Shadows of the New Sun
Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe
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Publisher Description
An all-star tribute to Gene Wolfe, featuring the work of Neil Gaiman, David Brin, Nancy Kress, and others
Perhaps no living author of imaginative fiction has earned the awards, accolades, respect, and literary reputation of Gene Wolfe. His prose has been called subtle and brilliant, inspiring not just lovers of fantasy and science fiction, but readers of every stripe, transcending genre and defying preconceptions.
In this volume, a select group of Wolfe's fellow authors pay tribute to the award-winning creator of The Book of the New Sun, The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Soldier of the Mist, The Wizard Knight and many others, with entirely new stories written specifically to honor the writer hailed by The Washington Post as "one of America's finest."
Shadows of the New Sun features contributions by Neil Gaiman, David Brin, David Drake, Nancy Kress, and many others, plus two new short stories by Gene Wolfe himself.
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Hailed for literary style and range, SFWA Grand Master Wolfe (Home Fires) is paid tribute with 17 eclectic stories written in imitation or in answer to his own work, plus two original stories by Wolfe himself. Wolfe's breakout Book of the New Sun series is the basis of William C. Dietz's "In the Shadow of the Gate" and Jody Lynn Nye's "The Dreams of the Sea." Michael Swanwick recasts the early "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" with women, as "The She-Wolf's Hidden Grin." Joe Haldeman mashes up new and old Wolfe characters, along with the author himself, in "The Island of the Death Doctor." Contributors also provide Wolfean delights like sensitive reworking of pulp fiction (Jack Dann's "The Island of Time") and wordplay (Neil Gaiman's "A Lunar Labyrinth" or Aaron Allston's "Epistoleros"). These and many other top-notch writers have brought all their skills to bear on making this homage worthy of Wolfe's prodigious talents, and it shows.
