Finished Citadel of the Autarch
These books are amazing. I think what Wolfe really does well is showing how knowledge and history morph as future generations start to comprehend them less and less. For instance, I was completely blown away when reading “The Tale of the Boy Called Frog” chapter and realized it was a retelling of the Jungle Book.
I also loved the moment in Sword of the Lictor when Severian is stargazing in the mountains and describes how he feels like he could fall into the void of space. In the same chapter he also talks about how the forests of the moon were planted in the earliest days of man. This detail and the reveal that tectonic activity and volcanism have stopped do a good job at showing just how far into the future this story takes place. All that being said I’m very curious as to what moments or chapters really stood out to you guys.