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Gene Wolfe


Born
in New York, New York, The United States
May 07, 1931

Died
April 14, 2019

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences
J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Vance, Vladimir Nabokov, H.P. Lovecraft, Herbert ...more


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. He was a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the field.

While attending Texas A&M University Wolfe published his first speculative fiction in The Commentator, a student literary journal. Wolfe dropped out during his junior year, and was drafted to fight in the Korean War. After returning to the United States he earned a degree from the University of Houston and became an industrial engineer. He edited the journal Plant Engineering for many years before retiring to write full-time, but his most famous ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 263,801 ratings · 20,811 reviews · 513 distinct works • Similar authors
The Shadow of the Torturer
3.84 avg rating — 35,926 ratings — published 1980 — 64 editions
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Shadow & Claw
4.04 avg rating — 22,847 ratings — published 1994 — 21 editions
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The Claw of the Conciliator
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18,081 ratings — published 1981
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Sword & Citadel
4.35 avg rating — 14,548 ratings — published 1994 — 25 editions
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The Sword of the Lictor
4.23 avg rating — 13,136 ratings — published 1982 — 65 editions
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The Citadel of the Autarch
4.25 avg rating — 11,300 ratings — published 1983 — 59 editions
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The Urth of the New Sun
4.06 avg rating — 9,202 ratings — published 1987 — 36 editions
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The Fifth Head of Cerberus
3.99 avg rating — 8,539 ratings — published 1972 — 54 editions
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The Knight
3.77 avg rating — 5,635 ratings — published 2004 — 34 editions
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The Book of the New Sun
4.24 avg rating — 4,771 ratings — published 1983 — 16 editions
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Series by Gene Wolfe

The Shadow of the Torturer The Claw of the Conciliator The Sword of the Lictor The Citadel of the Autarch The Urth of the New Sun Nightside the Long Sun Lake of the Long Sun
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The Shadow of the Torturer The Claw of the Conciliator The Sword of the Lictor The Citadel of the Autarch The Urth of the New Sun Солнце и Замок
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Nightside the Long Sun Lake of the Long Sun Caldé of the Long Sun Exodus from the Long Sun
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4.18 avg rating — 12,798 ratings

The Knight The Wizard
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Soldier of the Mist Soldier of Arete Soldier of Sidon
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“My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.”
― Gene Wolfe
tags: literature
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“All novels are fantasies. Some are more honest about it.”
― Gene Wolfe
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“People don't want other people to be people.”
― Gene Wolfe, Shadow & Claw
tags: labels, people, selfishness
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MAY FANTASY: This poll decides which two books will move on to the run-off poll for our May Fantasy Book of the Month

 
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