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October 16, 2020
Chapter Guide to Latro at Amazon
New release
A Chapter Guide to Gene Wolfe's Latro Novels
A Chapter Guide to Gene Wolfe's Latro Novels is now available at Amazon in both print and ebook. It is in the same style as my chapter guides to The Book of the New Sun (a year ago) and Gene Wolfe's first four novels (earlier this year).
A Chapter Guide to Gene Wolfe's Latro Novels
A Chapter Guide to Gene Wolfe's Latro Novels is now available at Amazon in both print and ebook. It is in the same style as my chapter guides to The Book of the New Sun (a year ago) and Gene Wolfe's first four novels (earlier this year).
August 26, 2020
Peek at "Genre Purge 3"
Here's a look at a new title.
cover of new title
It is a collection of ten stories:
Miracle of Asteroid Camp 88
Tribal Flyer Jibril
Genre Purge 3
Beyond the Starry Tempest
My Four Foundling Fathers
Bellerofonte
Cali-Forward!
"Buildings Roman" by W. Dean
The Gray-Haired Girl
Post-Modem Alchemy
cover of new title
It is a collection of ten stories:
Miracle of Asteroid Camp 88
Tribal Flyer Jibril
Genre Purge 3
Beyond the Starry Tempest
My Four Foundling Fathers
Bellerofonte
Cali-Forward!
"Buildings Roman" by W. Dean
The Gray-Haired Girl
Post-Modem Alchemy
August 8, 2020
"Ask Me Anything" on Gene Wolfe at Reddit
I was invited to do an AMA ("Ask Me Anything") for the Gene Wolfe fans at Reddit.
Gene Wolfe topic at Reddit
It is currently pinned at the top of the page now, but I do not know how long that will last.
It was a day long question and answer thing, with over a hundred comments.
Gene Wolfe topic at Reddit
It is currently pinned at the top of the page now, but I do not know how long that will last.
It was a day long question and answer thing, with over a hundred comments.
July 7, 2020
New Essay "Posthistory 201"
I have a new essay on the New Sun over at Ultan's Library:
Ultan's Library
"Posthistory 201" is mainly a rethinking of how many chiliads are in the Age of the Autarch. Previously I had pegged it at being one chiliad, but Nigel Price pressed me on that, so I examined all the evidence again.
Please give it a look!
Ultan's Library
"Posthistory 201" is mainly a rethinking of how many chiliads are in the Age of the Autarch. Previously I had pegged it at being one chiliad, but Nigel Price pressed me on that, so I examined all the evidence again.
Please give it a look!
June 26, 2020
June 2020 Update on Kindle edition of The Wizard Knight Companion
The Kindle edition of The Wizard Knight Companion has been rebuilt so that it has correct formatting, a functioning table of contents, and hyperlinks for cross-references.
Amazon will provide free upgrades for customers who purchased Kindle editions of The Wizard Knight prior to June 2020.
Amazon will provide free upgrades for customers who purchased Kindle editions of The Wizard Knight prior to June 2020.
June 10, 2020
Working with the Latro novels
For something different, I will give notes on a work in progress, rather than just announce when things are done.
I am currently at work on making a chapter guide for the three Latro novels (Soldier of the Mist, Soldier of Arete, and Soldier of Sidon). While I had read them before, and discussed them, I had not invested the labor into them to write anything. (In contrast, I had written a bit about The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas and Peace, so writing Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide was easier for me.)
So a few weeks ago, as I was halfway up the Nile again with Soldier of Sidon, it suddenly seemed very hard. Not that it was a slog or anything, just that the text is fragmentary and the emotional tone is dark and sad.
I pushed on through, and pieces started coming together.
Here is a relatively simple thing, maybe it has occurred to you before, but I see a thematic similarity to the three novellas of The Fifth Head of Cerberus and the three Latro novels: the first piece is civilized; the second piece is at the frontier; the third piece is highly fragmented in an alien setting.
I am currently at work on making a chapter guide for the three Latro novels (Soldier of the Mist, Soldier of Arete, and Soldier of Sidon). While I had read them before, and discussed them, I had not invested the labor into them to write anything. (In contrast, I had written a bit about The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas and Peace, so writing Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide was easier for me.)
So a few weeks ago, as I was halfway up the Nile again with Soldier of Sidon, it suddenly seemed very hard. Not that it was a slog or anything, just that the text is fragmentary and the emotional tone is dark and sad.
I pushed on through, and pieces started coming together.
Here is a relatively simple thing, maybe it has occurred to you before, but I see a thematic similarity to the three novellas of The Fifth Head of Cerberus and the three Latro novels: the first piece is civilized; the second piece is at the frontier; the third piece is highly fragmented in an alien setting.
June 9, 2020
"Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide" Available
Just a note to say the paperback came out a bit early (the Kindle edition releasing on Thursday).
"Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide" at Amazon
"Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide" at Amazon
May 30, 2020
A Few Words about GWFF
Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide will be released on June 11. That is the Kindle edition; the print edition will be released around that time.
The Kindle edition is available for pre-ordering at the Amazon page.
Amazon page for Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide
The book is similar in format to Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun: A Chapter Guide, but it covers
Operation ARES
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Peace
The Devil in a Forest
The Kindle edition is available for pre-ordering at the Amazon page.
Amazon page for Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide
The book is similar in format to Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun: A Chapter Guide, but it covers
Operation ARES
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Peace
The Devil in a Forest
May 15, 2020
April 29, 2020
First Glimpse of GWFF (next chapter guide)
(Over in my photos, since I can't figure out how to get the image over here!)
Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide
Covering:
Operation ARES (1970)
The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972)
Peace (1975)
The Devil in a Forest (1976)
Gene Wolfe's First Four Novels: A Chapter Guide
Covering:
Operation ARES (1970)
The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972)
Peace (1975)
The Devil in a Forest (1976)
