" In this universe the night was falling; the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning lingered; and along the path he once had followed, Man would one day go again"

Arthur C. Clarke Against the Fall of Night

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Gene Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019)


I have not read as much Gene Wolfe as I should have but I did read The Book of the New Sun. Rather that providing my comments, I thought I would let you read Michael Dirda and Gene Wolfe's discussion of the series here.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1983/01/30/gene-wolfe-talks-alout-the-book-of-the-new-sun/4314a055-0d38-4d69-ae03-d80f961fe938/?utm_term=.91e7c97313a5

For an overview of his career you might like this tribute from the Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/16/gene-wolfe-science-fiction-author-dies-aged-87

And a nice post with links can be found at, Battered, Tattered, Yellowed & Creased, Adventures in Fiction

https://yellowedandcreased.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/in-memoriam-gene-wolfe/

I found this link to fascinating article on Wolfe in the New Republic there;

https://newrepublic.com/article/153615/gene-wolfe-proust-science-fiction

The Timescale edition above has my favourite Wolfe cover, it is by Don Maitz.

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