The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)
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- May, 1980
- #Fantasy #ScienceFiction
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
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Jul 18, 2022
Three SF books I love....
Christy Tidwell @christymtidwell
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Sep 14, 2014
Leonard Tillerman @LeonardTillerma
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Feb 20, 2023
- Curated in The 22 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
Brandy Jensen @BrandyJensen
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Jun 28, 2023
- Answered to What are your favorite, decently-written, science fiction epics?
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have you read Gene Wolfe? a bit more fantasy than hard sci-fi but incredible
Lincoln Michel @TheLincoln
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Jun 28, 2023
- Answered to What are your favorite, decently-written, science fiction epics?
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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.
