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A blog about author Gene Wolfe. 

The Book of the New Sun: science fiction's Ulysses?

Nice review of Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun on gaurdian.co.uk.

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Some Wolfe On Coverbrowser.com

Coverbrowser.com is a fun little site full of book covers.  They currently have 14 Gene Wolfe covers catalogued.  You can search their selection by both book author and cover artist.  

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A Companion For The Wizard Knight

Michael Andre-Driussi, author of "Lexicon Urthus" and all around Gene Wolfe expert has recently published a new lexicon that acts as a companion for Gene Wolfe's books "The Knight" and "The Wizard".  Available for purchase on Amazon.com, "The Wizard Knight Companion: A Lexicon for Gene Wolfe's The Knight and The Wizard" is certainly a must for anyone interested in diving deeper into The Wizard Knight story.

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Silk For Calde, The Blog.

Found this new Wolfe fan blog on the Urth.net lists. It's called Silk For Calde and is maintained by a gentleman named Zachary from Victoria, Australia. Be sure to check it out and bookmark it.

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The Sorcerer's House Release Date

Amazon.com has Gene Wolfe's next title, The Sorcerer's House, listed for pre-order.  The release date appears to be March 16th 2010.  Hopefully we'll see a cover soon.

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4e D&D Class Influenced By Serverian

Thanks to Paul for noticing and blogging this forum thread.  Looks like the Avenger class in the 4th edition of Dungeons & Dragons was inspired by the main character Severian from the Book of the New Sun.  

Mike Mearls writes:

Avenger: Ripping aside the ethereal nature of Wolf's Book of the New Sun and treating it as a comic book of sorts, Severian the torturer was a major influence on this class's initial feel and direction. Obviously its divine roots steered in a different direction, but I can easily see playing an avenger based on fantasy's most famous torturer.

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Rendering of Severian's Mask By Alexander Preuss

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Gene Wolfe A 2009 Locus Award Finalist

Gene Wolfe's "An Evil Guest" is a finalist for a 2009 Locus Award under the Fantasy Novel category.  Each category contains five finalists and the winners will be announced on June 26-27 at the Science Fiction Awards Weekend in Seattle Washington.

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Filed under  //   An Evil Guest   award   Fantasy   Finalist   locus   Novel  

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2008 Nebula Award Winners

The winners of the 2008 Nebula Awards were announced yesterday.

Best Novel: Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Novella: "The Spacetime Pool" by Catherine Asaro
Best Novelette: "Pride and Prometheus" by John Kessel
Best Short Story: "Trophy Wives" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Script: WALL-E Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
Andre Norton Award: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try to Save Califa from a Shaky Doom (Despite Being Confined to Her Room) by Ysabeau S. Wilce
Solstice Award: Kate Wilhelm, A.J. Budrys and Martin H. Greenberg.
SFWA Service Award: Victoria Strauss
Bradbury Award: Joss Whedon
Grand Master Award: Harry Harrison
Author Emerita: M.J. Engh

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What Gene Wolfe Expects of His Readers

Michael Andre-Driussi has published a new article on irosf.com in which he uses The Urth of the New Sun to shed some light on the many mysteries that shroud The Book of the New Sun.  As with everything Michael writes it's an enjoyable and enlightening read.  Just reading it myself has me wanting to pick the Urth Cycle back up for another go.

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