Return to the Whorl
novel 2001 The Book of the New Sun
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312873646 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Book of the New Sun
- Series: The Book of the Short Sun ; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Gene Wolfe
Notes
- From the series record (The Book of the Short Sun): Follows Horn (from the Long Sun trilogy) years later; the narrator visits 'the Red Sun Whorl' and meets a young Severian, explicitly connecting this trilogy to The Book of the New Sun's opening -- 'the events of that series...commence just as the events of this one are ending.' Registered as Expanded alongside Long Sun: same universe, but a separate storyline and protagonist from Severian's own Core Canon story.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Book of the Short Sun: position 3 of 3: previous In Green's Jungles (2000)
Sources
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