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Gene Wolfe
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born
in New York, New York, The United States
May 07, 1931
gender
male
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influences
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Shadow and Claw (The Book of the New Sun, #1-2)
— published 1994 — 8 editions |
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The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)
— published 1980 — 26 editions |
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Sword and Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, #3-4)
— published 1994 — 5 editions |
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The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)
— published 1981 — 21 editions |
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The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun #3)
— published 1981 — 21 editions |
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The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4)
— published 1983 — 17 editions |
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The Knight (The Wizard Knight, #1)
— published 2004 — 13 editions |
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The Urth of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun #5)
— published 1987 — 12 editions |
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The Fifth Head of Cerberus
— published 1972 — 19 editions |
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The Wizard (The Wizard Knight, #2)
— published 2004 — 12 editions |
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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
― Gene Wolfe
“We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges. When soldiers take their oath they are given a coin, an asimi stamped with the profile of the Autarch. Their acceptance of that coin is their acceptance of the special duties and burdens of military life—they are soldiers from that moment, though they may know nothing of the management of arms. I did not know that then, but it is a profound mistake to believe that we must know of such things to be influenced by them, and in fact to believe so is to believe in the most debased and superstitious kind of magic. The would-be sorcerer alone has faith in the efficacy of pure knowledge; rational people know that things act of themselves or not at all.”
― Gene Wolfe, Shadow and Claw
― Gene Wolfe, Shadow and Claw
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Spring/Summer 2013 Series First-Round - What series will we be reading after the Wheel of Time and Night Angel?
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Gene Wolfe Book of the New Sun series (4 books)
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Elizabeth Moon Deed of Paksenarrion series (3 books)
Kate Elliott Spiritwalker series (3 books)
Carol Berg Rai-Karah series (3 books)
C.S. Friedman Magister series (3 books)
David Dalglish Half-Orc series (6 books)
Michael A. Stackpole Age of Discovery (3 books)
Jack Whyte Camulod Chronicles (9 books)
T.A. Barron Lost Merlin series (5 books)
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