Opening paragraph of “The Fifth Head of Cerberus” Wolfe’s treatment of sexuality torture and illicit pleasure as two sides of the same coin Sandra on Catholicism in Wolfe’s writings, his esotericism Sandra’s work as a master costumer, its influence on Wolfe’s invention of Severian Sacramentality and treatment of symbols Premise and themes of The Book of the New Sun Wolfe’s magnum opus as Augustinian confession the spiritual function of fantasy Wolfe’s conversion to Catholicism and devotion to his wife, Catholics in the sci-fi world Wolfe’s unique and strange mind, wide reading and vocabulary, writing Sandra into his magnum opus Sandra Miesel’s involvement in the sci-fi world, friendship with Gene Wolfe The nature and possibilities of “genre” fiction Sci-fi treatments of medieval characters, discussion of “Under Hill”

Wolfe’s status in the world of sci-fi and speculative fiction Cryptic yet entertaining, evocations of memory, comparisons to Bradbury and Chesterton Brendon Laroche comments on Wolfe’s works, while Wolfe’s friend, Catholic historian and sci-fi expert Sandra Miesel, shares personal reminiscences.

Wolfe also held the patent on the machine that makes Pringles. Chesterton in the throes of a religious conversion.” One critic described Wolfe’s magnum opus, The Book of the New Sun, as “a Star Wars–style space opera penned by G. Among today’s writers, one of his biggest fans is Neil Gaiman. Though not known to the general public, Wolfe is a sci-fi author’s sci-fi author-a number of his contemporaries considered him not only the best in the genre, but in American fiction at the time (Ursula Le Guin said “Wolfe is our Melville”). After much popular demand, Thomas pays tribute to legendary Catholic sci-fi writer Gene Wolfe, who passed away last year.

Dreamrider by Sandra Miesel