Something that has worked great for me is actually reading it on my phone. It sounds really unintuitive but it allows you to read in smaller pieces at a time and you have the ability to add notes, highlight small details that may be significant, and search the web for esoteric words or phrases. It's just easier to engage with this text on a deeper level in my opinion. I'm on my second read-through and it's also helped to consciously slow down and not move on until I extract all the information I reasonably can from each page. They say you only read the Book of the New Sun for the first time when you re-read it and I think that's definitely true.
I am incredibly frustrated because i love the book but i cant seem to pick up on the subtler things.
Something that has worked great for me is actually reading it on my phone. It sounds really unintuitive but it allows you to read in smaller pieces at a time and you have the ability to add notes, highlight small details that may be significant, and search the web for esoteric words or phrases. It's just easier to engage with this text on a deeper level in my opinion.
I'm on my second read-through and it's also helped to consciously slow down and not move on until I extract all the information I reasonably can from each page. They say you only read the Book of the New Sun for the first time when you re-read it and I think that's definitely true.
Severian is the Autarch’s successor, not predecessor, but yeah, it’s complicated….
This mistake haunts me
@ LOL. I’m sure it does….