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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1729686" data-attributes="member: 812">So I'm almost finished the first book of Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun, The Shadow of the Torturer.Which was first published in what, 1981? 1980?Holy crap. How did I not hear of this until now? I mean, I'd heard of Gene Wolfe. Steven Brust kept saying how great he was, but I don't recall ever seeing one of his books in a bookstore until just recently.This guy's amazing. I mean, this book is blowing my mind. And it's been sitting out there for twenty-three years. Crazy.Wolfe has just joined my "Modern Masters of Fantasy" list -- which up to now has only included Glen Cook and Steven Brust (with Steven Erikson as a potential candidate depending on how The Malazan Book of the Fallen goes). He's staggeringly good. Great prose stylist, mind-bending world, real honest-to-goodness philosophy and a story that won't quit.Okay, maybe I'm getting all excited after only one book. Anyone else who can chime in here? Has there been some conspiracy to keep this from me all this time? Why isn't this guy super-famous?Okay, I could ask that about Glen Cook, Steven Brust and Steven Erikson, too. Being on my list is obviously no guarantee of popularity. But honestly.Anyway, if you're casting about for something worth your time -- Wolfe's got it. Hoo boy.</blockquote>