ON BLUE'S WATERS: Volume One of 'The Book of the Short Sun': v. 1

ON BLUE'S WATERS: Volume One of 'The Book of the Short Sun': v. 1

by Gene Wolfe (Author)

Synopsis

ON BLUE'S WATERS is the start of a major new work by Gene Wolfe, the first of three volumes that comprise The Book of the Short Sun, which takes place in the years after Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun. Horn, the narrator of the earlier work, now tells his own story. Though life is hard on the newly settled planet of Blue, Horn and his family have made a decent life for themselves. But Horn is the only one who can locate the great leader Silk, and convince him to return to Blue and lead them all to prosperity. Horn sets sail in a small boat, in a small boat, on a long and difficult quest across the planet Blue in search of the now legendary Patera Silk. The story will continue in In Green's Jungles and Return to the Whorl.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 02 Sep 2000

ISBN 10: 0312872577
ISBN 13: 9780312872571

Author Bio

Gene Wolfe has been called the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced by The Washington Post. A former engineer, he has written numerous books and won a variety of awards for his SF writing.