Gene Wolfe

It is the far future, and the giant spaceship, The Whorl, has traveled for forgotten generations toward its destination. Lit inside by the artificial Long Sun, The Whorl is so huge that whole cities can be seen in the sky. And the gods of The Whorl have begun to intervene in human affairs. An entirely unexpected future awaits as Patera Silk and the other inhabitants are confronted with the world of an alien race. Wolfe's great work is complete, with the mysterious fullness of life itself.

Short stories deal with a fictional character who comes to life, a derelict space ship, colonists on an alien world, werewolves, extraterrestrials, and a cryogenically frozen criminal

"The Washington Post" has called Gene Wolfe "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced." This volume joins together two of his rarest and most sought after works--Gene Wolfe's "Book of Days "and "The Castle of the Otter"--and add thirty-nine short essays collected here for the first time, to fashion a rich and engrossing architecture of wonder.

The sixty-fifty anniversary issue of Weird Tales showcases the work of Featured Author Gene Wolfe and Featured Artist George Barr (who contributed all the artwork). Also includes work by Ramsey Campbell, F. Paul Wilson, T. E. D. Klein, Tanith Lee, and many more.