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Title	:	The Wizard Knight (The Wizard Knight #1-2 omnibus)
Author	:	Gene Wolfe
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 920 pages
Published	:	October 1st 2005 by Gollancz (first published September 22nd 2005)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy

The Wizard Knight (The Wizard Knight #1-2 omnibus)

Gene Wolfe

Paperback | Pages: 920 pages

Rating: 4.08 | 403 Users | 17 Reviews

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Starting a reread. Some thoughts before I go back:

I remember loving this the first time through--Wolfe mentioned somewhere that he wanted to write a book for younger readers, though I'm not sure he succeeded because this one felt as rich as anything else he'd done to me, and it actually starts out like a much more difficult text. What he did do, though, was turn all the conventions of YA novels on their head (it begins after most of those novels would have ended; and, from what I can tell, something like halfway through the story in general), and do it in a deftly researched and fantastically strange world that's one of the most interesting I've seen. Also, from what I remember the tone is a fantastic blend of the richer prose of his earlier work with the more straightforward, accessible narration he's doing now.

Things I'm going to be looking out for this time: I remember thinking the book had, not bad, but extremely strange pacing, and I'm wondering how that will seem to me this time. Also, I'm curious whether all the bravado will seem like excess, and how I'll feel about Wolfe's treatment of gender in this explicitly chivalrous context. (Which I think has always been his weakness.)

This is the last of Wolfe's major series I've been wanting to reread. Each of them has been richer and more interesting the second time I've gone back, and I have a feeling this one is going to be no exception.

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(200 pages in)

Worth noting--people don't discuss Wolfe in relation to surrealism often enough. With Wolfe the surrealism is always concrete: impossible things happen in impossible ways. What seems like dream logic, at least for the most part, is just a logic hidden within the text (and Wolfe's notorious tendency for secrecy), but it does things to the narrative progression that couldn't happen with any other writer.

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(Okay, finally done.)

I don't have a lot to add, except to say the ending blew me away--the second time. The Wizard Knight is strange, incongruous, and complex even for Wolfe; a sort of broken myth, that takes more risks with storytelling than anything I can remember and somehow gets away with all of them. It's not my favorite of Wolfe's series, but it's probably one of the most unique. Quite a few sections (and particular the last 200 pages) I think are some of the best and most interesting in all of fiction. The book is complex to the point of being impossible to pin down, I think, not just in the narrative, but ideologically, politically, etc--while still being perfectly clear.

There's a lot that could be said, but this is one that just has to be experienced to be understood. I read it much slower than a would have liked, but it's been with me again for a few months and I'm sad to be done. Gene Wolfe really is just the best at what he does.

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Original Title:	Wizard Knight
ISBN:	0575077107 (ISBN13: 9780575077102)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Wizard Knight #1-2 omnibus
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2005), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2005), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2005)

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Gene Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic. He was a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the field.The Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award is given by SFWA for lifetime achievement in scienceStarting a reread. Some thoughts before I go back: I remember loving this the first time through--Wolfe mentioned somewhere that he wanted to write a book for younger readers, though I'm not sure he succeeded because this one felt as rich as anything else he'd done to me, and it actually starts out like a much more difficult text. What he did do, though, was turn all the conventions of YA novels on their head (it begins after most of those novels would have ended; and, from what I can tell,

Too drawn out, could not finish

a good story with some strong moral preaching.... but overall it misses on being epic it tries to be.

Great book. I love the character development and multiple world depiction. Beautiful writing doesn't hurt.

Unfolds like a dream, but somewhere along the way I fell asleep.

This was my first Gene Wolfe book. Before Wolfe I hadn't the slightest experience with unreliable narrators and let me tell you that this was my first window into an entirely new world of literary experiences.Perhaps its due to nostalgia more than anything else that I'm giving this book a five-star review. Last year I had the honor of meeting the man himself and he autographed this edition for me, bringing this tome yet closer to my heart.And so I jump to the text itself, perhaps a little

Starting a reread. Some thoughts before I go back: I remember loving this the first time through--Wolfe mentioned somewhere that he wanted to write a book for younger readers, though I'm not sure he succeeded because this one felt as rich as anything else he'd done to me, and it actually starts out like a much more difficult text. What he did do, though, was turn all the conventions of YA novels on their head (it begins after most of those novels would have ended; and, from what I can tell,