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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

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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 · 275,499 ratings · 22,360 reviews · 526 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Shadow of the Torturer 3.84 avg rating — 38,295 ratings — published 1980	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow & Claw 4.04 avg rating — 24,069 ratings — published 1994 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Claw of the Conciliator really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 19,427 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sword & Citadel 4.36 avg rating — 15,184 ratings — published 1994 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 14,095 ratings — published 1982 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Citadel of the Autarch 4.26 avg rating — 12,118 ratings — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Urth of the New Sun 4.06 avg rating — 9,877 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fifth Head of Cerberus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,997 ratings — published 1972 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Knight 3.77 avg rating — 5,806 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of the New Sun 4.25 avg rating — 5,095 ratings — published 1983 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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SERIES DISCUSSION: This poll determines which two series will move on to the run-off poll for our second official Beyond Reality Series Discussion!

The Wars of Light and Shadow - Janny Wurts

13 votes, 28.9%

Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny

10 votes, 22.2%

Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe

6 votes, 13.3%

The Chanur series - C.J. Cherryh

4 votes, 8.9%

Saga of Pliocene Exile / Intervention / Galactic Milieu - Julian May

3 votes, 6.7%

Chronicles of the Cheysuli - Jennifer Roberson

2 votes, 4.4%

The Dragaeran Books - Steven Brust

2 votes, 4.4%

The Shadowmarch series - Tad Williams

2 votes, 4.4%

The Recluce Saga - L.E. Modesitt Jr.

1 vote, 2.2%

Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever - Stephen R. Donaldson

1 vote, 2.2%

The Garrett, PI series - Glen Cook

1 vote, 2.2%

The Dragon Prince & Dragon Spawn trilogies - Melanie Rawn

0 votes, 0.0%

The Emberverse series - S.M. Stirling

0 votes, 0.0%

The Alvin Maker series - Orson Scott Card

0 votes, 0.0%

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