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Tag: Gene Wolfe
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Tor Finalists for the World Fantasy Awards
A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS and THE LAND ACROSS are finalists in the Novel category, and QUEEN VICTORIA’S BOOK OF SPELLS and DANGEROUS WOMEN are a finalists in the Anthology category. Two Tor authors are being awarded the Life Achievement Award: Ellen Datlow and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Irene Gallo is a finalist for the Special…
Book Trailer: The Time Traveler’s Almanac edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
The Time Traveler’s Almanac edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer The Time Traveler’s Almanac is the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, this book compiles more than a century’s worth of literary travels into the past…
Starred Review: The Land Across
“Wolfe, in masterful mood, builds his characters, explores the puzzles, links the elements together and contrives to render the backdrop both intriguingly attractive and creepily sinister. Sheer enjoyment.” Gene Wolfe’s The Land Across got a starred review in Kirkus Reviews! Here’s the full review, from the October 1st issue: From the accomplished author of Home…
Starred Review: The Land Across
“Wolfe evokes Kafka, Bradbury, and The Twilight Zone in combining the implausible, creepy, and culturally alien to create a world where every action is motivated by its own internal logic, driving the story forward through the unexplored and incomprehensible.” Gene Wolfe’s The Land Across got a starred review in Publishers Weekly! Here’s the full review,…
Neil Gaiman on Gene Wolfe
Written by Neil Gaiman The subtle and nuanced work of Gene Wolfe has inspired an entire generation of writers. A number of them, including Neil Gaiman, have contributed stories to Shadows of the New Sun, an anthology honoring the man who has been a literary hero to so many. As Gaiman notes in the moving…
Starred Review: Shadows of the New Sun, edited by J.E. Mooney and Bill Fawcett
“Hailed for literary style and range, SFWA Grand Master Wolfe (Home Fires) is paid tribute with 17 eclectic stories written in imitation or in answer to his own work, plus two original stories by Wolfe himself…. These and many other top-notch writers have brought all their skills to bear on making this homage worthy of…
News: *Starred* PW review for The Best of Gene Wolfe
The Best of Gene Wolfe, A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction, receives a *starred review* in Publisher Weekly (January 26th issue)! *** PW calls it “a highly flattering career retrospective of a postmodern fabulist disguised as a mild-mannered SF writer.” *The Best of Gene Wolfe Gene Wolfe Tor, $29.95 (544p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2135-0 In…