21. The Best Introduction To The Mountains by gene wolfe. There is one very real sense in which the Dark Ages were the brightest of times, and it is this that they were times of defined and definite http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson/wolfemountains.html

The Best Introduction to the Mountains by Gene Wolfe That, I believe, was what drew me to him so strongly when I first encountered The Lord of the Rings . As a child I had been taught a code of conduct: I was to be courteous and considerate, and most courteous and most considerate of those less strong than I of girls and women, and of old people especially. Less educated men might hold inferior positions, but that did not mean that they themselves were inferior; they might be (and often would be) wiser, braver, and more honest than I was. They were entitled to respect, and were to be thanked when they befriended me, even in minor matters. Legitimate authority was to be obeyed without shirking and without question. Mere strength (the corrupt coercion Washington calls power and Chicago clout ) was to be defied. It might be better to be a slave than to die, but it was better to die than to be a slave who acquiesced in his own slavery. Above all, I was to be honest with everyone. Debts were to be paid, and my word was to be as good as I could make it. With that preparation I entered the Mills of Mordor, where courtesy is weakness, honesty is foolishness, and cruelty is entertainment.

22. Gene Wolfe On LibraryThing | Catalog Your Books Online gene wolfe. Cory Doctorow (2005 Nebula Awards), cropped There are 208 conversations about gene wolfe s books. Users with books by gene wolfe http://www.librarything.com/author/wolfegene

Language: English [ others Albanian Basque Bulgarian ... Welsh Over twenty-two million books on members' bookshelves. Home Book Suggestions Zeitgeist Groups ... Blog Cory Doctorow (2005 Nebula Awards), cropped 1 picture add a picture Author: Gene Wolfe Also known as: Gene Wolf Wolfe Gene Gene; Wolfe, The Gene Nightside Long Sun; Wolfe, T Gene Wolf Members Reviews Rating Favorited Conversations Books by Gene Wolfe combine/separate works 819 copies, 11 reviews 560 copies, 6 reviews The knight 490 copies, 10 reviews The Urth of the new sun 466 copies, 1 review The shadow of the torturer 424 copies, 14 reviews The fifth head of Cerberus : three novellas 363 copies, 9 reviews The claw of the conciliator 345 copies, 9 reviews The sword of the Lictor 316 copies, 5 reviews The wizard 313 copies, 5 reviews The citadel of the autarch 308 copies, 6 reviews Soldier of the mist 266 copies, 1 review 238 copies, 1 review Peace 232 copies, 5 reviews 209 copies, 3 reviews There Are Doors 199 copies, 3 reviews see all 186 books Member ratings Average: 0.5 stars 1 stars 1.5 stars

23. Peter Wright Reconsiders The Book Of The New Sun Long before its inclusion on Millennium s SF Masterworks list, gene wolfe s densely allusive four volume The Book of the New Sun (The Shadow of the Torturer http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/jlaidlow/ultan/botns.htm

Mapping a Masterwork: A Critical Review of Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun Volume One: Shadow and Claw Volume Two: Sword and Citadel (Millennium, 2000) Reviewed by Peter Wright Click on the Images to purchase from Amazon.co.uk Long before its inclusion on Millennium's SF Masterworks list, Gene Wolfe's densely allusive four volume The Book of the New Sun The Shadow of the Torturer The Claw of the Conciliator The Sword of the Lictor (1981) and The Citadel of the Autarch (1983)) was acclaimed as one of science fiction's 'masterpieces'. Universally praised, each volume won at least one of sf's most coveted awards: The Shadow of the Torturer took the Howard Memorial Award and the World Fantasy Award in 1981, and the British Science Fiction Award in 1982; The Claw of the Conciliator brought Wolfe his second Nebula Award in 1981, whilst Locus honoured the novel with its Best Fantasy Novel Award in 1982; The Sword of the Lictor received the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1983; and

24. Gene Wolfe If you have not read part one of THE BOOK OF THE LONG SUN by gene wolfe you should do so now. Otherwise, apart from missing a treat, you will find it takes http://www.albedo1.com/html/gene_wolfe.html

