Gene Wolfe

Gene Wolfe ist ein hoch angesehener US-amerikanischer Autor, der für seine Werke in den Genres Science-Fiction und Fantasy berühmt ist. Er ist am besten bekannt für seine Serie, den Urth/Solar-Zyklus, die durch seine dichte und anspielungsreiche Prosa und den Einfluss seiner katholischen Religion gekennzeichnet ist. Wolfe's Schreibstil wird oft für seine Komplexität gelobt, mit ersten-Person-Erzählern, die manchmal unzuverlässig sind, was Tiefe und Rätsel zu seinen Geschichten hinzufügt.

Gene Wolfe wurde am 7. Mai 1931 in New York City geboren und wuchs in Texas auf. Als Säugling überlebte er die Kinderlähmung, was einen nachhaltigen Einfluss auf sein Leben hatte. Nach seinem Dienst im Koreakrieg kehrte er in die Vereinigten Staaten zurück und erwarb einen Abschluss an der University of Houston. Wolfe's berufliche Laufbahn begann als Ingenieur, aber seine Leidenschaft für das Schreiben führte ihn dazu, viele Jahre lang die Zeitschrift Plant Engineering zu redigieren, bevor er sich zur Ruhe setzte, um Vollzeit zu schreiben.

Im Laufe seiner Karriere erhielt Wolfe zahlreiche Auszeichnungen für seine Beiträge zur Science-Fiction und Fantasy-Literatur. Dazu gehören mehrere Nebula, Locus und World Fantasy Awards sowie der World Fantasy Award für Lebenswerk und der Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award 2012. 2007 wurde er in die Science Fiction Hall of Fame aufgenommen. Die bedeutende Wirkung von Wolfe auf das Genre ist offensichtlich an den Anerkennungen, die er erhalten hat, und sichert ihm einen Platz unter den Legenden der Science-Fiction und Fantasy.
Urth: Book of the New Sun Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Shadow of the Torturer 1980
2 The Claw of the Conciliator 1981
3 The Sword of the Lictor 1982
4 The Citadel of the Autarch 1983
5 The Urth of the New Sun 1987
Soldier Of The Mist Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Soldier of the Mist 1986
2 Soldier of Arete 1989
3 Latro in the Mist 2003
4 Soldier of Sidon 2006
Urth: Book of the Long Sun Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Nightside the Long Sun 1993
2 Litany of the Long Sun 1994
3 Caldé of the Long Sun 1994
4 Lake of the Long Sun 1994
5 Epiphany of the Long Sun 1996
6 Exodus from the Long Sun 1996
Urth: Book of the Short Sun Books
# Titel Jahr
1 On Blue's Waters 1999
2 In Green's Jungles 2000
3 The Book of the Short Sun 2001
4 Return to the Whorl 2001
The Wizard Knight Books
# Titel Jahr
1 The Wizard 2004
2 The Knight 2004
A Borrowed Man Books
# Titel Jahr
1 A Borrowed Man 2015
2 Interlibrary Loan 2020
Einzelromane
# Titel Jahr
1 Operation Ares 1970
2 Peace 1975
3 The Devil in a Forest 1976
4 Free Live Free 1984
5 There Are Doors 1988
6 Castleview 1990
7 Pandora by Holly Hollander 1990
8 Pirate Freedom 2007
9 An Evil Guest 2008
10 The Sorcerer's House 2010
11 Home Fires 2011
12 The Land Across 2013
Kurzgeschichten/Novellen
# Titel Jahr
1 Of Relays and Roses 1970
2 In the House of Gingerbread 1987
3 No Planets Strike (in Strange Travelers) 1997
4 Golden City Far 2000
5 Memorare 2008
Kurzgeschichtensammlungen
# Titel Jahr
1 The Fifth Head of Cerberus 1972
2 The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction 1975
3 In the Wake of Man (With: R.A. Lafferty) 1975
4 In the Wake of Man 1975
5 The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories and Other Stories 1980
6 Gene Wolfe's Book of Days 1981
7 Bibliomen 1984
8 Plan(e)t Engineering 1984
9 Storeys from the Old Hotel 1988
10 For Rosemary 1988
11 Endangered Species 1989
12 Castle of Days 1992
13 Young Wolfe 1992
14 Strange Travelers 2000
15 Starwater Strains 2000
16 Innocents Aboard: New Fantasy Stories 2004
17 The Very Best of Gene Wolfe 2009
18 The Best of Gene Wolfe 2009
19 The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories 2023
20 The Wolfe at the Door 2023
Sachbücher
# Titel Jahr
1 The Castle of the Otter 1982
2 Letters Home 1991
3 Gate of Horn, Book of Silk: A Guide to Gene Wolfe's The Book of the Long Sun and The Book of the Short Sun 2012
Year's Best SF Anthology Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Year's Best SF 1996
2 Year's Best SF 2 1997
3 Year's Best SF 3 1998
4 Year's Best SF 4 1999
5 Year's Best SF 5 2000
6 Year's Best SF 6 2001
7 Year's Best SF 7 2002
8 Year's Best SF 8 2003
9 Year's Best SF 9 2004
10 Year's Best SF 10 2005
11 Year's Best SF 11 2006
12 Year's Best SF 12 2007
13 Year's Best SF 13 2008
14 Year's Best SF 14 2009
15 Year's Best SF 15 2010
16 Year's Best SF 16 2011
17 Year's Best SF 17 2012
18 Year's Best SF 18 2013
R.A. Lafferty Collections (with R.A. Lafferty)
# Titel Jahr
1 The Man Who Made Models 1970
2 Nine Hundred Grandmothers 1970
3 Strange Doings 1973
4 Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add? 1974
5 In the Wake of Man 1975
6 Apocalypses 1977
7 Ringing Changes 1979
8 Golden Gate and Other Stories 1982
9 Snake In His Bosom And Other Stories 1983
10 Man Who Made Models and Other Stories 1984
11 Slippery And Other Stories 1985
12 East of Laughter 1988
13 Dotty 1990
14 Lafferty in Orbit 1991
15 The Man Who Walked Through Cracks 2019
The Palencar Project Books
# Titel Jahr
1 New World Blues (By: L.E. Modesitt Jr.) 2012
2 Dormanna 2012
3 Thanatos Beach (By: James K. Morrow) 2012
4 The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree (By: Michael Swanwick) 2012
5 The Sigma Structure Symphony (By: Gregory Benford) 2012
Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
# Titel Jahr
1 Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction 1980
