"When a tree is very old, yet still lives, sometimes the limbs are strangely twisted."
— Gene Wolfe

January 1, 1970

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Fantasy authorsScience fiction authors from the United StatesNovelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesCatholics from the United States
Original Language: English

Sources

"The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories" (1970), Orbit 7, ed. Damon Knight; reprinted in Gene Wolfe, The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (1980); reprinted in Gene Wolfe, The Wolfe Archipelago (1983); reprinted in Gene Wolfe, The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009)