Beyond Time and Memory - An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1987-1990

The second volume in a comprehensive analysis of Gene Wolfe’s literary works, covering the novels Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete, The Urth of the New Sun, There Are Doors, Pandora by Holly Hollander, and Castleview. The short stories include the surreal “All the Hues of Hell”, “Empires of Foliage and Flower”, the exotic “Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale”, the eldritch “Lord of the Land”, the apocalyptic “The Haunted Boardinghouse”. An appendix deals with the poetry of Gene Wolfe, collected in For Rosemary.