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Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith.
The Book of the New Sun (1980–1983, 1987) is a four-volume science fantasy novel written by the American author Gene Wolfe. The work is in four parts with a fifth novel acting as a coda to the main story.
Apr 14, 2019 · Gene Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic.
Jan 27, 2023 · Gene Wolfe Was Sci-Fi's Most Enigmatic Writer. Fans have spent years trying to comprehend his books, and many still don't have answers. Photograph: Beth Gwinn/Getty Images. TK. The Geek's Guide...
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 Magazine of Fantasy and Science ...
Gene Wolfe has 511 books on Goodreads with 616254 ratings. Gene Wolfe’s most popular book is The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1).
Apr 24, 2015 · Gene Wolfe is known as the Melville of science-fiction. Why hasn’t he found a wider audience? Photograph by Matheiu Bourgois/AP. Gene Wolfe’s 1986 novel “Soldier of the Mist” centers on a Roman...
Apr 25, 2019 · Known as the Melville of science fiction and celebrated for his inventive and challenging work, Wolfe died on April 14 at age 87.
The Shadow of the Torturer is a fantasy novel by American writer Gene Wolfe, published by Simon & Schuster in May 1980. It is the first of four volumes in The Book of the New Sun which Wolfe had completed in draft before The Shadow of the Torturer was published.
Apr 19, 2019 · Gene Wolfe, a prolific science fiction and fantasy writer whose best works, full of inventive language, mysteries and subtly conveyed themes, are considered to be among the genre’s...
