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Castle of Days

Gene Wolfe

First published 1992
Publisher Tor
Format Hardcover
Type Omnibus
Cover art Richard Bober
Pages 447
Price $22.95
ISBN 0312852096

Omnibus of "Gene Wolfe's Book of Days" and "The Castle of the Otter" plus additional essays and stories.

  • Data from Internet Archive scan
  • "First edition: December 1992"
  • First printing per number line
  • Cover artist credit per rear dust jacket flap
  • Cover design by Carol Russo per rear dust jacket flap
  • Canadian price C$29.95
  • "Due Date" is part of the introduction & does not have a title page. It is presented as '[INTRODUCTION] Let me tell you a story. [STORY] This has been the story "Date Due." People who do not read introductions missed it.'

Page Title Author(s) Type
13 Introduction (Gene Wolfe's Book of Days) Gene Wolfe Essay
14 Date Due Gene Wolfe Short Fiction
16 How the Whip Came Back Gene Wolfe Short Story
31 Of Relays and Roses Gene Wolfe Short Story
42 Paul's Treehouse Gene Wolfe Short Story
50 St. Brandon Gene Wolfe Short Fiction
54 Beautyland Gene Wolfe Short Story
59 Car Sinister Gene Wolfe Short Story
67 The Blue Mouse Gene Wolfe Short Story
79 How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion Gene Wolfe Short Story
95 The Adopted Father Gene Wolfe Short Story
104 Forlesen Gene Wolfe Novelette
150 An Article About Hunting Gene Wolfe Short Story
160 The Changeling Gene Wolfe Short Story
171 Many Mansions Gene Wolfe Short Story
181 Against the Lafayette Escadrille Gene Wolfe Short Story
185 Three Million Square Miles Gene Wolfe Short Story
189 The War Beneath the Tree Gene Wolfe Short Story
195 La Befana Gene Wolfe Short Story
200 Melting Gene Wolfe Short Story
204 The Castle of the Otter Gene Wolfe Nonfiction
211 The Feast of Saint Catherine Gene Wolfe Essay
217 Helioscope Gene Wolfe Essay
223 Sun of Helioscope Gene Wolfe Essay
228 Hands and Feet Gene Wolfe Essay
234 Words Weird and Wonderful Gene Wolfe Essay
252 Onomastics, the Study of Names Gene Wolfe Essay
257 Cavalry in the Age of the Autarch Gene Wolfe Essay
266 These Are the Jokes Gene Wolfe Essay
279 The Rewards of Authorship Gene Wolfe Essay
290 The Castle of the Otter Gene Wolfe Essay
308 Beyond the Castle of the Otter Gene Wolfe Essay
315 Lone Wolfe Gene Wolfe Essay
320 Peace of My Mind Gene Wolfe Essay
325 Algis Budrys I Gene Wolfe Essay
328 Algis Budrys II Gene Wolfe Essay
330 Review of "The Outline of Sanity: A Biography of G. K. Chesterton" by Alzina Stone Dale Gene Wolfe Essay
333 From a Letter to Nancy Kress, Dated September 21, 1987 Gene Wolfe Essay
335 Explaining Nancy Kress Gene Wolfe Essay
339 Introduction for Episodes of the Argo Gene Wolfe Essay
343 From a Letter to Ron Antonucci, Dated June 22, 1983 Gene Wolfe Poem
344 From a Chain Letter to George R. R. Martin and Greg Benford, Dated July 10, 1982 Gene Wolfe Essay
347 Nebula Awards Speech, April 24, 1982 Gene Wolfe Essay
349 Vunce Around der Momma's Kitchen py Hans Katzenjammer Gene Wolfe Essay
351 From the Desk of Gilmer C. Merton Gene Wolfe Short Story
361 Where I Get My Ideas Gene Wolfe Essay
363 An Idea That... Gene Wolfe Essay
367 From a Letter to Sharon Baker, Dated February 25, 1983 Gene Wolfe Essay
369 From a Letter to Patty Bowne, Dated Memorial Day, 1983 Gene Wolfe Essay
370 From a Letter to Sharon Butler, Dated November 11, 1983 Gene Wolfe Essay
371 From a Letter to Ellen Kushner, Dated April 2, 1985 Gene Wolfe Essay
373 Achieving Dramatic Scenes: The Cat in the Starfleet's Attic Gene Wolfe Essay
377 The Writer's Tool Kit Gene Wolfe Essay
381 A Few Points About Knife Throwing Gene Wolfe Essay
389 The Right of Things to Come Gene Wolfe Essay
395 The Ethos of Elfland Gene Wolfe Essay
400 How Science Will Conquer the World for Fantasy Gene Wolfe Essay
406 From a House on the Borderland Gene Wolfe Essay
415 Secrets of the Greeks Gene Wolfe Essay
423 From a Letter to Larry McCaffery, Dated October 1, 1987 Gene Wolfe Essay
425 Kipling's Influence Gene Wolfe Essay
427 Where Castle? Gene Wolfe Essay
429 Aussiecon Two Guest of Honor Speech Gene Wolfe Essay
438 The Pirates of Florida and Other Implausibilities Gene Wolfe Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Castle of Days Cover 1995 Orb Trade Paperback Omnibus Richard Bober 447