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''The Book of the Short Sun'' (1999–2001) is a series of three science fantasy novels or one three-volume novel by the American author Gene Wolfe. It continues ''The Book of the Long Sun'' (1993–1996): they share a narrator and ''Short Sun'' recounts a search for Silk, the ''Long Sun'' hero. The two works are set in the same universe as ''The Book of the New Sun'' series that Wolfe inaugurated in 1980 and the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) catalogs all three as sub-series of the "Solar Cycle", along with some other writings.〔 At least ''Locus: The Magazine of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Field'' considered the three ''Short Sun'' volumes separately for annual "Best Novel" awards.〔 ("Gene Wolfe" ). ''The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index to Literary Nominees''. Locus Publications. Retrieved 2012-04-23.〕〔 The ''Short Sun'' books won ranks 8, 5, and 4 in the Locus Science Fiction polls --where the original ''New Sun'' books had won two firsts and two seconds as Fantasy novels and the ''Long Sun'' books had placed 23, unranked, 9, and 10.〕 ==Titles== The "Short Sun" of the title is an ordinary star, in contrast to the "Long Sun" of the Whorl where the narrator grew up. Most of the story takes place in a star system with two habitable planets, Blue and Green, which lend their names to the first two volumes. The Whorl of volume three's title is the generation ship setting of ''Long Sun''. The Tor hardcover editions (see table) were almost 1200 pages long in sum. Science Fiction Book Club released a 752-page omnibus edition only two months after the third volume was published.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Book of the Short Sun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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