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Gene Wolfe is a renowned American science fiction and fantasy writer, born on May 7, 1931. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound philosophical insights, with notable series such as 'The Book of the New Sun' and 'The Urth of the New Sun'. Wolfe's writing career spans over half a century, and his influence on science fiction and fantasy literature has been profound.

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Famous Gene Wolfe Quotes

“You're a materialist, like all ignorant people. But your materialism doesn't make materialism true. Don't you know that? In the final summing up, it is spirit and dream, thought and love and act that matter.”

People Knows Matter Dream Spirit And Love Finals Ignorant Materialism Ignorant People Summing Up

Book:The Citadel of the Autarch: Urth: Book of the New Sun

Source: The Citadel of the Autarch: Urth: Book of the New Sun

“Religion and science have always been matters of faith in something. It is the same something.”

Matter Science And Religion

Book:Sword & Citadel: The Second Half of 'The Book of the New Sun'

Source: Sword & Citadel: The Second Half of 'The Book of the New Sun'

“No intellect is needed to see those figures who wait beyond the void of death - every child is aware of them, blazing with glories dark or bright, wrapped in authority older than the universe. They are the stuff of our earliest dreams, as of our dying visions. Rightly we feel our lives guided by them, and rightly too we feel how little we matter to them, the builders of the unimaginable, the fighters of wars beyond the totality of existence.”

Source: Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun'

“What a man knows hardly matters. It is what he does.”

Knows Men Doe Matter

Book:The Wizard: Book Two of The Wizard Knight

Source: The Wizard: Book Two of The Wizard Knight

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Born: May 7, 1931
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 86

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Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun'Related source material

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The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short FictionRelated source material

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Shadow & ClawRelated source material

Soldier of AreteRelated source material

The Citadel of the Autarch: Urth: Book of the New SunRelated source material

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