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Publication Order of Urth: Book of the New Sun Books

The Shadow of the Torturer (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Claw of the Conciliator (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Sword of the Lictor (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Citadel of the Autarch (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Urth of the New Sun (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Soldier Of The Mist Books

Soldier of the Mist (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Soldier of Arete (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Latro in the Mist (2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Soldier of Sidon (2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Urth: Book of the Long Sun Books

Nightside the Long Sun (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Litany of the Long Sun (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Caldé of the Long Sun (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Lake of the Long Sun (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Epiphany of the Long Sun (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Exodus from the Long Sun (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Urth: Book of the Short Sun Books

On Blue's Waters (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
In Green's Jungles (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Book of the Short Sun (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Return to the Whorl (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of The Wizard Knight Books

The Wizard (2004)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Knight (2004)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of A Borrowed Man Books

A Borrowed Man (2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Interlibrary Loan (2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Operation Ares (1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Peace (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Devil in a Forest (1976)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Free Live Free (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Are Doors (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Castleview (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Pandora by Holly Hollander (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Pirate Freedom (2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
An Evil Guest (2008)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Sorcerer's House (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Home Fires (2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Land Across (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Of Relays and Roses (1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
In the House of Gingerbread (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
No Planets Strike (in Strange Travelers) (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Golden City Far (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Memorare (2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
In the Wake of Man (With: R.A. Lafferty) (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Gene Wolfe's Book of Days (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Bibliomen (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Plan(e)t Engineering (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Storeys from the Old Hotel (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
For Rosemary (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Endangered Species (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Castle of Days (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Young Wolfe (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Strange Travelers (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Starwater Strains (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Innocents Aboard: New Fantasy Stories (2004)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Very Best of Gene Wolfe (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories (2023)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Wolfe at the Door (2023)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Castle of the Otter (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Letters Home (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
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)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of R.A. Lafferty Collections

with R.A. Lafferty
The Man Who Made Models (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nine Hundred Grandmothers (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Strange Doings (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Does Anyone Else Have Something Further to Add? (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
In the Wake of Man (With: R.A. Lafferty) (1975)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Apocalypses (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1977)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Ringing Changes (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1979)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Golden Gate and Other Stories (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Snake In His Bosom And Other Stories (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Man Who Made Models and Other Stories (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Slippery And Other Stories (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
East of Laughter (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dotty (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Lafferty in Orbit (By: R.A. Lafferty) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Man Who Walked Through Cracks (By: R.A. Lafferty) (2019)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Books

with Gary A. Braunbeck, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robin McKinley, William Nolan, Robert R. McCammon, Brian Hodge, Richard Christian Matheson, Greg Bear, Michael Swanwick, Karen Joy Fowler, John Kessel, R.A. Lafferty, Lisa Goldstein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Pat Cadigan, Michael McDowell, John Farris, Stephen Gallagher, Charles de Lint, Chet Williamson, Daniel Abraham, Lewis Shiner, Edward Bryant, Lisa Tuttle, Joan D. Vinge, Tanith Lee, Lucius Shepard, Jeff VanderMeer, Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, Terry Dowling, Mary Robinette Kowal, Peter Straub, Jane Yolen, Joan Aiken, Patricia C. Wrede, Garry Douglas Kilworth, Emma Bull, Michael Bishop, Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, John Shirley, Elizabeth Bear, Peter Dickinson, Margo Lanagan, Ted Chiang, Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner, Kim Newman, John M. Ford, Richard Matheson, Barry N. Malzberg, Alice Hoffman, S.P. Somtow, Steve Tem, Jonathan Carroll, Ian McDonald, Douglas Clegg, Douglas E. Winter, Christopher Fowler, David B. Silva, John Brunner, Bentley Little, Adam Roberts, Paul Di Filippo, Conrad Williams, Graham Joyce, Simon Clark, China Miéville, Geoff Ryman, Lucy Taylor, William Hope Hodgson, Tanya Huff, M. John Harrison, William Browning Spencer, Steven Brust, Craig Shaw Gardner, Thomas M. Disch, Luis Alberto Urrea, Lucy Sussex, Fred Chappell, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Scott Nicholson, Isabel Allende, Angela Carter, Haruki Murakami, M. Rickert, Michael Chabon, Stuart Dybek, Ben Fountain, Steven Millhauser, Jeffrey Ford, James Lawrence Powell, Thomas Ligotti, Nisi Shawl, Anthony Doerr, Kevin Brockmeier, Jack Womack, Bruce Sterling, Michael Blumlein, Greg van Eekhout, Lawrence Miles, ChristopherRowe, John Crowley, Tim Pratt, Garth Nix, Andy Duncan, Laird Barron, MichaelShea, James P. Blaylock, Ellen Klages, Kij Johnson, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Sarah Monette, Kat Howard, Nathan Ballingrud, Alan Moore, Elizabeth Massie, Terri Windling, Susanna Clarke, Gary McMahon, Stephen Graham Jones, Susan Cooper, Ellen Datlow, K.W. Jeter, Ru Emerson, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Karen Russell, Veronica Schanoes, Stephen Volk, Adam Nevill, Tina Rath, Simon Bestwick, Robert Coover, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Ian Frazier, P Djèlí Clark, Frances Hardinge, Leif Enger, Natalie Babbitt, Gwen Strauss, Michael de Larrabeiti, R.T. Smith, Karel Čapek, Rachel Simon
Eighth Annual Collection (By: William Browning Spencer,Terri Windling,Ellen Datlow) (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Ninth Annual Collection (By: Stephen King,Peter Crowther,Terry Dowling,Ellen Datlow) (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Twelfth Annual Edition (By: Terri Windling,Ellen Datlow) (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Thirteenth Annual Collection (By: Tim Lebbon,Terri Windling,Ellen Datlow) (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology series.

Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books

Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction (With: Isaac Asimov,Tanith Lee,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Alan Dean Foster,Randall Garrett,George Scithers) (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far (By: Isaac Asimov,Frederik Pohl,Barry B. Longyear,John M. Ford,Jack Williamson,John Brunner,Somtow Sucharitkul,George Scithers) (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own (By: Connie Willis,Ursula K. Le Guin,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Tanith Lee,Pamela Sargent,Mary Gentle) (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (By: ) (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (By: Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Tanith Lee,Lucius Shepard,Lillian Carl) (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Aliens (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Robots (By: Isaac Asimov) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (By: Isaac Asimov,John M. Ford) (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's War (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (By: Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson) (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Christmas (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Camelot (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois,Eleanor Arnason) (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Detectives (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Valentines (By: Isaac Asimov,Terry Bisson) (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves (By: Isaac Asimov,Suzy McKee Charnas,Gardner Dozois) (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Solar System (By: Gardner Dozois) (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Utopias (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Father Day (By: Isaac Asimov,Gardner Dozois) (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Halloween (By: Isaac Asimov) (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Anthologies

Orbit 3(1967)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Orbit 6(1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nova 1(1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Alchemy and Academe(1970)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Orbit 11(1972)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's Alternatives(1973)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Continuum 1(1974)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction(1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World(1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Changes | Stories of Metamorphosis(1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction(1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr(1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Drabble Project(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tropical Chills: Fourteen Tales of Scorching Horror to Make Your Blood Run Cold(1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Second Annual Collection(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1989(1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Year's Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams(1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Now We Are Sick(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Best New Horror 2(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Architecture of Fear(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Walls of Fear(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dante's Disciples(1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Giant Book of Best New Horror(1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Ascent of Wonder(1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Love in Vein(1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cthulhu 2000(1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears(1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Year's Best SF(1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1996(1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Space Opera(1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Wild Women(1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology(1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Furthest Horizon(2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Such a Pretty Face: Tales of Power and Abundance(2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Year's Best SF 5(2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Graven Images(2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11(2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dark Masques(2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Supermen(2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores(2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fifteenth Annual Collection(2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Year's Best SF 8(2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine: Joe Haldeman and Others(2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15(2004)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction(2005)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cross Plains Universe(2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection(2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2006 Edition(2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Best New Horror 18(2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge(2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe(2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
This Is My Funniest 2(2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
TwentiethAnnual Collection(2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Year's Best SF 13(2008)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009(2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Secret History of Science Fiction(2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011(2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Book of Cthulhu(2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Ghosts by Gaslight(2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Mammoth Book of SF Wars(2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Wildside Book of Fantasy(2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Season of Wonder(2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2012 edition(2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Super Stories of Heroes and Villains(2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Shadows of the New Sun(2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Time Traveler's Almanac(2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2014(2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep(2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Lightspeed Magazine, October 2015(2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Worst Contact(2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Gene Wolfe is one of the noteworthy American authors, who has written some of the highly successful books in the fantasy and science fiction genres. He is particularly famous for his allusive and dense prose and the strong influence of the Catholic faith, which are often seen in his writings. Author Wolfe is also a prolific writer of short stories. Being one of the well known novelists has helped him to win a number of science fiction and fantasy literary awards. Author Wolfe’s most famous literary work is ‘The Book of the New Sun’ which consists of 4 volumes and forms a part of his long running science fiction series, called as the Solar Cycle. The Locus magazine ranked the book as the 3rd best fantasy novel in the year 1998, based on a subscribers’ poll. Author Wolfe was born on May 7, 1931 as Gene Rodman Wolfe. His birth took place in New York City, New York, United States. The parents of author Wolfe were Emerson Leroy Wolfe and Mary Olivia. As an infant, he suffered from Polio, but got cured with timely medication and the passage of time. After the completion of school studies, author Wolfe joined the A & M University in Texas. Soon, he wrote a published a speculative fiction novel in a student literary journal called as The Commentator. Following that, author Wolfe took a drop from junior year and went on to serve in the Korean War. After the end of the war, he returned back to the United States and earned a degree from the Houston University.

