Gene Wolfe is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels and stories. He writes the Urth/Solar Cycle series. Wolfe is known for his dense and allusive prose and the influence his Catholic faith has on his work. Unlike popular conventions, his first-person narrators are sometimes unreliable. Wolfe once wrote to Neil Gaiman, “My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.” He has won numerous Nebula, Locus and World Fantasy awards, plus several other awards. Wolfe still resides in his home state of Illinois.
Gene Wolfe became a published author in 1970 with the novel Operation Ares. Below is a list of Gene Wolfe’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Urth: Book of the New Sun Books
Publication Order of Soldier Of The Mist Books
Publication Order of Urth: Book of the Long Sun Books
Publication Order of Urth: Book of the Short Sun Books
Publication Order of The Wizard Knight Books
Publication Order of A Borrowed Man Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of R.A. Lafferty Collections
(with R.A. Lafferty)
Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Orbit 6 | (1970) |    |
| Nova 1 | (1970) | |
| Alchemy and Academe | (1970) | |
| Orbit 11 | (1972) | |
| Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's Alternatives | (1973) | |
| Continuum 1 | (1974) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | |
| Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World | (1982) | |
| Changes | Stories of Metamorphosis | (1983) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection | (1985) | |
| The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction | (1985) | |
| Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr | (1987) | |
| The Drabble Project | (1988) | |
| Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold | (1988) | |
| A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling | (1989) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection - Demons and Dreams | (1989) | |
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1989 | (1989) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams | (1990) | |
| Now We Are Sick | (1991) | |
| Best New Horror 2 | (1991) | |
| The Architecture of Fear | (1991) | |
| Walls of Fear | (1991) | |
| Dante's Disciples | (1991) | |
| The Giant Book of Best New Horror | (1993) | |
| The Ascent of Wonder | (1994) | |
| Love in Vein | (1994) | |
| Cthulhu 2000 | (1995) | |
| Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears | (1995) | |
| Year's Best SF | (1996) | |
| Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1996 | (1996) | |
| Space Opera | (1996) | |
| Wild Women | (1997) | |
| The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology | (1999) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twentieth Annual Collection | (1999) | |
| The Furthest Horizon | (2000) | |
| Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance | (2000) | |
| Year's Best SF 5 | (2000) | |
| Graven Images | (2000) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11 | (2000) | |
| Dark Masques | (2001) | |
| Supermen | (2002) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection | (2002) | |
| Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores | (2002) | |
| Year's Best SF 8 | (2003) | |
| The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine: Joe Haldeman and Others | (2003) | |
| The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 | (2004) | |
| The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction | (2005) | |
| Cross Plains Universe | (2006) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection | (2006) | |
| Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition | (2006) | |
| Best New Horror 18 | (2007) | |
| The Best of Jim Baen's Universe | (2007) | |
| This Is My Funniest 2 | (2007) | |
| Year's Best SF 13 | (2008) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 | (2009) | |
| The Secret History of Science Fiction | (2009) | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011 | (2011) | |
| The Book of Cthulhu | (2011) | |
| Ghosts by Gaslight | (2011) | |
| The Mammoth Book of SF Wars | (2012) | |
| The Wildside Book of Fantasy | (2012) | |
| Season of Wonder | (2012) | |
| Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 edition | (2013) | |
| Super Stories of Heroes and Villains | (2013) | |
| Shadows of the New Sun | (2013) | |
| The Time Traveler's Almanac | (2013) | |
| Lightspeed Magazine, July 2014 | (2014) | |
| Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep | (2015) | |
| Worst Contact | (2016) | |
Notes: In the Wake of Man also contains stories by R.A. Lafferty and Walter Moudy. A Walking Tour of the Shambles was written with Neil Gaiman. Gate of Horn, Book of Silk was written by Michael Andre-Driussi, with contributions by Wolfe.
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Gene Wolfe Synopsis: There Are Doors by Gene Wolfe is the story of a man who falls in love with a goddess from an alternate universe. She tries to get away from him, but he follows her through interdimensional gateways to the other universe. If need be, he is willing to sacrifice his life in order to get her love. For in her world, to be with her… is to die.
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