Castle of Days
Short Fiction and Essays
Tor/Forge · Print & ebook · March 15, 1995
The Washington Post has called Gene Wolfe "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced." This volume, Castle of Days, joins together two of his rarest and most sought after works--Gene Wolfe's Book of Days and The Castle of the Otter--and add thirty-nine short essays collected here for the first time, to fashion a rich and engrossing architecture of wonder.
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- Who it’s for
- Rare works and thirty-nine collected essays make for a varied, richly imaginative reading experience.
- Genres
- Sci-Fi Short Stories, Fantasy Anthologies, Short Stories (Single Author)
- Published
- Tor/Forge, March 15, 1995
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The Washington Post has called Gene Wolfe "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced." This volume, Castle of Days, joins together two of his rarest and most sought after works--Gene Wolfe's Book of Days and The Castle of the Otter--and add thirty-nine short essays collected here for the first time, to fashion a rich and engrossing architecture of wonder.
Wonder in Pieces
Rare works and thirty-nine collected essays make for a varied, richly imaginative reading experience.
Come here for
- A layered blend of short fiction and essays
- The pleasure of seeing wonder approached from multiple angles
Expect
- Short fiction alongside essays
- A reading experience built around curiosity and wonder
Where it sits
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 63% |
|---|---|
| Fantasy Anthologies | 47% |
| Sci-Fi Short Stories | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Sci-Fi Adventure
- Sci-Fi Short Stories
- Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi
- Authors
- Gene Wolfe
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge
- Published
- March 15, 1995
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Sci-Fi Adventure