Gene Wolfe small press books

Linda Wald · 06 Feb 1986, 05:25 · from net.sf-lovers.1986.mbox

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From: Linda Wald <math.linda at LOCUS.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Gene Wolfe small press books
Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 00:25:15 EST
Message-ID: <1212 at caip.RUTGERS.EDU>
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers

all my letters to Laurence Roberts bounced ........

Castle of the Otter first showed up as a reviewers goof -- he thought that
the fourth book of the book of the New Sun was so titled. Wolfe then wrote
it anyway -- the subtitle is 'a book about the Book of the New Sun'. It contains
essays, history, some background, and even one chapter where all the main 
characters (who were willing) stand up and tell a joke. If you liked Book
of the New Sun, you'll probably enjoy it. It's available from the Science 
Fiction Book Club.

Plan[e]t Engineering is NOT reprints from Plant Engineering (by the way, Wolfe
is now writing full time .) It was published by NESFA press, and may still be
available from them. It commemorates Wolfes appearence as Boscone XXI GoH.
The stories , articles and poems were chosen by a jury of NESFA members.
It includes 'Books in the Book of the New Sun' and 'The Computer Iterates the 
Greater Trumps' as well as stories and , oh yes, one article from Plant 
Engineering on 'The Anatomy of a Robot' . I enjoyed the collection. If you
too enjoy Wolfe, I can reasonably safely say you will too. Good luck getting
ahold of it.

I read the Ziesing edition of Free Live Free and liked it. If such things 
bother you, it's really only borderline sf. I haven't read the Tor edition,
but A Change of Hobbit has it as does Mark Ziesing Booksellers (P.O.Box 806
Willimantic CT. 06226).
                     Enjoy,

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