tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33161202008-10-01T10:56:43.497-04:00Gene Wolfe News and Rumors Logged by <a href="mailto:pdweb@verizon.net">Paul Duggan</a> pduggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832284495239324375noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316120.post-23922945303955522032008-10-01T10:56:00.001-04:002008-10-01T10:56:43.503-04:00

XKCDs latest comic Fiction Rule of Thumb implies "Book of the New Sun for the Win!" at least.

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Amazon is listing The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction as a hardcover release from Tor books in March of 2009. The Tor Spring catalog saysFrom a literary perspective, this will certainly be the best collection of the year in science fiction and fantasy. Gene Wolfe, of whom the Washington Post said, "Of all SF writers currently active none is held in

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The anthology of stories inspired by Jack Vance's Dying Earth series was mentioned a while back. The editors are George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. It seems the Hardcover edition from Subterranean Press is up for pre-order on Amazon.com, with a December 10, 2008 release date (click the link). That release date may be somewhat optimistic. The product page at Subterranean Press provides more

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Today I discovered the following: A Wolfe WikiAnother Wolfe blogger (Hoof & Hide)Japanese editions of Wolfe covers. Also see this.I'm sure there's more to come. Update: Like Hoof and Hide's comprehensive gallery of Wolfe covers. Very nice. I like the Japanese one for Island of Doctor Death.

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Clarkesworld Magazine published an Interview with Gene Wolfe by Jeremy L. C. Jones. Lots of comment on writing, revision, and the teaching of writing.

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Michael Andre-Driussi informs me that the Lexicon Urthus, Second Edition, the wonderful reference to Gene Wolfe' Urth series is forthcoming soonI am pleased to announce that on August 1, 2008, the Second Edition of Lexicon Urthus will go on sale. Hardcover: $39.95 Paperback:$19.95 (the current Amazon price of $29.95 is wrong and we're fixing it) Specifications: 440 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 20 b/w

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Charlie Jane Anders writes of 7 Reasons Why Scifi Book Series Outstay Their Welcomes at io9.com. Under the category of "the need to explain the meaning of everything, Wolfe crops upAnother example: Gene Wolfe's Urth Of The New Sun series, which is a five-book follow-up [sic] to the four-book Book Of The New Sun series. In the Urth books, Wolfe tries to tie everything from the first series

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Centipede Press, publisher of high-end, pricey illustrated limited editions of famous SF and Horror works (along with artbooks), is publishing a high-end, pricey ($225) limited (300 copies) edition of Shadow of the Torturer. Their single image web page about the book is viewable, and they appear to be taking orders.Cloth - Printed on 100# Mohawk Superfine. Bound in suedel luxe cloth, with seven

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Amazon lists Wolfe's forthcoming Lovecraftian novel An Evil Guest as forthcoming in September. You can pre-order the book by clicking on the link, which takes you to Amazon.com. Neil Gaiman commented on this earlier. Nick Gevers, who is reading an advanced copy says of its style:It's third person, near-future, which squares with "Memorare", and shapeshifters appear to be involved.

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It seems that the long out-of-print Lexicon Urthus may be due for a second edition. The publisher is taking email addresses to be notified of its publication at the Sirius Fiction Home Page

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Tor Books to offer social networking, original short fiction and nonfiction online. Tor is Wolfe's publisher, but no mention of Wolfe's involvement. The first free books for signupOur next free book is Old Man's War by John Scalzi, 2006's winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Next week, Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold.

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Gene Wolfe will be appearing on several panels at Capricon, a pirate-themed con February 14-17, in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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Easter Sunday, is a straightforward religious short by Wolfe. Or...is it?

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Wyrm Publishing is offering a signed, limited edition of 500 of Memorare, a new Wolfe novellaHumans go into space for many reasons. For some it’s adventure and excitement. Others, it’s the solitude. And some choose it for their final resting place. March Wildspring is a freelance cameraman, working on a documentary on the memorials drifting in the emptiness of space. Some are lovely, peaceful

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ABALAKIN - The art of Alexander Preuss is a site with SFnal art, some of which is inspired by Wolfe stories. Like this one. Some adult content.

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Neil Gaiman writes of reading the manuscript of a forthcoming novel by WolfeFor the last week, a few chapters a night, because you don't want to eat it all at once, I've been reading Gene Wolfe's next novel AN EVIL GUEST. I think I need to read it again. (This is a perfectly valid way to feel on finishing a Gene Wolfe novel.) I'm going to write about it here by way of setting my thoughts in order

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Soldier of Sidon has won the World Fantasy Award for 2006. The World Fantasy Award is presented annually at the World Fantasy Convention, this year held in Saratoga Springs, New York. The first novel of the Soldier series, Soldier in the Mist was nominated for a WMA in 1987, but lost to Patrick Suskind's Perfume (King's It also lost. In 1990, Soldier of Arete, the second novel, was nominated (

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SFScope reports that Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin have sold a Jack Vance tribute anthology, Songs of the Dying Earth to Tor Books. Publication is possibly in 2009. No mention of Wolfe being invited to write a story, or Gary Gygax for that matter.

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I had some configuration problems with the atom syndication feed. I think they're fixed now, and you should be able to read the Lupine Nuncio here: http://mysite.verizon.net/~vze2tmhh/w_archives/lupine.xml

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John Jopseph Adams is the editor of a new collection of apocalyptic SF, entitled Wastelands, Stories of the Apocalypse. Gene Wolfe contributes the story "Mute", and contributors include Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, George R. R. Martin, Cory Doctorow, and others. John Joseph Adams hosts a site about the book, where you can read three of the stories in their entirety, and excerpts of others,

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Madeleine L’Engle has died, the New York Times reports.Madeleine L’Engle, who in writing more than 60 books, including childhood fables, religious meditations and science fiction, weaved emotional tapestries transcending genre and generation, died Thursday in Connecticut. She was 88. Her death, of natural causes, was announced today by her publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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Shadows of the New Sun (Wolfe on Writing / Writers on Wolfe) is a new collection of essays by Gene Wolfe published by Liverpool University Press, and edited by Peter Wright.Included are essays on the nature of writing, with discussions of key concepts such as character, structure, and the professional life of the writer; a series of interviews with Wolfe; and the rare Wolfe essay “Books in the

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Wolfe will be, D.V. in attendance at the World Fantasy 2007 Convention, in Saratoga Springs, NY

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Subterranean Press: Unrequited Love by Gene Wolfe. A short story readable at the link. Enjoy!

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John Farrell's article, "The Distant Suns of Gene Wolfe," is readable online at First Things' web site.

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