Wolfe began his career working as an industrial engineer. Later, he became a senior editor of the journal called Plant Engineering and held the post for many years. After years tiring physical work as an industrial engineer, author Wolfe decided to retire and become a full time author. The most famous achievement of Wolfe in professional engineering is a contribution in making a machine that is used to make potato chips at Pringles. Previously, author Wolfe used to live in Barrington, Illinois, Chicago, along with his wife named Rosemary. Later in the year 2013, he shifted to Peoria, Illinois. His health has always been a concern for him as he to undergo a double bypass surgery as well as a cataract surgery. His wife died in the year 2013 due to Alzheimer’s disease and several other illnesses. Author Wolfe loved his wife very much and has once said about her disease that she did not use to remember his name or the fact that the two were married to each other, but she always used to remember that she loved him.

Wolfe believes that he was very much influenced by the successful works of the prominent novelists like Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer, Jack Vance, George Orwell, Herman Melville, Vladimir Nabokov, Lewis Caroll, J.R.R. Tolkien, Borges, G.K. Chesterton, Herbert Wells, and many others. Due to this, he also decided to become a writer and write science fiction books. The first book that he wrote was published as a paperback original titled ‘Operation Ares’. The book that helped author Wolfe receive critical attention for the first time is known as ‘The Fifth Head of Cerberus’. This book was translated into French and German languages later in the same year of its publication. However, his highly regarded and best known work is ‘The Book of the New Sun’. This novel is set in a bleak and distant future and is inspired by the novel, Dying Earth by author Jack Vance. One of the volumes of this novel helped author Wolfe win the Nebula Award in the category of the Best Novel. During the 1990’s, he began writing full time after retiring from his engineering position. The literary career of author Wolfe also comprises of some standalone books, which were released subsequently along with his science fiction books.

One of the well known novel series written by author Gene Wolfe is titled as ‘The Wizard Knight’. It contains two books in total which were released in the year. The first book of his series was published under the title ‘The Knight’ It was released by the Tor Fantasy publication. The opening plot of the book shows that a young man is transported to a magical realm consisting of 7 reality levels. He gets transformed into a grown man with the help of magic very quickly. After having received heroic proportions, he names himself Able and goes on the quest to search the sword that was promised to him. He knew that the sword was made from a special blade which will help him to fulfill the ambitions of his life, that is to become a true hero and a knight. Able comes to know that he has to come across a dragon for getting the special sword. In spite of all the special powers, Able still remains a teenager from inside. He is required to grow in every respect in order to survive the delights and dangers that lie in his path. During his journey, he will have to face wizards, giants, dragons, and elves. Therefore, he has to develop all his skills in order to win over these dangerous creatures.

The next installment of this series was released under the title ‘The Wizard’. It was once again published by the Tor Fantasy publishers in the year 2004. At the beginning of this book, it is depicted that Able rises to the rank of Sir and returns back Mythgathr by riding on the steed Cloud. This time, he appears to be filled with the new knowledge of the customs and ways of the 7 fold world as well as possessed with some magical secrets of greater importance. With his knighthood having grown beyond question, Sir Abe seems all fit to fulfill the vows that he had made to his king, his friends, his lover, his gods, as well as to the enemies. Now, Sir Able is required to restore the proper order of his world and set it right once again. He also has to restore the faith among the citizens of the 7 worlds. Overall, The Wizard appears to be a riveting, charming, and filled with a lot of emotions. It appears to be a story full of wonders, written in a beautiful manner by author Wolfe. The success of this book helped author Wolfe to establish himself as one of the noteworthy authors as well as earn the title of ‘a national treasure’.

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