Gene Wolfe
At Nebula Awards, Chicago (30 April 2005)
Born: 7 May 1931, New York City
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- A child, not knowing what is extraordinary and what is commonplace, usually lights midway between the two, finds interest in incidents adults consider beneath notice, and calmly accepts the most improbable occurrences. permalink
Gene Wolfe - "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" - Orbit 10 (1972) - A hundred wise men have said in various ways that love transcends the power of death, and millions of fools have supposed that they meant nothing by it. At this late hour in my life I have learned what they meant. They meant that love transcends death. They are correct. permalink
Gene Wolfe - "Bed and Breakfast" - Dante's Disciples (1995) - All novels are fantasies. Some are more honest about it. permalink
Gene Wolfe - Almost any interesting work of art comes close to saying the opposite of what it really says. permalink
Gene Wolfe - An exaggerated and solemn respect always indicates a loss of faith. permalink
Gene Wolfe - "Seven American Nights" - Orbit 20 (1978) - Be careful about extending credit, too, and doubly careful about refusing to extend it. permalink
Gene Wolfe - The Book of the Short Sun (1999 — 2001) - Every theory is true in some discipline. The beauty of this is that it carries its own confirmation. permalink
Gene Wolfe - "In Glory like Their Star" - The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (October/November 2001) - Everyone who is grieved at anything, or discontented, is like a pig for sacrifice, kicking and squealing. Like a dove for sacrifice is he who laments in silence. Our one distinction is that it is given to us to consent, if we will, to the necessity imposed upon us. permalink
Gene Wolfe - The Book of the Long Sun (1993 — 1996) - Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later. permalink
Gene Wolfe - "The Death of Doctor Island" - Universe 3 (1973) - He is not mad. He is only more clever than you. It is not the same. permalink
Gene Wolfe - The Book of the Long Sun (1993 — 1996) - I have never in my whole life had a fight with a smart person or even seen anybody else have one either. That is because when the fight starts the smart people are not there anymore. They have gone off someplace else, and when it is over they come back and tell you how much they did in the fight, only it is all lies. permalink
Gene Wolfe - "Has Anybody Seen Junie Moon?" - Moon Shots (1999) - If you rob someone who would help you if you needed help you only rob yourself.... Do you imagine you can be cruel without teaching others to be cruel to you? permalink
Gene Wolfe - The Book of the Short Sun (1999 — 2001) - It doesn't move because he has fastened it in place until he finds out why it doesn't move. permalink
Gene Wolfe - "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" - Orbit 10 (1972) - It is well not to spend one's symbols improvidently. permalink
Gene Wolfe - The Book of the Short Sun (1999 — 2001) - Just as mainstream literature shows us how our contemporaries view the present, and historical fiction shows us how they view the past (not, of course, what the present or the past were actually like), so speculative fiction shows us how they view the future. I happen to believe that my contemporaries' view of the past is not very important; but their view of the present is quite definitely important, and their view of the future is vital. permalink
Gene Wolfe - "The Right of Things to Come" presentation for the Science Fiction Research Association (1978)
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