Tor Books Shadow & Claw: The First Half of the of the New Sun

People who don't understand this book got caught in the pleb filter. Book is amazing. Some of the terminology is archaic, but it adds so much character to the book; you won't find anything like this anywhere else (in a good way). Helps if you can also read Latin at a beginner level, but not essential.

El libro es un clásico; difícilmente se puede hablar con justicia de él en tan pocas líneas, pero si te interesa mínimamente vale la pena leer toda la saga. El único problema es que la edición, al incluir dos libros, tiene letras bastante pequeñas, combinado con que es una lectura complicada de por sí, hace de la experiencia algo cansada y tediosa. De todas formas vale la pena comprarlo, es un buen precio y es de las pocas ediciones que se puede encontrar a la venta. 10/10

The first book is really my favorite. I really wish someone would make a movie/game of this already, though some of Gene's ideas only work in a written work. In the second book, some stuff happens that absolutely ties these two together. The prose is my favorite of any Gene Wolfe book and the story gets better and better the older I get. Must read for any Lovecraft fans.

I paid extra money to buy a hardcover book (circa 50% more honestly), and while it's okay and was delivered rather undamaged, it was:- poorly packed (not a single piece of bubble foil or anything else really, just thrown into a cardboard box, both parcels, that's also why some of the paint came off on the corners of the books)- a bit dirty (some sort of stain that I cleaned up with wet towels. It wouldn't come off under finger)/scratched (one of the books has small kind of damage, looks like it was scratched in the warehouse.- the hardcover is indeed "hardcover", but it's not anything special really. I have seen better ones, but fine. It's not something that I can blame amazon for, but the quality of paper is kind of a joke to me (for the price they want).The chapters have ugly headers, but the book looks okay. It's the matter of "style", although I have seen some pretty books...It's printed in the USA (chinese quality though). I wanted the edition written in English, because this is the author's main language, plus I wanted something else than paperback, because they tend to fall apart quite easily...

Wolfe's writing is far from simple. This two-books-made-one (and also the others from the New Sun series) are difficult to read; the vocabulary is sometimes confusing, the sentences are mostly convoluted and several concepts are difficult to comprehend. The story, however, is rich, with interesting characters and bizarre situations. The narrative is mainly slow-paced, diverging from other high fantasy stories.Reading this book is a challenge. And, in my opinion, a totally rewarding one, since its plots and storytelling structure does not follow the same rules and formulae applied in almost every fantasy story currently available.