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The Dying Earth
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Like 'The Shadow of the Torturer', this book offers a richly imagined, decadent world with a unique linguistic style.
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The Shadow of the Torturer
by Gene Wolfe (1980)
★3.69(240 ratings)
The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. It is the tale of young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession -- showing mercy toward his victim -- and follows subsequent journey out of his home city of Nessus.
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Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake (1946)
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Echoing 'The Shadow of the Torturer', it presents a sprawling, eccentric world with a focus on atmosphere and ritual.
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Hyperion
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Like 'The Shadow of the Torturer', this offers a dark, morally ambiguous perspective on a harsh world.
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A Canticle for Leibowitz
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