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Originally published in 1975, "Peace "is a spellbinding, brilliant
tour de force of the imagination. The melancholy memoir of Alden
Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living out his last days in a
small midwestern town, the novel reveals a miraculous dimension as
the narrative unfolds. For Weer's imagination has the power to
obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death
itself. Powerfully moving and uncompromisingly honest, "Peace
"ranks alongside the finest literary works of our time. Hailed as
"one of the literary giants of SF" by the "Denver Post," Gene Wolfe
has repeatedly won the field's highest honors, including the
Nebula, the Hugo, and the World Fantasy awards. "Peace "is Gene
Wolfe's first full-length novel, a work that shows the genius that
later flourished in such acclaimed works as "The Fifth Head of
Cerberus "and "The Book of The New Sun."
An all new collection from an American literary icon The circus
comes to town... and a man gets to go to the stars. A young girl on
a vacation at the sea meets the man of her dreams. Who just happens
to be dead. And an immortal pirate. A swordfighter pens his
memoirs... and finds his pen is in fact mightier than the sword.
Welcome to Gene Wolfe's playground, a place where genres blend and
a genius's imagination straps you in for the ride of your life. The
Wolfe at the Door is a brand new collection from one of America's
premiere literary giants, showcasing some material been seen
before. Short stories, yes, but also poems, essays, and ephemera
that gives us a window into the mind of a literary powerhouse whose
world view changed generations of readers in their perception of
the universe.
Essential reading for any fan of the four-volume "Book of the New
Sun". Severian, now the Autarch of Urth, leaves the planet on the
huge spaceship of the Heirodules to travel across space and time to
face his greatest test--to become the New Sun or be destroyed.
Litany of the Long Sun contains the full texts of both Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun, the two novels that respectively comprise volumes one and two of the Book of the Long Sun tetralogy. This great and greatly acclaimed work is set on a huge generation starship in the same future as Wolfe's classic Book of the New Sun series (whcih is also available in two separate two-volume collections from Tor/Orb).
An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the
time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a
memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild
after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the
distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword,
Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous,
ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the
mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or
does Fate have a grander plans for Severian the torturer . . . ?
This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume
novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.
An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the
time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a
memory. The torturer's apprentice, Severian, exiled from his guild
after falling in love with one of his prisoners, is now the Lictor
of Thrax, a city far distant from his home. But it is not long
before Severian must flee this city, too, and journey again into
the world. Embattled by friends and enemies alike, pursued by
monstrous creatures, the one-time torturer's apprentice must
overcome hitherto unimagined perils, as he moves closer to
fulfilling his ultimate destiny. This edition contains the
concluding two volumes of this four-volume novel, The Sword of the
Lictor and The Citadel of the Autarch.
Lovecraft mets Blade Runner. This is a stand-alone supernatural
horror novel with a 30s noir atmosphere. Gene Wolfe can write in
whatever genre he wants--and always with superb style and profound
depth. Now following his World Fantasy Award winner, "Soldier of
Sidon," and his stunning "Pirate Freedom," Wolfe turns to the
tradition of H.P. Lovecraft and the weird science tale of
supernatural horror.
Set a hundred years in the future, "An Evil Guest" is a story of an
actress who becomes the lover of both a mysterious sorcerer and
private detective, and an even more mysterious and powerful rich
man, who has been to the human colony on an alien planet and
learned strange things there. Her loyalties are divided--perhaps
she loves them both. The detective helps her to release her inner
beauty and become a star overnight. And the rich man is the
benefactor of a play she stars in. But something is very wrong.
Money can be an evil guest, but there are other evils. As Lovecraft
said, "That is not dead which can eternal lie."
Lexicon Urthus is an alphabetical dictionary for the complete Urth
Cycle by Gene Wolfe: The Shadow of the Torturer; The Claw of the
Conciliator; The Sword of the Lictor; The Citadel of the Autarch;
the sequel Urth of the New Sun; the novella Empires of Foliage and
Flower; the short stories "The Cat," "The Map," and "The Old Woman
Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun"; and Gene Wolfe's own commentaries in
The Castle of the Otter. The first edition was nominated for a
World Fantasy Award. This second edition includes over 1,200
entries. When the first edition was published, Science Fiction Age
said: "Lexicon Urthus makes a perfect gift for any fan of [Wolfe's]
work, and from the way his words sell, it appears that there are
many deserving readers out there waiting." Gary K. Wolfe, in Locus,
said: "A convenient and well researched glossary of names and
terms. . . . It provides enough of a gloss on the novels that it
almost evokes Wolfe's distant future all by itself. . . . It can
provide both a useful reference and a good deal of fun." Donald
Keller said, in the New York Review of Science Fiction: "A fruitful
product of obsession, this is a thorough . . . dictionary of the
Urth Cycle. . . . Andre-Driussi's research has been exhaustive, and
he has discovered many fascinating things . . . [it is]
head-spinning to confront a myriad of small and large details, some
merely interesting, others jawdropping."
Gene Wolfe follows his acclaimed all-fantasy short story
collection, "Innocents Aboard", with a volume devoted primarily to
his science fiction. The twenty-five stories here amply demonstrate
his range, excellence, and mastery of the form. A few tantalizing
samples: "Viewpoint" takes on the unreality of so-called "reality"
TV and imagines such a show done for real - with real guns.
"Empires of Foliage and Flower" is in the classic Book of the "New
Sun" series. "Golden City Far" is about dreams, high school, and
finding love, which Wolfe says "is about as good a recipe for a
story as I've ever found." You're sure to agree.
