FREE SOLDIER OF SIDON PDF Gene Wolfe | 320 pages | 16 Jan 2008 | St Martin's Press | 9780765316707 | English | New York, United States Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera - Wikipedia Latro, the Soldier of Sidon visionary hero of Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Aretereaches the Egypt known to Herodotus in Wolfe's splendid historical fantasy. Wounded in battle, Latro has only one day's worth of memory and must write down his experiences so he will know who he is every morning. In Soldier of Sidon, he's able to see gods and supernatural beings and does not distinguish them from the mortals around him. Gaps in the record and Wolfe's Haggardesque device of the manuscript found in a jar make Latro the most postmodern of unreliable narrators, aware that he's writing a text, uncertain of its meaning and unable Soldier of Sidon keep its entirety in his head. For all Wolfe assures Soldier of Sidon that ancient Egypt is not mysterious, Latro's journey makes up a leisurely, dreamlike, haunted house of a Soldier of Sidon, which brilliantly immerses the reader in the belief systems of the time, drifting in and out of the everyday and spirit worlds until the two become indistinguishable. View Full Version of PW. Soldier of Sidon Gene Wolfe, Author. More By and About This Author. Buy this book. Show other formats. Discover what to read next. PW Picks: Books of the Week. The Big Indie Books of Fall Black-Owned Bookstores to Support Now. Children's Announcements. Soldier of Sidon (Latro #3) by Gene Wolfe Soldier of Sidon is a fantasy novel [1] by American writer Gene Wolfe. It is the third part of the Soldier of Sidon or Latro series of books, with two preceding novels, Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete Soldier of Sidon continues the adventures of the Soldier series's protagonist, Latro, in Egypt at the time of the Achaemenid Empire. This book continues with the conceit of the earlier two books of having the tale arising from the translation of scrolls discovered in the present day, allegedly written in Latro's own hand. Latro suffered a head wound as a mercenary in the army of the Persian King Xerxes at the Battle Soldier of Sidon Plataea. As Tony Soldier of Sidon in his review [2] states: Latro cannot recall events of more than a day, but on the other hand, he can see gods and demigods. In this book, the gods and demigods encountered by Latro and his companions, in their journey up the Nile in a search for a cure to his affliction, are Egyptian and African, rather than the Greek ones of the two earlier books. Well received on its publication, the novel was winner in of the World Fantasy Award Soldier of Sidon Best Novel. The novel also received 3rd place in the Fantasy Novel category of the Locus Awards. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Novel by Gene Wolfe. Archived from the original on Retrieved CS1 maint: archived copy as title link. Works by Gene Wolfe. The Knight The Wizard Severian Ascian language Inhumi. World Fantasy Award — Novel. Polk Hidden categories: CS1 errors: dates CS1 maint: archived copy as title Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata All stub articles. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Add links. This article about a s fantasy novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Further suggestions might be found on the Soldier of Sidon talk page. Soldier of Sidon - Wikipedia Post a Comment. Wolfe produced two novels that seemed like bookends on a simple but profound shelf of ideas. It was thus something of a surprise Soldier of Sidon, seventeen years later, Wolfe produced a third Soldier novel, Soldier of Sidon Soldier of Sidon Some surprises are welcome, however, even if their genesis is only partially explainable. But not as enigmatic as some of the other men, women, and creatures he encounters. People and gods still playing games with Latro, the beleaguered mercenary in semi-retirement must again attempt to peer his way through what he perceives and what his scroll tells him he perceived to make sense of what his eyes and heart tell him is reality. A temple in the southern reaches of Egypt near Ethiopia purported to be able to cure his memory issues, once again Latro pins his hopes on his own will and the powers of the divine—even if they are of a human age older. A notable point about Soldier of Sidon is its relative accessibility. Wolfe remains his Soldier of Sidon suavely deceptive self, but, compared to the first two Soldier novels, seems more deliberate in the details. The reader remains left to connect the dots, but the dots now seem Soldier of Sidon, stickier at the edges. As cannot be done in the first two novels at least as I foundmore can be gleaned from Sidon on the first reading. In some way, the relative transparency makes the immediate reading a more satisfactory experience. Given the fact the novel was published seventeen years later raises some questions. We can wonder whether Sidon was not a simple indulgence in Egyptian history, Latro the vehicle for the tour. But a larger part of my struggle is the fact Soldier of Arete seemed to Soldier of Sidon some finality. But Soldier of Soldier of Sidon revives the man and his memory problem and returns him to the uncertain course he once wandered, new scroll in hand. Heightening my sense of confusion is that the end Soldier of Sidon Sidon sees Latro lose something of value. The thing of such value, he pledges not to stop until he has recovered it, meaning another volume seems necessary. Then again, the futility of that quest may be saying something in itself, Wolfe a sly one. All of this is not to say Sidon is a bad book for reviving a character. Indeed, its quality is every bit as good as the first two Soldier books on a tit Soldier of Sidon tat level. Soldier of Sidon that when looked at in context with what has been published to date, it seems more auxiliary than central to understanding Latro and his situation. In the Soldier of Sidon, Soldier of Soldier of Sidon is a welcome if not ambiguous entry into the Soldier series. Egypt and northeast Africa its main setting, Latro finds himself enveloped ever deeper in the pantheon of Egyptian gods as his journey takes him to gold mines, temples, captivity, riverboats, and, as always, mixed up in larger affairs to which he has only a limited view. As good as the first two Latro novels, the only question is its relationship to them: how does it fit into the Soldier series, particularly given its more ambiguous ending. Regardless, those who enjoyed the first two will have no problems enjoying the most recent. Wolfe is getting on in years, but I will continue waiting for a fourth and perhaps conclusive? No comments:. Newer Post Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom..