Gene Wolfe

American novelist and short-story writer of science fiction and fantasy, best known for The Book of the New Sun cycle; noted for dense, literary prose, unreliable narrators, and philosophical/religious themes.

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  1. 1. The Best Of Gene Wolfe

    A career-spanning selection of short fiction that showcases an elliptical, allusive prose style and a gift for blending science fiction, fantasy and myth; the stories move from quietly uncanny fables to dense, idea-driven tales, often told by unreliable or self-contradictory narrators and probing themes of memory, identity, faith and moral ambiguity. Each piece is layered and allusive, rewarding careful reading and re-reading with surprising emotional depth, moral complexity and quietly subversive twists that linger after the last line.

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