Gene Wolfe is one of the most admired and respected living writers of SF and fantasy. He is the author of "The Fifth Head of Cerberus", the bestselling The Book of the New Sun tetralogy, as well as among many others including "Soldier of the Mist", "The Sorcerer s House", "Home Fires", "The Knight", "The Wizard", "Peace", and "The Book of the Long Sun". He is also a prolific writer of distinguished short fiction, which is collected in many volumes over the last four decades, most recently in The Best of Gene Wolfe. He received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Edward E. Smith M...