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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.

The sixth and final volume of The Book of the New Sun The Castle of the Otter is a collection of essays and other non-fiction by Gene Wolfe, related to his Book of the New Sun tetralogy t takes its title from an incorrect announcement of the final volume in Locus.

This volume also includes the following related short stories: “Empires of Foilage and Flower,” “The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun,” “The Boy Who Hooked the Sun,” “The Cat,” and “The Map.” There is also new artwork <.

Edition Details

• Gorgeous full-page, full-color artwork by German artist Alexander Preuss.
• Slipcase, ribbon marker, head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.

External Links

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