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Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories and Other Stories

Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories and Other Stories Hardback - 1997

by Wolfe, Gene

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A reprint of the now-scarce collection of Wolfe's classic early short stories, this companion volume to "Castle of Days" presents "some of the best American short stories of the decade" (Ursula K. Le Guin). Gene Wolfe is a two-time winner of the Nebula Award and is author of "Peace" and "The Book of the New Sun."

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  • Title Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories and Other Stories
  • Author Wolfe, Gene
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Orb Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1997-07-15
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR013641388
  • ISBN 9780312863548 / 0312863543
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.51 x 5.54 x 0.92 in (21.62 x 14.07 x 2.34 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97005763
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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About the author

Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) was the Nebula Award-winning author of The Book of the New Sun tetralogy in the Solar Cycle, as well as the World Fantasy Award winners The Shadow of the Torturer and Soldier of Sidon. He was also a prolific writer of distinguished short fiction, which has been collected in such award-winning volumes as Storeys from the Old Hotel and The Best of Gene Wolfe.


A recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, and six Locus Awards, among many other honors, Wolfe was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007, and named Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2012.