Gene Wolfe may be the single best writer in fantasy and SF today.
His quotes and reviews certainly support that contention, and so
does his impressive short fiction oeuvre. "Innocents Aboard"
gathers fantasy and horror stories from the last decade that have
never before been in a Wolfe collection. Highlights from the
twenty-two stories include "The Tree is my Hat," adventure and
horror in the South Seas, "The Night Chough," a Long Sun story,
"The Walking Sticks," a darkly humorous tale of a supernatural
inheritance, and "Houston, 1943," lurid adventures in a dream that
has no end. This is fantastic fiction at its best.
Far from Earth, two sister planets, Saint Anne and Saint Croix,
circle each other in an eternal dance. It is said a race of
shapeshifters once lived here, only to perish when men came. But
one man believes they can still be found, somewhere in back of the
beyond. In The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Gene Wolfe skillfully
interweaves three bizarre tales to create a mesmerizing pattern:
the harrowing account of the son of a mad genius who discovers his
hideous heritage; a young man's mythic dreamquest for his darker
half; and the bizarre chronicle of a scientist's nightmarish
imprisonment. Like an intricate, braided knot, the pattern at last
unfolds to reveal astonishing truths about this strange and savage
alien landscape. With a new introduction by [name to come], author
of [to come].
"The Ultimate Egoist," the first volume of The Complete Stories of
Theodore Sturgeon, contains the late author's earliest work,
written from 1937 to 1940. Although Sturgeon's reach was limited to
the lengths of the short story and novelette, his influence was
strongly felt by even the most original science fiction stylists,
including Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, and Gene Wolfe, all
contributors of laudatory forewords. The more than forty stories
here showcase Sturgeon's masterful knack with clever, O. Henry-ish
plot twists, sparkling character development, and archetypal "why
didn't I think of that?" story ideas. Early Sturgeon masterpieces
include "It," about the violence done by a creature spontaneously
born from garbage and mud, and "Helix the Cat," about an inventor's
bizarre encounter with a disembodied soul and the cat that saves
it. Sturgeon's unique genius is timelessly entertaining.
It starts with a confession from a priest. His past has reached
further back than what many would consider possible. Before he was
a priest, he was the pirate Captain Cristofo, and before he was a
pirate, he was just Chris, a boy living in a monastery in Cuba the
day after tomorrow. One day Chris realizes that he is not meant for
the monastery he has grown up in, and leaves. On the streets of
Havana everything looks strange and out-of-date, but Chris is too
busy trying to find his next meal and a safe place to sleep to
contemplate the city's odd lack of modern conveniences. He finds
that this world is a much harder one than the one he remembers;
it's a place where people steal, lie, and cheat. Where slaves are
sold at auction, and the Spanish, French, and English are all
battling for supremacy. When Chris is offered the opportunity to
work on a ship in exchange for food and a small bit of money, he
takes it, and thus begins his life as a pirate. People die,
treasures are found, women are taken captive, and crews rebel. Gene
Wolfe is a masterful storyteller, and in Pirate Freedom, he uses
his customary vision to invite us into the captivating world of
pirates, their lives, and their adventures.
Back in print for the first time in more than a decade, Gene
Wolfe's "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" is a universally acknowledged
masterpiece of science fiction by one of the field's most brilliant
writers.
Far out from Earth, two sister planets, Saint Anne and Saint Croix,
circle each other in an eternal dance. It is said a race of
shapeshifters once lived here, only to perish when men came. But
one man believes they can still be found, somewhere in the back of
the beyond.
In "The Fifth Head of Cerberus, " Wolfe skillfully interweaves
three bizarre tales to create a mesmerizing pattern: the harrowing
account of the son of a mad genius who discovers his hideous
heritage; a young man's mythic dreamquest for his darker half; the
bizarre chronicle of a scientists' nightmarish imprisonment. Like
an intricate, braided knot, the pattern at last unfolds to reveal
astonishing truths about this strange and savage alien
landscape.
Wolfe, whose tetralogy The Book of the New Sun was the most
acclaimed science fiction work of the 1980s, offered his second
collection of short fiction in 1990 to universal acclaim. This is a
hefty volume of over 30 unforgettable stories in a variety of
genres-- SF, fantasy, horror, mainstream-many of them offering
variations on themes and situations found in folklore and fairy
tales, and including two stories, "The Cat" and "The Map," which
are set in the universe of his New Sun novels. Wolfe's
deconstructions/reconstructions are provocative, multilayered, and
resonant. This embarrassment of literary riches is a must for all
Gene Wolfe fans, and anyone who loves a good tale beautifully
told.
A distinguished compilation of two classic fantasy novels, Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Areté, in one volume
This omnibus of two acclaimed novels is the story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who while fighting in Greece received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory but gave him in return the ability to see and converse with the supernatural creatures and the gods and goddesses, who invisibly inhabit the ancient landscape. Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning gives him a poignantly tenuous hold on himself, but his story's hold on readers is powerful indeed, and many consider these Wolfe's best books.
There Are Doors is the story of a man who falls in love with a goddess from an alternate universe. She flees him, but he pursues her through doorways-interdimensional gateways-to the other place, determined to sacrifice his life, if necessary, for her love. For in her world, to be her mate . . . is to die.
Gene Wolfe is producing the most significant body of short fiction of any living writer in the SF genre. It has been ten years since the last major Wolfe collection, so Strange Travelers contains a whole decade of achievement. Some of these stories were award nominees, some were controversial, but each is unique and beautifully written.
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