false 4395088 2 <P>From a literary perspective, this will certainly be the best collection of the year in science fiction and fantasy. Gene Wolfe, of whom <I>The Washington Post</I> said, “Of all SF writers currently active none is held in higher esteem,” has selected the short fiction he considers his finest into one volume. <BR><BR>There are many award winners and many that have been selected for various Year’s Best anthologies among the thirty-one stories, which include: “Petting Zoo,” “The Tree Is My Hat,” “The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories,” “The Hero as Werewolf,” “Seven American Nights,” “The Fifth Head of Cerberus,” “The Detective of Dreams,” and “A Cabin on the Coast.” Gene Wolfe has produced possibly the finest and most significant body of short fiction in the SF and fantasy field in the last fifty years, and is certainly among the greatest living writers to emerge from the genres. This is the first retrospective collection of his entire career. <BR><BR>It is for the ages. </P> 4443205 17 3 2009 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction total:13|5:6|4:4|3:2|2:1|1:0| 13 54 60 6 5 2 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 15:05:31 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 19:40:20 -0700 2009 1 Tangents by Greg Bear. This book is precisely why I stopped giving 5 stars to every book I like: because that would make it impossible to express the level of admiration I feel...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 20:07:23 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 12:02:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 14:10:01 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 14:12:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 27 18:27:54 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 18:28:31 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Oct 23 19:25:24 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 19:25:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 07 21:40:32 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 20 22:05:57 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 07 21:40:32 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 16:36:23 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 16:36:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 18:39:33 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 18:39:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 20:39:48 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 20:39:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 20:29:27 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 20:29:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 12:18:05 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 12:18:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:09:49 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 29 11:28:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 15:04:14 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 15:04:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 07 09:52:27 -0700 2009 Thu Dec 03 08:45:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 08:36:42 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 08:36:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 10:02:17 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 11:34:38 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Dec 03 12:04:40 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 13 23:32:42 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 23:32:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 11 08:14:07 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:14:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 17:41:14 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 18:05:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 08 08:09:24 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 08:09:24 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4395088