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Apr 28, 2019 · Gene Rodman Wolfe was born in Brooklyn on May 5, 1931, according to an obituary placed by his family. (Most biographical sources say he was born two days later.) His father was a traveling ...
This seems as good a time as any for me to RANK GENE WOLFE'S NOVELS. Peace. The Book of the Short Sun. The Book of the New Sun/Urth of the New Sun. The Fifth Head of Cerberus. Soldier of the Mist/Soldier of Arete. The Wizard-Knight.
Nov 25, 2023 · Gene Wolfe in 2005. Gene Rodman Wolfe ( May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He has won many awards in the field, and is hailed by prominent critics and writers as one of the best and most important ...
Nov 14, 2017 · — Ursula K. Le Guin The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe’s most remarkable work, hailed as “a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis” by Publishers Weekly, and “one of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century” by The ...
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Gene Wolfe often has a way of overtly glorifying things like execution of the condemned (TBotNS) and knightly chivalry while at the same time utterly condemning them. Real problems are complex, and so are Gene Wolfe books, but the best ones are easy to read despite this.
LC Class. PS3573.O52 U78 1987. Preceded by. The Book of the New Sun. The Urth of the New Sun is a 1987 science fiction novel by Gene Wolfe that serves as a coda to his four-volume Book of the New Sun series. Like Book of the New Sun, it is of the Dying Earth subgenre. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best ...
About this Series. Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed and hailed as “a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis” (Publishers Weekly) Wolfe’s classic series blends elements of fantasy and science fiction to tell the story of the disgraced torturer Severian.