2 Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far 1981
3 Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own 1983
4 Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! 1985
5 Isaac Asimov's Aliens 1991
6 Isaac Asimov's Robots 1991
7 Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite 1993
8 Isaac Asimov's War 1993
9 Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams 1994
10 Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep 1995
11 Isaac Asimov's Ghosts 1995
12 Isaac Asimov's Christmas 1997
13 Isaac Asimov's Camelot 1998
14 Isaac Asimov's Detectives 1998
15 Isaac Asimov's Werewolves 1999
16 Isaac Asimov's Solar System 1999
17 Isaac Asimov's Utopias 2000
18 Isaac Asimov's Father Day 2001
19 Isaac Asimov's Halloween 2001
Gene Wolfe Anthologies
# Titel Jahr
1 Orbit 3 1967
2 Orbit 6 1970
3 Nova 1 1970
4 Alchemy and Academe 1970
5 Orbit 11 1972
6 Orbit 12 1973
7 Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's Alternatives 1973
8 Continuum 1 1974
9 Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far 1981
10 TriQuarterly 49: Science Fiction 1980
11 Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction 1980
12 Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World 1982
13 Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own 1983
14 Changes | Stories of Metamorphosis 1983
15 Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! 1985
16 Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction 1984
17 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection 1985
18 The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction 1985
19 Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr 1987
20 The Drabble Project 1988
21 Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold 1988
22 A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling 1989
23 Second Annual Collection 1989
24 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1989 1989
25 The Year's Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams 1990
26 Now We Are Sick 1991
27 Best New Horror 2 1991
28 Isaac Asimov's Aliens 1991
29 The Architecture of Fear 1991
30 Walls of Fear 1991
31 Dante's Disciples 1991
32 Christmas Stars 1992
33 Isaac Asimov's Robots 1991
34 The Giant Book of Best New Horror 1993
35 Christmas Forever 1993
36 The Ascent of Wonder 1994
37 Love in Vein 1994
38 Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite 1993
39 Spirits Of Christmas: Twenty Other-Worldly Tales 1995
40 Isaac Asimov's War 1993
41 Cthulhu 2000 1995
42 Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams 1994
43 Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears 1995
44 Year's Best SF 1996
45 Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep 1995
46 Isaac Asimov's Ghosts 1995
47 Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1996 1996
48 Space Opera 1996
49 Year's Best SF 2 1997
50 Wild Women 1997
51 Year's Best SF 3 1998
52 Year's Best SF 4 1999
53 The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology 1999
54 The Furthest Horizon 2000
55 Isaac Asimov's Christmas 1997
56 Isaac Asimov's Camelot 1998
57 Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance 2000
58 Year's Best SF 5 2000
59 Isaac Asimov's Detectives 1998
60 Graven Images 2000
61 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11 2000
62 Isaac Asimov's Werewolves 1999
63 Isaac Asimov's Solar System 1999
64 Year's Best SF 6 2001
65 Dark Masques 2001
66 Supermen 2002
67 Year's Best SF 7 2002
68 Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores 2002
69 Fifteenth Annual Collection 2002
70 Year's Best SF 8 2003
71 Isaac Asimov's Utopias 2000
72 Isaac Asimov's Father Day 2001
73 The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine: Joe Haldeman and Others 2003
74 Isaac Asimov's Halloween 2001
75 Year's Best SF 9 2004
76 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 2004
77 The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels 2005
78 Year's Best SF 10 2005
79 Cross Plains Universe 2006
80 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection 2006
81 Year's Best SF 11 2006
82 Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition 2006
83 Best New Horror 18 2007
84 Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge 2007
85 Year's Best SF 12 2007
86 The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2007
87 This Is My Funniest 2 2007
88 Twentieth Annual Collection 2007
89 Year's Best SF 13 2008
90 The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 2008
91 Year's Best SF 14 2009
92 The Secret History of Science Fiction 2009
93 Curse of the Full Moon: A Werewolf Anthology 2010
94 Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror 2010
95 Year's Best SF 15 2010
96 Year's Best SF 16 2011
97 The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011 2011
98 The Book of Cthulhu 2011
99 Ghosts by Gaslight 2011
100 Year's Best SF 17 2012
101 Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 edition 2013
102 The Palencar Project 2012
103 The Mammoth Book of SF Wars 2012
104 The Wildside Book of Fantasy 2012
105 Season of Wonder 2012
106 Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 Edition 2013
107 Super Stories of Heroes and Villains 2013
108 Shadows of the New Sun 2013
109 Year's Best SF 18 2013
110 The Time Traveler's Almanac 2013
111 Lightspeed Magazine, July 2014 2014
112 Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep 2015
113 Lightspeed Magazine, October 2015 2015
114 Worst Contact 2016