Castle of Days Short Fiction and Essays [Paperback]

The Washington Posthas called Gene Wolfe the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced. This volume joins together two of his rarest and most sought after works--Gene Wolfe'sBook of DaysandThe Castle of the Otter--and add thirty-nine short essays collected here for the first time, to fashion a rich and engrossing architecture of wonder.

Gene Wolfe (1931-2019)was the Nebula Award-winning author of The Book of the New Sun tetralogy in the Solar Cycle, as well as the World Fantasy Award winnersThe Shadow of the TorturerandSoldier of Sidon. He was also a prolific writer of distinguished short fiction, which has been collected in such award-winning volumes asStoreys from the Old HotelandThe Best of Gene Wolfe.

A recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, and sixLocusAwards, among many other honors, Wolfe was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007, and named Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2012.

Here are glamour and magic to stretch the mind and break the heart. Steven Brust

A treasure trove....Aficionados will find this a marvelous and fascinating collection, and readers new to Gene Wolfe should find this a welcome place to enter. Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Castle of Daysis also a flight of yesterday, a twinkle of todays, and a promise of tomorrows. Charming and entertaining from drawbridge to tower-tip. Roger Zelazny