by Gene Wolfe (Author)
"Litany of the Long Sun" contains the full texts of "Nightside the Long Sun" and "Lake of the Long Sun," that together make up the first half of The Book of the Long Sun. This great work is set on a huge generation starship in the same future as the classic Book of the New Sun (also available in two volumes from Orb).
Format: Paperback
Pages: 544
Publisher: Orb Books
Published: 30 Apr 2000
ISBN 10: 0312872917
ISBN 13: 9780312872915
Today quite possibly the most important writer in the SF field. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Gene Wolfe is as good a writer as there is today....I feel a little bit like a musical contemporary attempting to tell people what's good about Mozart. Chicago Sun-Times
Wolfe is quite simply a superb writer. The Washington Post Book World
Gene Wolfe is a national treasure. Damon Knight
Wolfe is our Melville. Ursula K. Le Guin
Today quite possibly the most important writer in the SF field. --The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Gene Wolfe is as good a writer as there is today....I feel a little bit like a musical contemporary attempting to tell people what's good about Mozart. --Chicago Sun-Times
Wolfe is quite simply a superb writer. --The Washington Post Book World
Gene Wolfe is a national treasure. --Damon Knight
Wolfe is our Melville. --Ursula K. Le Guin
Gene Wolfe has been called the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced by The Washington Post. A former engineer, he has written numerous books and won a variety of awards for his SF writing.