AUG ‘06 Albedo One’s issue 31 - a prime issue with all Aeon Award nominated stories (David Levine, Tais Teng, Julian West a.o.) and an interview with Charles Stross NEW Emerald Eye the Best Irish imaginative fiction NEW Spell Maffia weekend witches against the Russian Mafia (Dublin branch) The Books of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe: Lake of the Long Sun reviewed by Underview Original appearance: Albedo one issue 5, 1994 If you have not read part one of THE BOOK OF THE LONG SUN by GENE WOLFE you should do so now. Otherwise, apart from missing a treat, you will find it takes a while to work out what's going on in part two of the series LAKE OF THE LONG SUN and nothing should be allowed to do that. The Book of the Long Sun is simply the best multi-volume series doing the rounds at present, if the first two in the series are anything to judge by. Wolfe has effortlessly created a totally believable society, while telling us the minimum we need to know, and treated us to that fundamental of science fiction which is all to often missing from novels by the modern exponents - sense of wonder. There are too few novelists currently working in the genre who seem capable of it, perhaps they feel their audience is too jaundiced or have seen it all before at the movies. Perhaps they have merely lost their own sense of wonder at what can be achieved in SF. Take a leisurely trip through Gene Wolfe's world of the Long Sun - a generation ship whose destination we do not know and whose origins are only vaguely hinted at. We know it comes from the Urth of the New Sun but why and how are yet to come. Somehow, Patera Silk, who in the first novel began the struggle to save his manteion (part monastery, part church) from the developers. Towards the end of that novel there is a suggestion that Silk may end up as something more than a humble priest, that he is destined for power. In volume two he moves inexorably towards the position of Calde which, though obviously a high office, was never fully explained in the first volume.

25. Arcane Words In THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER Some kind of jewelry, probably a charm, that only gene wolfe knows about. lansquenet Hist. one of a class of mercenary soldiers in the German and other http://www.pannis.com/SFDG/specific-Shadow-2.html

Definitions of Excruciatingly Arcane Words Found in Gene Wolfe's THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER (from the Oxford English Dictionary Compiled by Peter Kuchera HTMLized by Raja Thiagarajan Abaia The water-women are the "brides of Abaia," but I can find no reference to this goddess in the OED anagnost a reader; one employed to read aloud; the reader of the lessons in church 1708: MOTTEUX Rabelais "Carefully and distinctly read to him by the most learned and faithful Anagnost." archon 1) the chief magistrate, and, after the time of Solon, one of the nine chief magistrates of the Athenian republic 2) a ruler or president generally [Wolfe uses this sense] 1862: DANA Mon. Ocol. "Man...stands alone, the Archon of Mammals." artel in Russia, an association of craftsmen or other workers for work in common 1955 H. HODGKINSON Doubletalk "A brigade, or artel , chosen without regard for family connections, undertake particular functionsploughing, reaping, processing, milking, etc.as and where required." *Wolfe uses the spelling artelos to describe the function of certain buldings in Nessus (when Severian first tours it). This is probably what he means; a craft association. Could be another hint that we're in, as I suspect, what was once south Central Asia (though the continents have changed).

26. Scriptorium - Gene Wolfe This page contains links to sites on gene wolfe, and will one day contain a full Scriptorium page. http://www.themodernword.com/scriptorium/wolfe.html

Gene Wolfe (b. 1931) Scriptorium submission guidelines Links and Resources The Modern Word Borges Influence Offsite Gene Wolfe Page Maintained by Paul Duggan, this is a highly resourceful site with news, images, bibliographical information, and links. Wikipedia Entry Utility Amazon.com Search A dvanced Book Exchange eBay Search ... Send email to the Great Quail

27. Gene Wolfe The Knight Reviewed By Katie Dean For fans of gene wolfe, The Knight is unlikely to disappoint. First in the series The WizardKnight , this fantasy tale draws its inspiration from myth http://trashotron.com/agony/reviews/2004/wolfe-the_knight.htm

