The Best of Gene Wolfe
- Author Gene Wolfe
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 20 June 2026
- Run Time 16 hours
- Format Audio
- Genre Anthologies: general, Science fiction, Short stories.
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What to expect
The Best of Gene Wolfe is the definitive collection of the best of Gene Wolfe’s short fiction.
One of the greatest writers in genre (and literary fiction) of the twentieth century, Gene Wolfe was a national treasure who produced the finest and most significant body of short fiction in the SF and fantasy field over the last fifty years. The Best of Gene Wolfe is an amazing retrospective collection of his short fiction, selected by Wolfe himself.
Too many award winners and Best Of stories to list here; just as a sample we have “The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories,” “The Fifth Head of Cerberus,” “Petting Zoo,” “The Tree Is My Hat,” “Seven American Nights,” and “A Cabin on the Coast.”
Incredible tales from a writer who challenged and amazed. Who revolutionized the genre.
And whose stories will stand the test of time.
Critics Review
“Wolfe is our Melville.”
“One of the literary giants of science fiction.”
“Wolfe is a sophisticated stylist, and has more in common with writers such as Jorge Luis Borges than almost any science fiction writer both in terms of craft and themes.”
“If any writer from within genre fiction ever merited the designation Great Author, it is surely Wolfe…[who] reads like Dickens, Proust, Kipling, Chesterton, Borges, and Nabokov rolled into one…Of all the science fiction writers currently active, none is held in higher esteem.”
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