In 1973 his The Death of Doctor Island won the Nebula Award (given by the Science Fiction Writers of America) for the best science-fiction novella of the year. Although he has written a "mainstream" novel, a young-adult novel, and many magazine articles, Wolfe is best known as a science-fiction writer, the author of over a hundred science-fiction short stories and of The Fifth Head of Cerberus. He is currently a senior editor on the staff of Plant Engineering Magazine.
The GI Bill permitted him to attend the University of Houston after the war, where he earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering. As a private in the Seventh Division during the Korean War, he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge. He spent two and a half years at Texas A&M, then dropped out and was drafted. Fleeing the terrors of the deep water dwellers and the flying slivers of night, he moves inexorably toward the final mystery-the long-foretold coming of the New Sun! Gene Wolfe was born in New York City and raised in Houston, Texas.
SYNOPSIS: Severian the fallen Torturer pursues his grand destiny across the lands of Urth, in a journey fraught with peril and wonder, ancient memories and savage death. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped Edges Lightly Soiled Moderate Yellowing Due to Age.
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