Hope is a psychological mechanism unaffected by external realities.
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I have read only the first 'Harry Potter' book. I thought it excellent, perhaps the best thing written for older children since The Hobbit. I wish the books had been around when my kids were the right age for them.
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Birth: | 7th May, 1931 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
Gene Rodman Wolfe was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is an American novelist and science fiction and fantasy writer. He has written several novels include: The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, Operation Ares, Soldier of the Mist, Soldier of Sidon, Nightside the Long Sun, Lake of the Long Sun, Caldé of the Long Sun, Exodus from the Long Sun, Free Live Free, The Urth of the New Sun, There Are Doors, On Blue's Waters, In Green's Jungles, Return to the Whorl, The Knight, The Wizard, Pirate Freedom, Home Fires, The Land Across, and A Borrowed Man. He has written several short stories include: The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories, Storeys from the Old Hotel, Innocents Aboard, Starwater Strains, Castle of Days, Strange Travelers, and The Best of Gene Wolfe.
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