangents, haha, but thanks for watching! Onto Urth now!

[@baphomick]

right? right. right.