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UPDATE (2007): Gene Wolfe inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame at the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, on 16 JUN 2007. UPDATE (2006): ParaSpheres Now Available
- Anthology of Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist fiction
- Includes a story by Michael Andre-Driussi and others by such luminaries as Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, and Kim Stanley Robinson
- See ParaSpheres detail page
- More essays on the fiction of Gene Wolfe, in 154 pages.
- Available now from the publisher, iUniverse.
- All the corrections (and most of the additions) of the AE& series and NS-1 are going into it.
- All the named characters are being added.
- It will most likely be a print on demand book.
- No release date as yet. Probably a year or two away.
- In the meantime, for those who need the information and cannot wait, signed and numbered photocopies (spiral bound) of the Lexicon (First Edition) are available for $24 plus shipping (in US $5 Priority Mail Flat Rate, most international destinations $10 Global Priority Mail Flat Rate). Now including photocopied AE& material in the back (the AE& chapbooks have been discontinued).
- A book-length (188 pp.) investigation of Gene Wolfe's "New Sun" series.
- Portions of this book previously appeared in The New York Review of Science Fiction and The Internet Review of Science Fiction.
- See part of the IRSF essay, "Swimming with the Undines": Click here to go there.
- Published by iUniverse. Click here to go there.
- Here is an online review: Click here to go there.
- Congratulations to Robert Borski! The previously published essays are individually tighter now, and all the essays together form a solid, compelling whole.
- A phantom title short story, never before published.
- Locus review:"Wolfe at his most direct, a taut, chilling tale...its mystical resonances are perhaps too dangerous to pursue. A Gothic gem, rescued from limbo" (Gevers, Feb 2004).
- Limited edition: 90 numbered, 26 lettered.
- Sold exclusively through auctions on eBay from December 2003 to October 2004.
- Copies remaining: 0.
- Click here to see current auctions.
UPDATE: Sirius Fiction Now Accepts Payments via PayPal! UPDATE (2002): Lexicon Urthus Out of Print
- One printing of 1,000 copies.
- No plans for a paperback edition.
- No plans for a second printing.
- Out-of-Print (May 1, 2002): 0 copies remaining.
- Now a Print On Demand book published by Cosmos. (click here to find the book at the Cosmos bookstore!)
- Fourteen more essays (7 reprints, 7 new), doubling the size of the chapbook.
- Publishing Date: March 2003.
- Price: $49.95 (hardcover); $19.99 (trade paperback).
- Effect on chapbook: the chapbook will go out of print.
- Chapbook printing history: one printing of 150 copies; one corrected edition printing of 100 copies.
- Countdown to Out-of-Print: 17 copies of chapbook remaining.
The world's first reference work on the fiction of John Crowley. Essays by Thomas M. Disch, John Clute, Harold Bloom, and others. (2001)
Peace Indexicon, by Doug Eigsti
A compact and compelling booklet of lists, a map, and a timeline for Gene Wolfe's magical "mainstream" novel Peace. (2001)
Cicerone Sinister, by Robert Borski and Michael Andre-Driussi
A print companion to the web site (http://webpages.charter.net/rborski/index.html) devoted to Gene Wolfe's enigmatic science fiction novel The Fifth Head of Cerberus. (2001)
BACKLIST
FREE errata sheet for Lexicon Urthus.
Lexicon Urthus (1994) is a book all about Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun.
Out of Print as of May 1, 2002.
Additions, Errata, &cetera: volume 1 (1995) is a booklet of
notes, comments, and quibbles from readers of Lexicon Urthus. It
is 5.5" x 8.5", 18 pages; with "The Lexicographer's Introduction," "Frequently Asked Questions," and a conversion table
for different editions of The Book of the New Sun. Out of Print as of February 1, 2006. back to top
Additions, Errata, &cetera: volume 2 (1996) is another booklet
of notes, comments, and quibbles from the energetic readers of
Lexicon Urthus. It has the same dimensions as volume 1. It
features much bibliographical reference material on Gene Wolfe
and a new map of the Commonwealth by Alice K. Turner, as well as
the usual entries. Out of Print as of February 1, 2006. back to top
Additions, Errata, &cetera: volume 3 (1998) is the final booklet
of notes, weighing in at 11,000 words. This volume's celebrity
contributor is David Langford. Topics include: the three universe
model, mechanics of mirror magic, Valeria's Reign, the black hole
in the dying sun, notes on the play by Dr. Talos Eschatology & Genesis,
astereoengineering, Kardashev levels of interstellar
civilization, Urth's power grids, and much more. Out of Print as of February 1, 2006. back to top
NS-1: Synopsis of the Narrative of Severian the Great, Last True Autarch of Urth (1998). A chapter by
chapter summary of The Book of the New Sun and The Urth of the
New Sun. Appendices for "Sailor Talk" (listing all the
Wellerisms used by the sailors); "Authorized Texts" (the stock
phrases used by Ascians); a newly revised and expanded Timeline
of Posthistory; and a "Stream of Symbols." back to top | $5; order now The Quick & Dirty Guide to the Long Sun Whorl (1997) is a
booklet devoted to Gene Wolfe's second "Briahtic" series The Book of the Long Sun. It measures 5.5" x 8.5", 62 pages; with sketchmaps and many
mini-essays. A very limited edition: only 50 copies were made.
Out of print as of 9/97. back to top LS-1: Characters of the Long Sun Whorl (1997) is the first
booklet in the "LS" series, the successor to Q&D in examining
Gene Wolfe's The Book of the Long Sun. It measures 5.5" x 8.5",
34 pages. All 192 mortal named characters. back to top | $5; order now
LS-2: Languages of the Long Sun Whorl (1998) covers all the
slang, cant, jargon, and foreign language of the Long Sun series. back to top | $5; order now
Vance Space (1997) is a booklet surveying a few dozen of the
many planets in the science fiction of Jack Vance. From "Aerlith"
of The Dragon Masters to "Zeck" of Wyst: Alastor 1716, featuring
a star map of the Oikumene and a Timeline tracking historical
events of thirty novels. It measures 5.5" x 8.5", 52 pages. Out of print as of 3/2001. back to top
Works by Michael Andre-Driussi: A Working Bibliography
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Email: sales@siriusfiction.comAuthor: Michael Andre-Driussi Binding: Hardcover Trim: 6 x 9" Pages: 304 pages; with 80
illustrations, 3 maps, 13 tables Special features: Foreword by Gene Wolfe.
View errata sheet for Lexicon Urthus. back to top
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