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A possible reference by Wolfe is to the Dutch East India Company of the 17th and 18th centuries, which was governed by a board of managers or factors called the "Heere Seventien"…
23 May 2011, 09:43
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It occurs to me that when Typhon's personality was scanned to create Pas, there could have been an accidental--or even deliberate--incorporation of elements of Piaton's mind too.…
11 Feb 2011, 07:53
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All the theorising about Silk's genetic relationship with Typhon hinges on the nature of the embryos. How many of these, apart from Silk, are identified??Mucor and Incus, certain…
21 Dec 2010, 08:38
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Re the question of whether GW the "translator" might embellish the words of Latro or Severian in any way: *Soldier of Sidon* is dedicated to Sir Richard Burton, who in the late n…
07 Dec 2010, 07:41
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There's been some mention of new Wolfe stories, so I thought I'd fill the details out a bit. Four new GW tales appear in recent anthologies: "Leif in the Wind", in Gaiman & Sarr…
19 Aug 2010, 09:20
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I thought I should mention that in early June, PS Publishing will be issuing a limited edition of *The Best of Gene Wolfe*. Titled *The Very Best of Gene Wolfe*, it adds to the Tor…
10 Mar 2009, 09:08
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In addition to the VanderMeer Steampunk reprint anthology already mentioned in the current discussion, I myself have an original steampunk anthology coming out from Solaris in Octo…
13 May 2008, 06:37
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Recently looking back through *Calde of the Long Sun*, I noticed a strong suggestion that Patera Incus is, like Silk and Mucor, the adult outcome of one of those very special embry…
23 Apr 2008, 06:35
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In response to those who replied re *An Evil Guest*, I haven't started reading the book yet. It's third person, near-future, which squares with "Memorare", and shapeshifters appear…
18 Mar 2008, 12:06
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AN EVIL GUEST, Wolfe's new novel, is due out in mid-September from Tor. I've just received an Advanced Bound Manuscript, which comes to 526 pages, or about 100,000 words all told. …
17 Mar 2008, 12:51
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Interesting! There is a case for seeing *Pirate Freedom* as SF, actually--Chris's story begins in Cuba some years from now, the Communists having fallen, and he remarks somewhere o…
28 Aug 2007, 20:10
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I notice Bruce Trinque, noted Patrick O'Brian scholar and afficianado, has joined the Urth list. Welcome, Bruce! It'd be interesting to hear how you compare POB and GW... --Nick G…
08 Apr 2007, 07:45
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My Advance Bound Manuscript of PIRATE FREEDOM just arrived. In an odd squarish format, typescript, 473 pages, which I estimate at 300 or so regular printed pages. Dedication to sun…
01 Mar 2007, 09:55
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It appears the April 2007 number of *The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction* will be a special Gene Wolfe issue, with: "Memorare", a new Wolfe novella Critical essay by Michael…
16 Dec 2006, 21:01
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Fred Kiesche asked: "Where does "Six from Atlantis" appear? I'll be interested to see how it compares to the Robert Silverberg tale that poked fun at 'Two Gun' Bob." It's in a Ho…
19 Oct 2006, 18:35
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David Herter is a good Wolfean writer: his novel CERES STORM in particular recalls GW. The small press for which I work, PS Publishing, will be issuing two of his novellas, ON THE …
16 Jun 2006, 07:32
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Just arrived here, via Fedex, an advance reading copy of SOLDIER OF SIDON. Dedicated to Sir Richard Burton; epigraph from Herodotus; usual mock-scholarly Foreword; 319 pages; chapt…
05 Jun 2006, 11:38
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I've now read the new Wolfe mini-collection, STRANGE BIRDS, forthcoming from Dreamhaven Books in April. It's 40 pages, $10, and of interest especially for the second of its two sto…
30 Mar 2006, 15:41
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In April or May, Dreamhaven Books is releasing a chapbook of two new Wolfe stories, titled STRANGE BIRDS and illustrated by Lisa Snellings. The stories are "On a Vacant Face a Brui…
18 Mar 2006, 10:43
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A couple of Wolfe announcements, as in the December LOCUS: SOLDIER OF SIDON, the third and penultimate Latro novel, has been acquired by David Hartwell at Tor. A new novelette by…
07 Dec 2005, 06:22
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Gene Wolfe told me a few weeks ago that SOLDIER OF SIDON was complete and with his agent. That could mean publication in late 2006, with any luck. He confirmed a fourth, concluding…
27 Oct 2005, 09:48
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Abaia: Regarding Japanese translations of GW's works: he's still represented by the Virginia Kidd Literary Agency--you can google them for their mailing address. --Nick Gevers. S…
24 Apr 2005, 08:00
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As far as I can see, the publication of STARWATER STRAINS will leave only the following post-1980 Wolfe stories uncollected (presumably the uncollected ones from before 1980 are on…
02 Dec 2004, 00:48
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Maru, Yes, the story in *Starwater Strains* is the same Tale from the Book of Wonders of Urth and Sky that Cheap Street published in 1987. --Nick Gevers.…
30 Nov 2004, 22:24
