Gene Wolfe
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WOLFE, GENE, 1931 to 2019

Gene Wolfe

American science fiction and fantasy writer.

Books
15
Editions tracked
28
First editions
15
Nationality
United States

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Earliest first editionThe Fifth Head Of CerberusScribner, 1972 Most editions trackedNightside The Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun)2 editions
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  1. 1972The Fifth Head Of CerberusScribner
  2. 1975PeaceHarper & Row
  3. 1980The Shadow of the TorturerArrow Books
  4. 1980The Island of Doctor DeathPocket Books
  5. 1981The Claw of the ConciliatorSidgwick & Jackson
  6. 1981The Sword of the LictorTimescape Books
  7. 1982The Citadel of the AutarchPocket Books
  8. 1983The Shadow of the Torturer; the Claw of the ConciliatorSidgwick & Jackson
  9. 1986Soldier of the MistGollancz
  10. 1987The Urth of the New SunGollancz
  11. 1993Nightside the Long SunNew English Library
  12. 1994Sword & CitadelOrb
  13. 1998Book of the New SunSFBC Science Fiction
  14. 2004The Knight (The Wizard Knight, Book 1)Tor
  15. 2004The WizardTor
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Gene Wolfe was born in 1931 and died in 2019.

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We track 15 books by Gene Wolfe across 28 editions, 15 of them first editions.

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