Gene Wolfe bibliography

This is a list of works by Gene Wolfe, an American author of science fiction and fantasy, with a career spanning six decades.

Novels

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Series Title Year Publisher Nominations Awards Ref
Operation Ares 1970 Berkley Books [1]
The Fifth Head of Cerberus 1972 Charles Scribner's Sons
Peace 1975 Harper and Row
The Devil in a Forest 1976 Follett Publishing
The Book of the New Sun The Shadow of the Torturer 1980 Simon & Schuster 1980: Nebula

1981: Locus Fantasy, John W. Campbell

1981: BSFA Award, WFA [2]
The Claw of the Conciliator 1981 Timescape Books 1982: Hugo, Mythopoeic, WFA 1981: Nebula

1982: Locus Fantasy

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The Sword of the Lictor 1982 Timescape Books 1982: Nebula, BSFA

1983: Hugo, WFA

1983: Locus Fantasy, August Derleth Award [3]
The Citadel of the Autarch 1983 Timescape Books 1983: Nebula, BSFA, Locus Fantasy 1984: John W. Campbell [3][4]
Free Live Free 1984 Mark V. Ziesing 1985: BSFA

1986: Nebula

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The Soldier series Soldier of the Mist 1986 Gollancz 1987: Nebula, WFA 1987: Locus Fantasy [7]
Soldier of Arete 1989 Tor Books 1990: Locus Fantasy, WFA [8]
Soldier of Sidon 2006 Tor Books 2007: Locus Fantasy 2007: WFA
The Urth of the New Sun 1987 Gollancz 1988: Hugo 1988: Nebula, Locus Science Fiction [9]
There Are Doors 1988 Tor Books 1989: Locus Fantasy [10]
Castleview 1990 Tor Books
Pandora, By Holly Hollander 1990 Tor Books
The Book of the Long Sun Nightside the Long Sun 1993 Tor Books 1993: Nebula

1997: Mythopoeic

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Lake of the Long Sun 1994 Tor Books
Caldé of the Long Sun 1994 Tor Books 1995: Nebula [13]
Exodus from the Long Sun 1996 Tor Books
The Book of the Short Sun On Blue's Waters 1999 Tor Books
In Green's Jungles 2000 Tor Books 2001: Locus Science Fiction [14]
Return to the Whorl 2001 Tor Books 2002: Locus Science Fiction [15]
The Wizard Knight The Knight 2004 Tor Books 2004: Nebula [16]
The Wizard 2004 Tor Books Collected as The Wizard Knight:

2005: Locus Fantasy, Mythopoeic, WFA

Pirate Freedom 2007 Tor Books 2008: Locus Fantasy
An Evil Guest 2008 Tor Books 2009: Locus Fantasy, Mythopoeic
The Sorcerer's House 2010 Tor Books 2011: Locus Fantasy
Home Fires 2011 Tor Books 2012: John W. Campbell
The Land Across 2013 Tor Books 2014: WFA
Borrowed Man A Borrowed Man 2015 Tor Books 2016: Locus Science Fiction, Prometheus
Interlibrary Loan 2020 Tor Books 2021: Locus Science Fiction

Story collections

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  • The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (1980) (Not an error but a literary joke; the title story is "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories". Among others, the collection also includes "The Death of Dr. Island" and "The Doctor of Death Island." "The Death of Dr. Island" won the Nebula Award for Best Novella.)
  • Gene Wolfe's Book of Days (1981)
  • The Wolfe Archipelago (1983), consisting of:
    • "Death of the Island Doctor" (1983)
    • "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories" (1970)
    • "The Death of Dr. Island" (1973)
    • "The Doctor of Death Island" (1978)
  • Plan(e)t Engineering (1984) (published by Boskone when Wolfe was guest of honor; contains previously uncollected short stories, a new essay on Book of the New Sun and map, several poems, and an article by Wolfe on robots from Plant Engineering magazine)
  • Bibliomen (1984)
  • Storeys from the Old Hotel (1988) [winner of the World Fantasy Award for best collection]
  • Endangered Species (1989)
  • Castle of Days (1992) (omnibus of essay collection Castle of the Otter and story collection Gene Wolfe's Book of Days, along with other essays)
  • The Young Wolfe (1992)
  • Strange Travelers (2000)
  • Latro in the Mist (2003) – omnibus collection of Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete
  • Innocents Aboard (2004)
  • Starwater Strains (2005)
  • The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009)[17] A specialty press edition including an additional story and an introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson was published as The Very Best of Gene Wolfe.[18]
  • The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories (2023) – posthumous collection of horror stories
  • The Wolfe at the Door (2023) – posthumous collection of previously uncollected stories

