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Born in New York on May 7, 1931, Gene Wolfe was an iconic American writer known for his intricate prose and influential contributions to science fiction and fantasy. His writing, deeply shaped by his Catholic faith, earned him numerous accolades, including the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award in 2012.

Wolfe's career began with short stories and novels after a stint as an industrial engineer, famously contributing to the design of the machine that made Pringles crisps. Although he never won a Hugo Award, Wolfe collected Nebula and Locus Awards, along with the prestigious World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.

He passed away on April 14, 2019, leaving behind a legacy alongside giants like Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury.

Pirate Freedom

2024
As a young parish priest, Father Christopher has heard many confessions, but his own tale

There Are Doors

2024
There Are Doors is the story of a man who falls in love with a goddess from an alternate u

A Borrowed Man

2024
In the twenty-second century, our civilization has retained many familiar characteristics,

Exodus from the Long Sun

2024
Wolfe's recent multi-volume novels have invited interpretation as religious allegory. In t

Soldier of Arete

2024
The second volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who, while fi

Soldier of Sidon

2024
Latro forgets everything when he sleeps. Writing down his experiences every day and readin

Caldé of the Long Sun

2024
Gene Wolfe's Nightside the Long Sun launched the magisterial four-volume The Book of the L

Return to the Whorl

2024
Gene Wolfe's Return to the Whorl is the third volume, after On Blue's Waters and In Green'

The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories

2024
A superb collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, The Island of Doctor Death and

Lake of the Long Sun

2024
When the gods of the Whorl speak to him about the future, clergyman Patera Silk begins a q

In Green's Jungles

2024
Gene Wolfe's In Green's Jungles is the second volume, after On Blue's Waters , of his ambi

Latro in the Mist

2024
A distinguished compilation of two classic fantasy novels, Soldier of the Mist and Soldier

The Sorcerer's House

2024
In a contemporary town in the American midwest where he has no connections, Bax, an educat

On Blue's Waters

2024
On Blue's Waters is the start of a major new work by Gene Wolfe, the first of three volume

Epiphany of the Long Sun

2024
The two novels combined in this omnibus (Caldé of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Su

Nightside the Long Sun

2024
While struggling to satisfy the gods aboard The Whorl, a giant spaceship sent out from Urt

Peace

2024
Mesmerizing sci-fi from the author the Denver Post calls "one of the literary giants of sc

Litany of the Long Sun

2024
Litany of the Long Sun contains the full texts of Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the L

The Wizard

2024
Sir Able returns to Mythgathr on his steed Cloud, a great mare the color of her name. Able

Soldier of the Mist

2024
Gene Wolfe has turned to the fantastic historical world of Greece, in 479 B.C., when the g

The Book of the New Sun

2024
Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbi

The Fifth Head of Cerberus

2024
Back in print for the first time in more than a decade, Gene Wolfe's The Fifth Head of Cer

The Urth of the New Sun

2024
The long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe’s four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We r

Sword & Citadel

2024
The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hai

The Citadel of the Autarch

2024
The Citadel of the Autarch is the final book in a four-part series set in a far future pos

The Sword of the Lictor

2024
The third book in a science fiction series, "The Sword of the Lictor" follows the journey

The Claw Of The Conciliator

2024
The Claw of the Conciliator continues the journey of a young torturer named Severian, who

The Shadow of the Torturer

2024
The novel follows a young apprentice torturer named Severian who is exiled for showing mer

Shadow & Claw

2024
"Shadow & Claw" is a science fiction novel set in a distant future where the Earth's sun i