Shadows of the new sun : Wolfe on writing, writers on Wolfe / edited and introduced by Peter Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfe, Gene, author.

Contributor:

Wright, Peter (Peter Ronald), editor.

Series:

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 33.

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--20th century--Interviews.

Authors, American.

Science fiction, American--History and criticism.

Science fiction, American.

Authorship.

Wolfe, Gene--Interviews.

Wolfe, Gene.

Wolfe, Gene--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gene Wolfe is one of the most important American writers to emerge in the latter half of the twentieth century. The fact that he publishes in the field of fantastic literature (which includes horror, science and speculative fiction) has meant that his significance has been largely unacknowledged beyond and, at times, even within the genre. Nevertheless, he remains the author of some of the most stylistically distinct, structurally complex, and intellectually invigorating imaginative fiction of recent years. This collection of interviews and essays places under one cover an amazing selection of difficult-to-find resources for the avid Gene Wolfe reader and scholar. Essays concern the nature of writing, including character, structure and the profession of the writer. Also included are a series of interviews with Wolfe and the holy grail of 'New Sun' aficionados: Books in the Book of the New Sun, previously only available in a rare small-press volume. This collection will inspire fans and scholars alike to commit themselves to debating new interpretations of Wolfe's fiction.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Trackless Meadows of Old Time; 1: Gene Wolfe: An Interview; 2: An Interview with Gene Wolfe; 3: An Interview with Gene Wolfe; 4: Interview: Gene Wolfe 'The Legerdemain of the Wolfe'; 5: Riding a Bicycle Backwards: An Interview with Gene Wolfe; 6: Gene Wolfe in Conversation; 7: An Interview with Gene Wolfe; 8: On Encompassing the Entire Universe: An Interview with Gene Wolfe; 9: Gene Wolfe Interview; 10: Gene Wolfe Interview; 11: Peter and the Wolfe: Gene Wolfe in Conversation

12: Suns New, Long, and Short: An Interview with Gene Wolfe 13: A Magus of Many Suns: An Interview with Gene Wolfe; 14: Some Moments with the Magus: An Interview with Gene Wolfe; Part II: The Wild Joy of Strumming: A Collection of Gene Wolfe's Essays; 15: Books in The Book of the New Sun; 16: Wolfe's Rules: What You Must Do To Be a Writer; 17: Balding, Avuncular Gene's Quick and Dirty Guide to Creating Memorable Characters; 18: Wolfe's Irreproducible Truths about Novels; 19: Nor the Summers as Golden: Writing Multivolume Works; 20: What Do They Mean, SF?

21: The Special Problems of Science Fiction 22: How to be a Writer's Family; 23: Libraries on the Superhighway - Rest Stop or Roadkill?; 24: The Handbook of Permissive English; 25: More than Half of You Can't Read This; 26: Wolfe's Inalienable Truths About Reviewing; 27: A Fantasist Reads The Bible and Its Critics; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).

ISBN:

1-78138-839-3

1-84631-405-4

OCLC:

476210304