GENE WOLFE has been called "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced" by The Washington Post. A former engineer, he has become one of the most widely praised masters of SF and fantasy. He is the winner of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Nebula Award, twice, the World Fantasy Award, twice, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the British Fantasy Award, and France's Prix Apollo. His popular successes include the four-volume classic The Book of the New Sun. He and his wife, Rosemary, make their home in Barrington, IL.
"Gene Wolfe not only entertains, he invests his work with a
complexity and trickiness that place him among the most important
American writers of our time. . . . But you don't need to know
Wolfe's earlier work to be caught up in a novel that blends,
imaginatively and briskly, Arthurian ideals, Celtic legends, and
Norse mythology." --The Washington Post"Wolfe's new novel - the
first half of a massive epic - is a reminder that no one gets
called a great writer without being first a great storyteller. [In]
this wonderful story . . .Wolfe doesn't just rearrange the cliches
of sword and sorcery fiction; he recreates the genre. . . . this is
a compelling, breathtaking achievement." --Publishers Weekly
[starred review]"That national treasure, Gene Wolfe, returns with
the first of two novels about a teenage boy who wanders into what
may be called Faerie. . . . [Wolfe's] wit, erudition, narrative
technique, and consummate mastery of the language sweep all before
them . . . in this extraordinary book." --Booklist
Gene Wolfe not only entertains, he invests his work with a
complexity and trickiness that place him among the most important
American writers of our time. . . . But you don't need to know
Wolfe's earlier work to be caught up in a novel that blends,
imaginatively and briskly, Arthurian ideals, Celtic legends, and
Norse mythology. The Washington Post Wolfe's new novel - the first
half of a massive epic - is a reminder that no one gets called a
great writer without being first a great storyteller. [In] this
wonderful story . . .Wolfe doesn't just rearrange the cliches of
sword and sorcery fiction; he recreates the genre. . . . this is a
compelling, breathtaking achievement. Publishers Weekly [starred
review] That national treasure, Gene Wolfe, returns with the first
of two novels about a teenage boy who wanders into what may be
called Faerie. . . . [Wolfe's] wit, erudition, narrative technique,
and consummate mastery of the language sweep all before them . . .
in this extraordinary book. Booklist"
Gene Wolfe not only entertains, he invests his work with a
complexity and trickiness that place him among the most important
American writers of our time. . . . But you don't need to know
Wolfe's earlier work to be caught up in a novel that blends,
imaginatively and briskly, Arthurian ideals, Celtic legends, and
Norse mythology. "The Washington Post" Wolfe's new novel - the
first half of a massive epic - is a reminder that no one gets
called a great writer without being first a great storyteller. [In]
this wonderful story . . .Wolfe doesn't just rearrange the cliches
of sword and sorcery fiction; he recreates the genre. . . . this is
a compelling, breathtaking achievement. "Publishers Weekly [starred
review]" That national treasure, Gene Wolfe, returns with the first
of two novels about a teenage boy who wanders into what may be
called Faerie. . . . [Wolfe's] wit, erudition, narrative technique,
and consummate mastery of the language sweep all before them . . .
in this extraordinary book. "Booklist""
"Gene Wolfe not only entertains, he invests his work with a
complexity and trickiness that place him among the most important
American writers of our time. . . . But you don't need to know
Wolfe's earlier work to be caught up in a novel that blends,
imaginatively and briskly, Arthurian ideals, Celtic legends, and
Norse mythology." --The Washington Post"Wolfe's new novel - the
first half of a massive epic - is a reminder that no one gets
called a great writer without being first a great storyteller. [In]
this wonderful story . . .Wolfe doesn't just rearrange the cliches
of sword and sorcery fiction; he recreates the genre. . . . this is
a compelling, breathtaking achievement." --Publishers Weekly
[starred review]"That national treasure, Gene Wolfe, returns with
the first of two novels about a teenage boy who wanders into what
may be called Faerie. . . . [Wolfe's] wit, erudition, narrative
technique, and consummate mastery of the language sweep all before
them . . . in this extraordinary book." --Booklist
Gene Wolfe not only entertains, he invests his work with a
complexity and trickiness that place him among the most important
American writers of our time. . . . But you don't need to know
Wolfe's earlier work to be caught up in a novel that blends,
imaginatively and briskly, Arthurian ideals, Celtic legends, and
Norse mythology. The Washington Post Wolfe's new novel - the first
half of a massive epic - is a reminder that no one gets called a
great writer without being first a great storyteller. [In] this
wonderful story . . .Wolfe doesn't just rearrange the cliches of
sword and sorcery fiction; he recreates the genre. . . . this is a
compelling, breathtaking achievement. Publishers Weekly [starred
review] That national treasure, Gene Wolfe, returns with the first
of two novels about a teenage boy who wanders into what may be
called Faerie. . . . [Wolfe's] wit, erudition, narrative technique,
and consummate mastery of the language sweep all before them . . .
in this extraordinary book. Booklist"
Gene Wolfe not only entertains, he invests his work with a complexity and trickiness that place him among the most important American writers of our time. . . . But you don't need to know Wolfe's earlier work to be caught up in a novel that blends, imaginatively and briskly, Arthurian ideals, Celtic legends, and Norse mythology. "The Washington Post" Wolfe's new novel - the first half of a massive epic - is a reminder that no one gets called a great writer without being first a great storyteller. [In] this wonderful story . . .Wolfe doesn't just rearrange the cliches of sword and sorcery fiction; he recreates the genre. . . . this is a compelling, breathtaking achievement. "Publishers Weekly [starred review]" That national treasure, Gene Wolfe, returns with the first of two novels about a teenage boy who wanders into what may be called Faerie. . . . [Wolfe's] wit, erudition, narrative technique, and consummate mastery of the language sweep all before them . . . in this extraordinary book. "Booklist""
A young boy crosses from the modern into the fantasy world of Mythgarthr, where he finds himself in the body of an adult and receives the name "Able of the High Heart." As he quests for the sword that will make him a knight, he encounters both monstrous and human enemies, discovers romance, and learns about love and honor. Author of the classic "Book of the New Sun" series and one of sf's most elegant stylists and literary philosophers, Wolfe begins a new two-volume saga that uses the trappings of mythic fantasy to explore the human dilemma. Here he presents an artless and perceptive hero whose adventures are rites of passage. Highly recommended. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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