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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 3881962" data-attributes="member: 508">I'd also recommend Gene Wolfe's &quot;New Urth&quot; series:Shadow of the TorturerClaw of the ConcilliatorSword of the LictorCitadel of the AutarchUrth of the New SunSet a million years or so in the future, on an Earth where human civilization has fallen and risen several times over again, it tells the story of Severian, a young man raised in the Torturers Guild (er, I mean the &quot;Order of the Seekers for Truth and Penitence&quot;), who becomes a journeyman executioner and travels a world filled with all manner of strange beings and societies.&nbsp; It's got some science fiction trappings, to be sure (many of the creatures he fights originated from different worlds and have been transplanted to Urth), but he's a likeable character with a six-foot sword (&quot;Terminus Est,&quot; one of the more distinctive swords in fantasy) and it's an excellent read.Plus, how many fantasy series feature torturer protagonists?&nbsp; And nice ones at that?Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 3881962, member: 508"] I'd also recommend Gene Wolfe's "New Urth" series: [i]Shadow of the Torturer Claw of the Concilliator Sword of the Lictor Citadel of the Autarch Urth of the New Sun[/i] Set a million years or so in the future, on an Earth where human civilization has fallen and risen several times over again, it tells the story of Severian, a young man raised in the Torturers Guild (er, I mean the "Order of the Seekers for Truth and Penitence"), who becomes a journeyman executioner and travels a world filled with all manner of strange beings and societies. It's got some science fiction trappings, to be sure (many of the creatures he fights originated from different worlds and have been transplanted to Urth), but he's a likeable character with a six-foot sword ("Terminus Est," one of the more distinctive swords in fantasy) and it's an excellent read. Plus, how many fantasy series feature torturer protagonists? And nice ones at that? Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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