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From what Wolfe has been saying, another <i>Soldier</i> seems very
unlikely.<br>
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The interaction with the gods is central to the Latro books in way
that go way beyond the <i>Long Sun</i> books, I think. <br>
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Fernando<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/29/2013 12:14 PM, Dan'l
Danehy-Oakes wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">"Does the series conclude with S.o.Sidon?" -- That
depends on whether Wolfe writes another one or not. The series
is open-ended.</div>
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Antonin Scriabin <span dir="ltr"><<a
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I had been
putting off the Latro books for a while so that I would
always have an unread Wolfe series to look forward to, but
my curiosity has finally gotten the better of me. I am
nearly done with <i>Soldier of the Mist, </i>and have been
enjoying it. It has a number of parallels with the <i>Long
Sun </i>books, such as the (apparent) reality of gods,
detailed discussions of blood sacrifice, a
just-outside-of-view threat from non-humans like vampires
and werewolves, etc. It actually seems like a prototype
version of what became <i>The Book of the New Sun</i>; a
central male hero suffers some kind of mental "event" (on
the one hand, severe brain trauma, and on the other,
enlightenment) that opens the door to gods (or to what
appear as gods). In both works, these gods are petty, prone
to infighting, and in many ways offer more questions than
answers to the hero. He has only been mentioned twice so
far, but I also feel that the Unknown God / Outsider
similarity can't be a coincidence. Anyways, I know that you
guys have all probably been over these topics plenty, I just
wanted to air a few thoughts. I do have one question: does
the series conclude with <i>Soldier of Sidon</i>? I would,
of course, like to avoid spoilers, I am mostly interested in
the possibility of more Latro novels. Thanks!<br>
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