Gene Wolfe: Book of the New Sun

Matt Verner · 18 Mar 1986, 03:35 · from sf-lovers.1986.mbox

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From: inuxh!verner at caip.rutgers.edu (Matt Verner)
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe: Book of the New Sun
Date: 18 Mar 86 03:35:05 GMT
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> mangoe at umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) writes:
>>I've found that I really like Wolfe's short stories.  Shortly
>>after the BotNS came out, I picked up _Gene Wolfe's Book of Days_,
>>which I enjoyed immensely.  ...
>
> Then you should check out another collection of his stories, "The
> Island Of Dr. Death And Other Stories And Other Stories," in my
> opinion a collection that's superior to the "Book Of Days."
>                           Cheers, Bill Ingogly

Could someone please tell me how I can aquire these obscure books?
I am constantly reading about this or that book from Gene Wolfe and]
when I go around the local book stores in Indy they invariably don't
have anything but books that appeal to hormone-drenched teenagers
that thought the novelization of 'Star Wars' should have won a Hugo.

Is there a mailing list or catalog I can subscribe to?  Yes, I am
already a suscriber to the SF Book Club.  Passable at best.

Drop me a line, if you have any info!
P. O. Box 1008

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