Date: 18 Apr 89 05:33:29 PDT (Tuesday)
Subject: Author Lists: Gene Wolfe
From: jwenn@world.std.com (John Wenn)
To: SF-LOVERS%rutgers:EDU
Edited: 25-Aug-94

Gene Wolfe.  His early work is mixed ("The Fifth Head of Cerberus" is
recommended, and I also liked "Peace", but that's an individual quirk). 
Coming into the 1980's is where he really shines.  "The Book of the New
Sun".  Words fail me.  It's just amazing, for the use of language if
nothing else.  After that, it becomes even more subjective than usual.  I
rather like "Soldier of the Mist", but I'm withholding judgment until
the series is complete.  Of all his story collections (and I haven't read
his recent ones), "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other
Stories" is the best.  The beginning Wolfe reader should probably start
on "The Island of Doctor Death..." or "The Fifth Head of Cerberus",
before going on to "The Shadow of the Torturer" or other works. 
Personally, I must be in the correct frame of mind to read Wolfe.  This
is stuff that you have to pay attention to when you read, not skim over
for entertainment.  But the rewards make it worth all the effort.   Give
him a try.

[C] == Story Collection.
[CB] == Chapbook (a very short book, or pamphlet).
[O] == Omnibus.  Includes other books.

Wolfe, Gene (Rodman)	(U.S.A., 5/7/1931- )	G, F
	(awards: BSFA 1982; Campbell Memorial 1984; Chronicle 1982, 1983, 1988; Derleth 1983; GilgamXs 1990; Locus 1974, 1982, 1983, 1987; Nebula 1973, 1981; Prix Apollo 1985 & WFA 1981, 1989)
	(GoH World Fantasy Con 1983; World SF Con 1985)

Series
	[Same Universe]
		The Book of the New Sun
			The Shadow of the Torturer (1980) [BSFA; GilgamXs; WFA]
			The Claw of the Conciliator (1981) [Chronicle; Locus; Nebula]
				[O/2N= The Book of the New Sun, Vols I & II (1984);= Shadow and Claw]
			The Sword of the Lictor (1982) [Derleth; Chronicle; Locus]
			The Citadel of the Autarch (1983) [Campbell Memorial; Prix Apollo]
				[O/2N= The Book of the New Sun, Vols III & IV (1985);= Sword and Citadel]
			The Urth of the New Sun (1987) [Chronicle]
		The Book of the Long Sun
			Nightside the Long Sun (1993)
			Lake of the Long Sun (1994)
				[O/2N= Litany of the Long Sun (1994) [SFBC]]
			Calde of the Long Sun (1994)
			Exodus From the Long Sun [wip]

	__________Series
		Soldier of the Mist (1986) [Locus]
		Soldier of Arete (1989)

The Arimaspian Legacy (Cheap Street, 1988) [CB]
At the Point of Capricorn (Cheap Street, 1983) [CB]
Bibliomen: Twenty Characters Waiting For a Book (Cheap Street, 1984) [CB] [rev. Broken Mirrors, 1994]
The Boy Who Hooked the Sun (Cheap Street, 1985) [CB]
Castle of Days (1992) [C/inc. Gene Wolfe's Book of Days + The Castle of the Otter]
Castleview (1990)
"The Death of Doctor Island" (1990) [Tor Double #25]
The Devil in a Forest (1976)
Empires of Foliage and Flower:A Tale From the Book of the Wonders of Urth and Sky (Cheap Street, 1987) [CB]
Endangered Species (1989) [C]
The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972) [C]
For Rosemary (1988) [C] [CB] [poetry]
Free Live Free (Ziesing, 1984) [rev. 1985]
Gene Wolfe's Book of Days (1981) [C]
"The Hero as Werewolf" (Pulphouse, 1991) [CB] [Short Story #40]
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (1980) [C]
The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin is the Sun (1991) [CB]
Operation Ares (1970)
Pandora by Holly Hollander (1990)
Peace (1975)
Plan(e)t Engineering (NESFA, 1984) [C]
"Seven American Nights" (1989) [Tor Double #10]
Slow Children at Play (Cheap Street, 1989) [CB]
Storeys from the Old Hotel (Kerosina[U.K.], 1988) [C] [WFA]
There Are Doors (1988)
The Wolfe Archipelago (Ziesing, 1983) [C]
The Young Wolfe (1993) [C]

Nonfiction
The Castle of the Otter (Ziesing, 1982) [about the writing of the New Sun series]
Gene Wolfe's Orbital Thoughts (1992) [CB]
Letters Home (United Mythologies, 1991)
A Wolfe Family Album (1991) [CB]

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