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Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic. Olfe’s best-known and most highly regarded work is the multi-volume novel The Book of the New Sun. Set in a bleak, distant future influenced by Jack Vance’s Dying Earth series, the story details the life of Severian, a journeyman torturer, exiled from his guild for showing compassion to one of the condemned.

Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Wolfe’s best-known and most highly regarded work is the multi-volume novel The Book of the New Sun. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying a Catholic. Set in a bleak, distant future influenced by Jack Vance’s Dying Earth series, the story details the life of Severian, a journeyman torturer, exiled from his guild for showing compassion to one of the condemned.

Possibly the finest science fiction series ever written, Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun has been hailed as one of the field's most important and enduring works The tale of Severian and his exile from the Guild of Torturers won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1980 triumph of imagination and inventiveness.

Contains six full color, full page illustrations by Alex Preuss e will publish all six books in this series, including The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the New Sun and The Castle of the Otter Each book will be.

Edition Details

• Limited to 100 copies, each signed by Gene Wolfe.
• Full color artwork by Alexander Preuss.
• Slipcase, ribbon marker, head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.

External Links

• The Shadow of the Torturer (First Edition). Centipede Press page for The Shadow of the Torturer (First Edition)
• Gene Wolfe (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Gene Wolfe