Agony Column Home Agony Column Review Archive The Knight Gene Wolfe Tor US Hardcover First ISBN 0-765-30989-0 Publication Date: 01-03-2004 Pages: 432; Price: $25.95 Date Reviewed: 01-22-04 REFERENCES COLUMNS Fantasy Science Fiction Horror For fans of Gene Wolfe, 'The Knight' is unlikely to disappoint. First in the series 'The Wizard-Knight', this fantasy tale draws its inspiration from myth and legend. It is packed with evocative descriptions, but is definitely not a book for those who like a neat ending. Gene Wolfe has gained something of a reputation for oblique writing and his latest novel is no exception. He hints at large and potentially complex themes, but ultimately provides far more questions than answers. In many ways 'The Knight' is a play on our ideas of time and place. Wolfe allows time to move at different rates in each world. A day in Aelfrice can equate to as much as a few years in Sir Able's world of Mythgarthr. Presumably time is similarly warped in the other worlds. Early in the novel Sir Able befriends an old man, Bold Berthold, who is convinced that the boy is his long-lost younger brother who disappeared many years previously. He would have expected the brother to be a man, so is nonplussed when Able acquires his masculine form. This, however, suggests a parallel with the American boy Able believes himself to be. Will he one day return to America in a similarly mysterious manner and surprise his brother Ben with his reappearance? Perhaps on the other hand, he will return to find that time has stood still in America. Once again, these are not new ideas. Perhaps most famously, C.S. Lewis made use of a similar play on the idea of time in his 'Narnia' chronicles.

28. Claw Of The Conciliator: Everybody Loves Gene Wolfe Neil Gaiman loves gene wolfe 2. Michael Swanwick loves gene wolfe Updated to add Anactoria wishes it to be noted that she also loves gene wolfe. http://clawoftheconciliator.blogspot.com/2007/03/everybody-loves-gene-wolfe.html

skip to main skip to sidebar Claw of the Conciliator Religion in extrapolative and fantastic literature Sunday, March 04, 2007 Everybody loves Gene Wolfe Neil Gaiman loves Gene Wolfe Michael Swanwick loves Gene Wolfe Michael Andre-Driussi loves Gene Wolfe ... Oh, and me. I love him too.* [Updated to add: Anactoria wishes it to be noted that she also loves Gene Wolfe In a strictly Platonic way, of course. Posted by Elliot at 7:42 PM Labels: Gene Wolfe 1 comments: Anactoria said... Yes, indeed. 11:53 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post ... Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Elliot A somewhat compulsive blogger. View my complete profile Important Posts Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Faith, Pt. 1: Background Pt. 2: The Major Works and Recommendations Pt. 3: More Recommendations, and Famous Non-Christians Pt. 4: Famous, and Lesser-Known ... What's up with the name? Quote "Here are the beauties which pierce like swords or burn like cold iron." (C.S. Lewis on The Lord of the Rings Books Science fiction, fantasy and faith What is Christianity? SF/F/F Blogs Holy Heroes!!

29. Five Steps Towards Briah: Gene Wolfe's The Book Of The Long Sun, By Nick Gevers The title is a multiplex pun, so typical of gene wolfe. The Book of the Long Sun can only closely follow, or mirror, The Book of the New Sun. http://home.austin.rr.com/lperson/briah.html

Five Steps Towards Briah: Gene Wolfe's The Book of the Long Sun by Nick Gevers The title is a multiplex pun, so typical of Gene Wolfe. The Book of the Long Sun can only closely follow, or mirror, The Book of the New Sun . And just as Severian, the narrator of the first Book, is the New Son of God, a man becoming Christlike if not Christ himself returned, so Patera Silk, Wolfe's new protagonist, is the Long Son, the product of a virgin birth, long (tall) in physical and moral stature. And the renovation of the Sun is again implied; and the story, in four volumes, is very long, and is not over yet. Thus Wolfe in six words summarizes his second tetralogy; and the critic can add that The Book of the Long Sun is, very likely, the most significant work of SF to be published in the 1990s-the most precise, the most sustained, and the most profound. It is a tale of physical, religious, and philosophical exodus; and, as such, it interrogates, and dismisses, the material world. The result is devious, eccentric, and charismatic, an old story rendered utterly, weirdly new. The Book of the New Sun is grand but bleakly closed;

