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Gene Wolfe

    May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019

    Gene Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, renowned for his dense, allusive prose and the profound influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific author of both short stories and novels, often exploring complex moral dilemmas and the nature of reality. Wolfe's layered and ambiguous narratives offered readers a deeply intellectual experience, making his work a distinctive pillar of speculative fiction.

    Gene Wolfe
    In Green's Jungles
    Nightside the Long Sun
    The Book of the New Sun 2. Sword and Citadel
    The Best of Gene Wolfe: A definitive restrospective of his finest short fiction
    Sword & Citadel
    The Sandman Vol. 6 - Fables and Reflections
    • 2023
    • 2021
    • 2020

      Interlibrary Loan

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading
      3.0(529)Add rating

      Interlibrary Loan is the brilliant follow-up to A Borrowed Man: the final work of fiction from multi-award winner and national literary treasure Gene Wolfe Hundreds of years in the future our civilization is shrunk down but we go on. There is advanced technology, there are robots. And there are clones. E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person, his personality an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of property, not a legal human. As such, Smithe can be loaned to other branches. Which he is. Along with two fellow reclones, a cookbook and romance writer, they are shipped to Polly’s Cove, where Smithe meets a little girl who wants to save her mother, a father who is dead but perhaps not. And another E.A. Smithe... who definitely is.

      Interlibrary Loan
    • 2020

      The Best of Gene Wolfe is the definitive collection of the best of Gene Wolfe’s short fiction. One of the greatest writers in genre (and literary fiction) of the 20th century, Gene Wolfe was a national treasure who produced the finest and most significant body of short fiction in the SF and fantasy field over the last fifty years. The Best of Gene Wolfe is an amazing retrospective collection of his short fiction, selected by Wolfe himself. Too many award winners and Best Of stories to list here; just as a sample we have "The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories", "The Fifth Head of Cerberus", "Petting Zoo", "The Tree Is My Hat", "Seven American Nights", and "A Cabin on the Coast." Incredible tales from a writer who challenged and amazed. Who revolutionized the genre. And whose stories will stand the test of time. “Wolfe is our Melville.”—Ursula K. Le Guin

      The Best of Gene Wolfe: A definitive restrospective of his finest short fiction
    • 2016

      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.

      The Book of the New Sun 2. Sword and Citadel
    • 2016

      Borrowed Man

      • 302 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.4(36)Add rating

      Set in a future where cloning and memory transfer are possible, the story follows a borrowed man, a clone with the memories of a deceased individual. As he navigates a world filled with intrigue and danger, he becomes entangled in a mystery that challenges his identity and purpose. Gene Wolfe explores themes of memory, existence, and the nature of humanity, offering a thought-provoking narrative that combines philosophical depth with a gripping plot.

      Borrowed Man
    • 2016
    • 2010

      L'Exode: Le Livre Du Long Soleil 4

      • 537 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      La paix à peine revenue dans Viron, organsin doit affronter un nouveau défi. selon les prédictions de Pas, le dieu mort, le Méande est menacé. Du reste, il commence à se détraquer et le long soleil à clignoter. Pour échapper à la destruction, l’humanité n’a pas d’autre choix que d’émigrer, sans espoir de retour, sur l’une des deux planètes, Bleue et Verte, qui tournent autour d’un court soleil, une étoile. Mais, depuis trois siècles et plus, le Méande est le berceau de cette humanité. et le quitter pour traverser un espace vide et noir est terrifiant.

      L'Exode: Le Livre Du Long Soleil 4