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The next Gene Wolfe story collection, STARWATER STRAINS, has been announced for August 2005 by Tor. Total wordage is 130,000, so it's quite long; this is the contents list: --Nick…
30 Nov 2004, 07:37
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There's a new Wolfe story in the October/November issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction: "Hunter Lake". --Nick Gevers.…
07 Aug 2003, 07:32
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As Marc says, GW will be at Readercon--he's taking part in a panel discussion there concerning Catholicism and SF/Fantasy. --Nick Gevers.…
11 Jul 2003, 06:33
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Interesting comments regarding "Semley's Necklace". It strikes that me that one quite famous novelette--Jack Vance's "The New Prime"--builds not one world but six, each in a dense …
28 Jun 2003, 07:43
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So Trivigante is a name for the Moon Goddess, eh? The mystery of Trivigaunte in LONG SUN is solved at last. A typically witty appropriation by Wolfe: in the online Occultopedia, it…
25 Jun 2003, 06:33
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Readers of Gene Wolfe have often expressed fondness for the works of Paul Park; here's the publication announcement for Park's latest novel, THREE MARYS, which I've edited for Wild…
10 May 2003, 10:20
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Last night, confirmation from GW that he is at work on SOLDIER OF SIDON, set mainly in Egypt when it was a province of the Persian Empire. He comments that his research shows the a…
26 Apr 2003, 07:23
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The matter of the entity in the mine in Saltus: I think all the speculation has ignored the obvious. The entity is Urth herself. When Severian brings the Claw with him below ground…
26 Apr 2003, 07:19
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This from Gene Wolfe on his forthcoming stories; the one in the imminent anthology 13 HORRORS is titled "Black Shoes". --Nick Gevers.…
13 Apr 2003, 09:20
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GW's story in the May ASIMOV'S, "Graylord Man's Last Words", is very simple in the telling, but its elegy is profound. Similar in some ways to "The Castaway". The trick this time i…
07 Mar 2003, 07:19
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Knowing the interest people on this list have in John Crowley, I'd like to make the following announcement of imminent publication of the first ever book-length critical study of J…
28 Feb 2003, 07:08
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Moshe Feder at Tor indicates that GW's next collection is scheduled for June 2004, and will now be titled, not WRAITHS, WAIFS, AND WOLVES, but INNOCENTS ABOARD. Oh dear. --Nick Ge…
19 Feb 2003, 07:16
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A new Wolfe short story appears in the May ASIMOV'S: "Graylord Man's Last Words". Looks like Hard SF. --Nick Gevers.…
14 Feb 2003, 08:50
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I've just received an uncorrected proof of THE KNIGHT, scheduled for January 2004 release. Comes in at 430 pages of fairly small print, so I'd estimate it runs to about 200,000 wor…
21 Jan 2003, 08:25
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New publication date for GW's THE KNIGHT: January 2004. --Nick Gevers.…
17 Jan 2003, 07:26
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Gene Wolfe indicates he's finishing the third draft of THE WIZARD, with a fourth to come. No clarity yet on what he'll write after that... --Nick Gevers…
10 Jan 2003, 09:10
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SPOILER SPACE Rich Horton re "Castaway": "Do you think the world was actually Earth? Or was the castaway remembering lost Earth somehow?" The world was Earth, I'm prett…
10 Jan 2003, 09:09
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I've now read both of GW's newest stories, "The Dog of the Drops" (3SF, December 2002) and "Castaway" (Sci Fiction, February 2003). Both are good, if not his very best. "The Dog …
09 Jan 2003, 10:04
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On February 5, SCI FICTION (www.scifi.com/scifiction) will run a new Wolfe story, "Castaway"--2,000 words long. Just got the advance file... --Nick Gevers.…
09 Jan 2003, 07:31
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I've just received the second issue of the new UK magazine 3SF, and it contains a new Wolfe story, "The Dog of the Drops". It's short (under 1,000 words), and seems to be written m…
31 Dec 2002, 08:07
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Anthony Ferrara asked about WIZARD KNIGHT publication dates. Volume One, THE KNIGHT, will be out Sept 2003 from Tor in hardcover, Volume Two, THE WIZARD, most likely a year or so l…
31 Dec 2002, 07:50
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I don't know if anyone has remarked on this before, but Michael Curtiz's late-'30s crime thriller ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, may very well …
22 Dec 2002, 07:29
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From Lawrence Person: the interview with GW he published in NOVA EXPRESS in 1998 is now online at http://www.io.com/~lawrence/V5N1.html --Nick Gevers.…
24 Nov 2002, 05:58
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GW has a new story in the limited edition anthology SHELF LIFE, edited by Greg Ketter and issued by Dreamhaven Books. Title: "From the Cradle". The book's theme is bookstores. --N…
17 Nov 2002, 12:09
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It appears that KNIGHT, Volume One of THE WIZARD KNIGHT, will appear from Tor in September 2003, earlier than previously intimated. --Nick Gevers.…
14 Nov 2002, 06:50
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From galleys, I've now read the first six chapters of KNIGHT, the full advance excerpt in CONJUNCTIONS 39 (the piece on the website is only Chapter One). It really is superb stuff-…
28 Oct 2002, 07:39
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