30. Waggish: More On Gene Wolfe Some good responses on my post on gene wolfe below. Just to be clear, I find plenty to mull over in wolfe s books, particularly with regard to his political http://www.waggish.org/2007/12/07/more-on-gene-wolfe

Some good responses on my post on Gene Wolfe below. Just to be clear, I find plenty to mull over in Wolfe's books, particularly with regard to his political and religious attitudes. What makes him so vexing is that I find his work substantively disappointing and yet cannot dismiss him. But I maintain that there's an attitude brought to the work that makes the books less than they could be, and indeed, what I think Wolfe wants them to be. Some quotes: LM : All this "showing" in "V.R.T." is made intriguingly ambiguous by the confusion about who "Marsch" really is. Wolfe : In the end, of course, it's important that the reader not be confused about this, although part of the fun is supposed to be figuring out what's happened. I leave a number of clues as to who the narrator actually is. For example, both V.R.T. and the narrator are shown to be very poor shots, whereas Marsch is a very good shot, and there's other hints like that. If you hire a shape changer as a guide, there's a definite possibility that he's going to change into your shape at some point. Which is what happens. Larry McCaffery interview JJ: The Soldier of Arete is even more than Soldier of the Mist a bit hard to follow in terms of his plot. And I remember, in fact I remember when it came out Orson Scott Card really complained that (it was in Analog or Astounding; one of those magazines) he had a review that said "Nobody reads Gene Wolfe with more care and affection than I do but I can't figure out what this book is about." What is wrong with this author? Does that kind of complaint bother you or do you feel as if you wish you could leave more clues or do you feel: Hey, read the book and look at it again and you will find the answers.

31. Gene Wolfe Urth, the mailing list about science fiction author gene wolfe, is hosted at http//www.urth.net/ http://www.moonmilk.com/whorl/

Urth , the mailing list about science fiction author Gene Wolfe, is hosted at http://www.urth.net/

32. FIRST THINGS: A Journal Of Religion, Culture, And Public Life Lots of novel readers—from the highest brow to the lowest—nod politely when the sciencefiction writer gene wolfe is mentioned. http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=5466

33. Sneak Peek: Robert Wolfe Talks Gene Roddenberry And 'Andromeda' Details on the upcoming television voyages of Kevin Sorbo and his crew have been cryptic until now. In an exclusive interview, Andromeda producer Robert http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/tv/andromeda_wolfe_000428.html

SEARCH: advertisement Sneak Peek: Robert Wolfe Talks Gene Roddenberry and 'Andromeda' By Don Lipper Special to SPACE.com posted: 07:00 am ET 30 April 2000 Andromeda, t he latest series to bear the Gene Roddenberry name, represents a collaboration between the late Star Trek creator and one of Deep Space Nine’ s most prolific and thoughtful writers, Robert Hewitt Wolfe. After sneaking a peek at the Andromeda pre-production web site (using a very simple hack), SPACE.com' s Don Lipper interviewed Wolfe about the new franchise in Roddenberry’s universe. In this three-part interview Wolfe describes the series’ innovative " " approach, an overview of the series technology and what it’s like to collaborate with Gene Roddenberry across time More Stories 'Andromeda' Gets Second Crewman What do you think? Send your comments to the editor about us FREE Email Newsletter message boards ... Imaginova Corp.

