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The Wizard Knight Companion: A Lexicon for Gene Wolfe's The Knight and The Wizard

door Michael Andre-Driussi

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THE WIZARD KNIGHT COMPANION is a brief alphabetical dictionary for Gene Wolfe's two-volume THE WIZARD KNIGHT series, by the author of LEXICON URTHUS. Its entries identify the characters in the novel, dive into the mysteries in the text, and explore the Norse, Celtic, and Arthurian sources for names and words in the novels. It includes a map of the region, a cosmology, and a synopsis of the narrative. Nominated for a World Fantasy Award, THE WIZARD KNIGHT has received high accolades from critics and fans. Many reviews highlight its rich use of European mythology; many also comment on its puzzles and mysteries. In a starred review, Booklist calls the series "a complex, even convoluted tale, with so many characters and subplots that a proper summary would far exceed the limits of a Booklist review. . . .there is hardly a piece of northern European heroic literature from which Wolfe doesn't borrow with his usual scholarly flair and in his exquisitely turned prose. . . . Arising from the same sources as Lord of the Rings, THE WIZARD KNIGHT is one of the few fantasies that can justly be compared with it." Kirkus Reviews mentions that "Wolfe likes to spin spiderwebs of plot and counterplot inside his impressively constructed universe." In The Washington Post, Bill Sheehan calls THE WIZARD "a satisfying, wide-ranging novel that contains enough marvels and mysteries (not all of which are resolved or explained) to populate an entire series." Marvels and mysteries, subplots and spiderwebs? If you love THE WIZARD KNIGHT and wish to enjoy it even more, THE WIZARD KNIGHT COMPANION is your perfect guidebook. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Andre-Driussi is the author of LEXICON URTHUS: A DICTIONARY FOR THE URTH CYCLE (1994; second edition 2008). His writings on Gene Wolfe include "Gene Wolfe: The Man and His Work" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction); and "Gene Wolfe at the Lake of Birds" (Foundation). He is also coeditor, with Alice K. Turner, of Snake's-Hands: The Fiction of John Crowley. His recent fiction includes "Old Flames in New Bottles" (ParaSpheres).… (meer)

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A little light. Lexicon Urthus, by the same author, was such a source of insight on The Book of the New Sun. Reading it not only helped me keep the characters straight, but taught me how to read the series itself by revealing things I'd missed. Never mind that some of them were theories I know enough to be skeptical about now, because any such reference about a Gene Wolfe book would have the same caveat. That's part of the fun. But The Wizard Knight Companion lacks that depth, and seems like a much more pro forma reference work without the same spark of inspiration and fun. (

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adamhindman | Jul 2, 2022 |

Michael Andre-Driussi, author of the wonderful Lexicon Urthus, gives us a resource for another Gene Wolfe creation, The Wizard Knight. TWK is a lesser work, in almost every respect, than The Book of the New Sun, and this companion volume is smaller than the Lexicon.

On a first read, I found The Wizard Knight very difficult to follow. Able, the protagonist, is a teenage boy transported to Mythgarthyr, one of seven worlds that reflect Norse mythology. The Norse world is less familiar than the Greek and New Testament stories that Wolfe used in New Sun, so that the story elements do not resonate as easily. Able is not nearly as perceptive and curious a narrator as Severian and does not understand his world as well, making it more of a challenge for us.

The Companion provides help in a several ways: it provides a synopsis of the story, it helps to keep the characters straight, it shows the worlds through which Able travels, and it identifies the references Wolfe is presumably making to Norse and Celtic myths as well as Arthurian lore. MAD identifies some mysteries in the text and suggests alternative solutions.

The Companion is a useful resource for serious Wolfe scholars or ardent fans who want a better understanding of The Wizard Knight. (

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Andre-Driussi, Michael	—	primaire auteur	alle edities	bevestigd
Wolfe, Gene	Voorwoord	Secundaire auteur	sommige edities	bevestigd

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THE WIZARD KNIGHT COMPANION is a brief alphabetical dictionary for Gene Wolfe's two-volume THE WIZARD KNIGHT series, by the author of LEXICON URTHUS. Its entries identify the characters in the novel, dive into the mysteries in the text, and explore the Norse, Celtic, and Arthurian sources for names and words in the novels. It includes a map of the region, a cosmology, and a synopsis of the narrative. Nominated for a World Fantasy Award, THE WIZARD KNIGHT has received high accolades from critics and fans. Many reviews highlight its rich use of European mythology; many also comment on its puzzles and mysteries. In a starred review, Booklist calls the series "a complex, even convoluted tale, with so many characters and subplots that a proper summary would far exceed the limits of a Booklist review. . . .there is hardly a piece of northern European heroic literature from which Wolfe doesn't borrow with his usual scholarly flair and in his exquisitely turned prose. . . . Arising from the same sources as Lord of the Rings, THE WIZARD KNIGHT is one of the few fantasies that can justly be compared with it." Kirkus Reviews mentions that "Wolfe likes to spin spiderwebs of plot and counterplot inside his impressively constructed universe." In The Washington Post, Bill Sheehan calls THE WIZARD "a satisfying, wide-ranging novel that contains enough marvels and mysteries (not all of which are resolved or explained) to populate an entire series." Marvels and mysteries, subplots and spiderwebs? If you love THE WIZARD KNIGHT and wish to enjoy it even more, THE WIZARD KNIGHT COMPANION is your perfect guidebook. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michael Andre-Driussi is the author of LEXICON URTHUS: A DICTIONARY FOR THE URTH CYCLE (1994; second edition 2008). His writings on Gene Wolfe include "Gene Wolfe: The Man and His Work" (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction); and "Gene Wolfe at the Lake of Birds" (Foundation). He is also coeditor, with Alice K. Turner, of Snake's-Hands: The Fiction of John Crowley. His recent fiction includes "Old Flames in New Bottles" (ParaSpheres).

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