imperator (plural, imperatrix) - Roman title for a commander, given to a victorious general

#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Gene Wolfe's The Sword of the Lictor. Severian attempts to flatter the two-headed giant Typhon.

#AppendixN #GeneWolfe #TheBookOfTheNewSun #sffbookclub #dyingearth

lazaret - a small compartment below the deck in the after end of a vessel, used for stores

#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch. Severian recuperates in a room converted to a makeshift hospital ward as the war rages nearby.

#AppendixN #GeneWolfe #BookOfTheNewSun #botns

Sort of still enjoying the book of the long sun #genewolfe expect it’s still been about 1200 pages of tunnels-n-drawing-rooms. Sheesh. Really needed an editor with guts except I get the impression the publisher was asking for infinite padding.

1st RPG I bought this year was #symbaroum such an effin cool dark setting and amazing artwork! Ever the fan of #GeneWolfe #Numenara and #heavymetalmagazine I also picked up the psychedelic #caravancrawler #UltravioletGrasslands another amazing setting, with top tier art, with a unique system that has a ton of potential
#RPGaDAY2023
https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/symbaroum/

@sollat I don't know how to tell you this, but it looks like your garden has averns. Need to fight any duels?
#GeneWolfe

Czytałam #GeneWolfe The Fifth Head of Cerberus we wczesnych latach nastoletnich i byłam zupełnie wstrząśnięta tematyką tej powieści. Gene Wolfe zawsze będzie jednym z „tych” pisarzy, którzy zostawiają odcisk prosto w mózgu. Teraz zupełnie przypadkowo udało mi się ją kupić w księgarni. #bookstodon

#bookstodon #iangraham #fantasy #sciencefiction #genewolfe #sciencefantasy #coffee #arthurmachen #folklore #wales #Pagan

carnifex - executioner, specifically the public executioner in Ancient Rome; literally "butcher" in Latin

#appendixnlocutionoftheday from both Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun series and Harley Stroh's adventure module Jewels of the Carnifex.

#appendixn #trrpg #osr #botns #bookofthenewsun #genewolfe #dccrpg #dungeoncrawlclassics

sough - (of the wind in trees, the sea, etc.) make a moaning, whistling, or rushing sound

#appendixnlocutionoftheday from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of Autarch, book four of the Book of the New Sun. Severian becomes lost in memory in the woods, the wind in trees reminding him of the cypresses in the necropolis during his childhood.

#appendixn #genewolfe #bookofthenewsun #botns #dyingearth

Podcast alert for Gene Wolfe fans: https://open.spotify.com/show/5nRjFk7ilzTLpEbljsCV4R?si=e4942b7e69d64092 #scienceFiction #podcast #fantasy #geneWolfe

Time turns our lives into truths.
-- Gene Wolfe

⬆ #Quotes #GeneWolfe #Life #Time #Truth

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

corsique - A type of European pole weapon, characterised by a three-lobe blade. The head features a long spike and two shorter and stronger lateral blades. Said to have originated in Corsica.

#appendixnlocutionoftheday from Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch, book four of The Book of the New Sun. Written there as "korseke." Definition and image from Wikipedia.

#appendixn #genewolfe #bookofthenewsun

Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?171

L, Don Maitz, 1980; R, Bruce Pennington, 1981

#GeneWolfe #scifi #sciencefiction

#SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #GeneWolfe

Today is Gene Wolfe's Birthday

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wolfe

Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Wolfe was honored as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

I have a special collector's editions of "The Shadow of the Torturer" by Gene Wolfe for sale here:

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31238825046
or see the full collection here:
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Finally finished #GeneWolfe ‘s Solar Cycle ( Book of New Sun, Long Sun and Short Sun ). Already missing the Whorl but got these queued up to make up for it. Especially excited to read #RAlafferty. #SciFi #Books

Started reading R.A. Lafferty thanks to the Alzabo Soup Podcast ( started as a #genewolfe podcast ). The short story Snuffles reminds me of reading #Melville ‘s The Lightning Rod Man where there is so much to the story than what is on the surface. https://www.alzabosoup.com/category-28/ Definitely worth the quick read. PDF link here https://ia600701.us.archive.org/11/items/97StoriesByR.A.LaffertyR.A.Lafferty/97%20Stories%20by%20R.A.%20Lafferty%20-%20R.A.%20Lafferty.pdf

@dendroica wow. Incredible song and totally get the #GeneWolfe connection!!

I've never heard a popular song that is more like a Gene Wolfe story. The lyrics sketch a frame, the negative space surrounding the unseen true narrative.

Really the only thing it is missing is a shape-shifter.

Probably.

#GeneWolfe #BobbieGentry

https://youtu.be/cJZ_ViDADOE

One of the fun parts of reading the Gene Wolfe subreddit is that, every few months, someone finds the video for Julia Ecklar’s “Terminus Est” on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqY0dCmAyNM

#GeneWolfe #SciFi #filk #books #reddit

@SFRuminations

“The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction” edited by Robert Silverberg. Published 1975. It’s a collection of three novellas by Gene Wolfe, Ursula K. Le Guin, and James Tiptree Jr.

#scifi #sciencefiction #books #GeneWolfe #UrsulaKLeGuin #JamesTiptreeJr #RobertSilverberg