The Unhinged History of The Book of the New Sun

SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:   / endingsexplained   Intro: 0:00 The Premise, Main Character(s?), & World: 2:13 Eventmoot ad: 12:21 Vocabulary, Language, & Non Spoilers plot: 13:46 Spoiler Warning, The INSANE amount of layers, & Spoilers plot ( I lose my mind): 17:42 Themes & Writing: 27:30 Books, Other Series & Companion Books: 29:59 Adaptations? Or Lackthereof?: 3430 Fandom and Future: 37:54 Gene Wolfe’s science-fantasy masterpiece has been called everything from the greatest sci-fi series ever written to an elaborate practical joke played on readers. It’s a story about torturers, dying suns, unreliable narrators, time travel, forgotten civilizations, and philosophical gut punches — all wrapped in archaic language and buried revelations that only make sense after your brain finishes rebooting. This is a breakdown of one of the most dense, beautiful, and brain-melting works of speculative fiction ever created. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVENT MOOT : https://eventmoot.com/exits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: Patron -   / endingsexplained   Subscribe to my second channel: / @jadedinu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MUSIC & DESIGN: Thumbnail Design - Dabi Design: https://dabigraphics.my.canva.site/ Hard Boiled, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Rising Tide, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Celtic Impulse, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Vibing Over Venus, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCES: illustratioons - book of the new sun folio society by the incredible sam weber: https://sampaints.com/ Original cover artist: Don Maitz https://fr.ulule.com/nouveau-soleil-jdr/ ttrpg: https://www.nouveau-soleil.com/visuels https://www.alzabosoup.com/    / @mediadeathcult   Book of Fuligin - https://strangerspublishing.com/produ...   / 609480.gurps_new_sun   graphicn ovels iossues 2 https://imgur.com/a/shadow-of-torture... issue 3 https://imgur.com/a/Ev8xUJZ gene wolfe on the book of the new sun:    • Gene Wolfe | The Book of the New Sun   The complete solar cycle: https://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwi... Interview with Wolf and Larry McCaffery: https://www.depauw.edu/sfs/interviews...