Short stories

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  • "Trip, Trap", first published in Orbit (1967)
  • "The Changeling", first published in Orbit (1968)
  • "Paul's Treehouse", first published in Orbit 5 (1969)
  • "How the Whip Came Back", first published in Orbit 6 (1970)
  • "Remembrance to Come", first published in Orbit 6 (1970)
  • "Eyebem", first published in Orbit 7 (1970)
  • "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories", first published in Orbit 7 (1970)
  • "A Method Bit in “B”", first published in Orbit 8 (1970)
  • "The HORARS of War", first published in Nova 1 (1970)
  • "Alien Stones", first published in Orbit (1972)
  • "The Headless Man", first published in Universe 2 (1972)
  • "Against the Lafayette Escadrille", first published in Again, Dangerous Visions (1972)
  • "How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion", first published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact (May 1973)
  • "Continuing Westwards", first published in Orbit 12 (1973)
  • "La Befana", first published in Galaxy Magazine (1973)
  • "An Article About Hunting", first published in Saving Worlds (1973)
  • "The Death of Doctor Island", first published in Universe 3 (1973)
  • "Forlesen", first published in Orbit 14 (1974)
  • "The Eyeflash Miracles", first published in Future Power, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Random House. (1976)
  • "When I Was Ming the Merciless", first published in The Ides of Tomorrow: Original Science Fiction Tales of Horror (1976)
  • "Many Mansions", first published in Orbit 19 (1977)
  • "To the Dark Tower Came", first published in Orbit 19 (1977)
  • "Seven American Nights", first published in Orbit 20 (1978)
  • "The Doctor of Death Island", first published in Immortal (1978)
  • "The Adopted Father", first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1980)
  • "A Solar Labyrinth", first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (April 1983)
  • "The Cat", first published in the 1983 World Fantasy Convention program book
  • "Death of the Island Doctor", first published in The Wolfe Archipelago (1983)[19]
  • "A Cabin on the Coast", first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1984)
  • "The Map", first published in Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy Of and For Our Time (1984)
  • "Ain't You 'Most Done", first published in The Sandman, Book of Dreams (1996)
  • "Flash Company", first published in The Horns of Elfland (1997)
  • "From the Cradle", first published in Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores (2002)
  • "Memorare", first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2007)
  • "Frostfree", first published in Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe (2013)

Chapbooks

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Wolfe published a number of short chapbooks, many published in very small quantities by Cheap Street. Some of these have been reprinted in his collections, as when Starwater Strains reprinted "Empires of Foliage and Flower".

  • At the Point of Capricorn (1983)
  • The Boy Who Hooked the Sun (1985)
  • Empires of Foliage and Flower: A Tale From the Book of the Wonders of Urth and Sky (1987)
  • The Arimaspian Legacy (1988)
  • Slow Children at Play (1989)
  • The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin is the Sun (1991)
  • The Case of the Vanishing Ghost (1991) through The Pretentious Press
  • The Grave Secret (1991) through The Pretentious Press
  • The Hero as Werwolf (1991) Pulphouse Publishing
  • Talk of Mandrakes (2003)
  • Christmas Inn (2005)
  • Strange Birds (2006)
  • Memorare (2008) (novella, first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 2007, as a signed limited edition hardcover in 2008)

Other works

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Critical studies and reviews of Wolfe's work

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A borrowed man
  • Sakers, Don (October 2015). "The Reference Library". Analog Science Fiction and Fact. 135 (10): 105–108.

References

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  1. ^ "Title: Operation Ares". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  2. ^ a b "1981 Award Winners & Nominees | Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Books by Award | WWEnd". Worldswithoutend.com. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  3. ^ a b "1983 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  4. ^ "1984 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  5. ^ "1985 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  6. ^ "1986 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  7. ^ "1987 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  8. ^ "1990 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  9. ^ "1988 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  10. ^ "1989 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  11. ^ "1993 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  12. ^ "1997 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  13. ^ "1995 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  14. ^ "2001 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  15. ^ "2002 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  16. ^ "2004 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  17. ^ Review: Robert Bee (January 2010). "Decoding the Wolfe". The Internet Review of Science Fiction. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  18. ^ "Is The Best of Gene Wolfe the best there is? Critic John Clute says yes". Blastr. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  19. ^ "WolfeWiki - Stories List by Date".