Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Gene Wolfe
Born: May 7, 1931
Died: April 14, 2019 (aged 87)
Bio: Gene Rodman Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith.
Known for:
- The Urth of the New Sun (1987)
- The Shadow of the Torturer (1980)
- The Claw of the Conciliator (1981)
- The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972)
- Shadow & claw (1994)
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