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From the book's blurb: Plan[e]lt Engineering commemorates Gene Wolfe's appearance as Boskone XXI Guest of Honor. It contains a wide range of works displaying his multifaceted writing talents. Included are stories, essays and poems; plus the first ever publication of a map from the world of The Book of the New Sun. Among the writings included are: "The Books in The Book of the New Sun", a new essay about that world; "The Rubber Bend", the funniest detective pastiche ever; "The Computer Iterates the Greater Trump", the Rhysling Award winning poem; "In Looking-Glass Castle", winner of a 1981 Illinois Arts Council Award; "The Detective of Dreams", an unrecognized masterpiece; "The Anatomy of a Robot", a technical work about the robots in our everyday world; and much more. Also included is an introduction by David G. Hartwell, Boskone's Special Guest this year and editor of The Book of the New Sun.
Table of Contents
- "Gene Wolfe" by David G. Hartwell
- Logology
- The Books in The Book of the New Sun (original)
- In Looking-Glass Castle
- The Rubber Bend
- The Marvelous Brass Chessplaying Automaton
- When I Was Ming the Merciless
- The HORARS of War
- A Criminal Proceeding
- The Detective of Dreams
- Poems
- British Soldier Near Rapier Antiaircraft Battery Scans for the Enemy
- Last Night in the Garden of Forking Tongues
- The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps
- The Anatomy of a Robot (article)
Gene Wolfe
From the book: GENE WOLFE, born on May 7, 1931 in Brooklyn, NY, spent most of his childhood growing up in Texas. An engineer by training, his science fiction stories were first published during the mid-sixties. He is a graduate of the famed Milford SF Writing Conferences hosted by Damon Knight and his stories appeared regularly in Knight's Orbit series. Gene Wolfe is perhaps best known for his massive work The Book of the New Sun. This four volume novel has won numerous awards since the first book appeared in 1980. Mr. Wolfe currently resides in Illinois and is a Senior Editor at Plant Engineering magazine.
Printing History
Trade hardcover state, 5-1/4"x7-1/4", viii+155 pp., ISBN: 0-915368-25-0, 775 copies trade edition, Smyth sewn, cased into B Roxite cloth, $9.00 (including tax) at the convention, $13.00 afterwards, lowered to $12.00, August 1984. out of print!
Boxed state, 5-1/4"x7-1/4", viii+155 pp., ISBN 0-915368-83-8, 225 copies boxed, numbered, and signed by the author and artist, Smyth sewn, cased into Sturdite No.18 cloth, $15.75 (including tax) at the convention, $25.00 afterwards, August 1984. The boxed state sold out at the convention. out of print!
The title is a pun on the chemical engineering magazine formerly edited by Gene Wolfe, Plant Engineering.