Gene Wolfe Recovering from Heart Surgery

Author Gene Wolfe is recovering from open heart surgery on Thursday, April 24. Suffering from shortness of breath, Wolfe went to his doctor who recommended an echocardiogram. During the procedure, a leaking mitral valve was discovered. Wolfe then underwent a double bypass and valve repair. According to daughter Teri Goulding, Wolfe is up and walking, and “his mind is as sharp as a tack.” The family plans to have Wolfe ...Read More

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Reading Gene Wolfe

Like many reviewers, I’ve been looking through The Best of Gene Wolfe in the last few weeks. Most of the stories were familiar to me – the selection skews very heavily towards those from his first two collections – but I found myself with the same feelings of disorientation as when I’d read them the first time. So I thought it might be worth talking about just one story to ...Read More

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