Gene Rodman Wolfe (born May 7, 1931) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He is a prolific short-story writer and novelist and has won many science fiction and fantasy literary awards.
Wolfe is most famous for The Book of the New Sun (four volumes, 1980–83), the first part of his Solar Cycle. In 1998, Locus magazine ranked it third-best fantasy novel before 1990 (after The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit) based on a poll of subscribers that considered it and several other series as single entries.
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- PC171 The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories, read by Ben Phillips
- PC201 Giant Episode: Golden City Far, read by Kane Lynch
- PC295 The Gunner’s Mate, read by C.S.E. Cooney and Dave Thompson