Exodus From the Long Sun
Book 4 of The Book of the Long Sun
Language: English
: Collection: Fiction : Genre.Fiction.Fantasy : Genre.Fiction.Science Fiction Fiction -- Fantasy Fiction -- Science Fiction _sort
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: Jan 1, 1996
Collection:
Fiction
Genre:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction
Page Count:
448
Book Details
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Description:
Wolfe's recent multi-volume novels have invited interpretation as religious allegory. In the "Book of the Long Sun," the fourth volume of which is Exodus from the Long Sun, religion is at least an inspirational starting point. This book is set on a starship, the Whorl, whose inhabitants have lost track of the fact that they are on a journey. Indeed their origins are mysterious to them, and the starship's vestigial communications system is understood to bring messages from unknown gods. One priest, Patera Silk, discovers the truth about the Whorl, and the gods his people worship. Silk must prepare his people for the revelation.