34. Strange Horizons Reviews: Soldier Of Sidon By Gene Wolfe, Reviewed By Tony Keen In 1986, gene wolfe, already highly respected for The Book of the New Sun , took time off from the history of Severian to write Soldier of the Mist http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2007/11/soldier_of_sido.shtml

CONTENTS Art Gallery Articles Columns ... Forum Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe Reviewed by Tony Keen 02 November 2007 The popular view of fantasy has, since Tolkien, become dominated by a pseudomediaeval Norse/Teutonic background, as is represented, in various forms, by the works of Lynch, Valente, and Kushner on the World Fantasy Award shortlist. But many other mythologies exist. Those of Greece and Rome are usually explored solely through retellings of the Trojan War or other great mythological narratives (often excising the gods from the tales). But there is much potential in a Graeco-Roman background. As anyone who has read Herodotus will know, to many Greeks, encounters with gods or spirits were simply part of life, as everyday as the weather or other natural phenomena. In 1986, Gene Wolfe, already highly respected for The Book of the New Sun , took time off from the history of Severian to write Soldier of the Mist , the story of Latro, a Latin mercenary in the army of the Persian King Xerxes in 479 BC, and his adventures through Greece in the aftermath of the defeat of the Persian invasion. Latro has suffered a grievous head wound in the climactic battle of Plataea, as a result of divine displeasure. He now cannot recall events of more than a day previously, but on the other hand, he can see the gods and demigods that populate the Greek landscape. John Clute observes in The Encylopedia of Science Fiction that this work picks up and reflects themes in The Book of the New Sun Now, seventeen years after the second volume

35. Balticon Podcast » Balticon 40.28 - Interview With Author Gene Wolfe last, but foremost among its fellow links A gene wolfe podcast interview from Balticon, from 2006. gene wolfe is one of my heroes of writing, http://balticonpodcast.org/wordpress/?p=56

36. Information Portal by wolfe, gene. Tor Books, 2004. Series Book two of The wizard knight. Requests 0 . The knight book one of the wizard knight / gene wolfe. http://catalogue.onkaparinga.sa.gov.au/uPortal/Initialize?uP_tparam=props&props&

37. Gene Wolfe@Everything2.com gene wolfe is (in)famous for writing stories which seem to be straightforward and placid on the surface, but which contain hidden depths and paradoxes. http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=88698

38. Ascian The Ascians, from gene wolfe s Book of the New Sun, are basically an übercommunistic society where individual concerns are totally subservient to the will http://www.langmaker.com/ascian.htm

var TlxPgNm='ascian'; Conlangs Neologisms Babel Texts Neographies ... Featured Languages Ascian Atlantean Bala-i-balan Barsoomian Bolak: The Blue Language ... Online Survey Enterprise Feedback Management for all your satisfaction research. perseus.com Customer Satisfaction A surveyed customer is a more satisfied customer. surveysolutions.com Free Survey SurveySolutions Express provides free powerful unlimited surveys. express.perseus.com Survey Software PC Magazine Editors' Choice for web survey software. surveysolutions.net Ascian Advanced by Brother Onion (edited by Jeffrey Henning from a Zompist Bulletin Board thread) The Ascians, from Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun , are basically an über-communistic society where individual concerns are totally subservient to the will of the Group (the leaders of Ascia are called "The Group of Seventeen"); over the centuries, a curious form of thought control has been exerted over the Ascian people, with citizens only allowed to use sentences from a manifesto in their utterances any other speech is forbidden. The manifesto is a book of patriotic and philosophical sayings and aphorisms that forms the basis for how Ascia is run. Despite the severe restrictions of this language, the people still seem to be able to communicate rather well. A short excerpt from Chapter XI of

39. TomFolio.com By Gene Wolfe wolfe, gene. The Claw of the Conciliator. Publisher Timescape Books, 1981.. First edition hardback, an ExLibrary copy, with the usual flaws to the book http://www.tomfolio.com/SearchAuthorTitle.asp?Aut=Gene_Wolfe

40. Wolfe, Gene - Hutchinson Encyclopedia Article About Wolfe, Gene Hutchinson encyclopedia article about wolfe, gene. wolfe, gene. Information about wolfe, gene in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Wolfe, Gene

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