The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories

The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories
First edition
Author	Gene Wolfe
Cover artist	Don Maitz
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction and fantasy short stories
Publisher	Pocket Books
Publication date	1980
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)

The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a short story collection by American science fiction author Gene Wolfe.^[1]

The title story of the collection is "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories", which recounts the fantasies of a dreamy young boy who is reading a lurid pulp science fiction novel modeled after The Island of Doctor Moreau.^[1] The collection also includes "The Death of Dr. Island" and "The Doctor of Death Island". Also included are "The Eyeflash Miracles" and "Seven American Nights", two stories which were nominated for Nebulas. Among the remaining stories were "Tracking Song", "Alien Stones", "The Hero as Werwolf" [sic], "Feather Tigers", and "The Toy Theater".

References

1 2 Joan Gordon (1986). Gene Wolfe. Wildside Press. ISBN 978-0-89370-956-3. Retrieved 2011-12-20.

Works by Gene Wolfe

The Book of the New Sun	The Shadow of the Torturer (1980) The Claw of the Conciliator (1981) The Sword of the Lictor (1981) The Citadel of the Autarch (1983) The Urth of the New Sun (1987)

The Book of the Long Sun	Nightside the Long Sun (1993) Lake of the Long Sun (1994) Caldé of the Long Sun (1994) Exodus from the Long Sun (1996)

The Book of the Short Sun	On Blue's Waters (1999) In Green's Jungles (2000) Return to the Whorl (2001)

The Soldier series	Soldier of the Mist (1986) Soldier of Arete (1989) Soldier of Sidon (2006)

The Wizard Knight	The Knight (2004) The Wizard (2004)

Stand-alone novels	Operation Ares (1970) The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972) Peace (1975) The Devil in a Forest (1976) Free Live Free (1984) There Are Doors (1988) Castleview (1990) Pandora, By Holly Hollander (1990) Pirate Freedom (2007) An Evil Guest (2008) The Sorcerer's House (2010) Home Fires (2011) The Land Across (2013) A Borrowed Man (2015)

Short story collections	The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories (1980) Gene Wolfe's Book of Days (1981) The Wolfe Archipelago (1983) Plan(e)t Engineering (1984) Bibliomen (1984) Storeys from the Old Hotel (1988) Endangered Species (1989) Castle of Days (1992) The Young Wolfe (1992) Strange Travelers (2000) Innocents Aboard (2004) Starwater Strains (2005) The Best of Gene Wolfe (2009)

Short stories/Novellas	"How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion" (1973) "A Cabin on the Coast" (1984) A Walking Tour of the Shambles (2002) "Memorare" (2007)

Fictional creations	Severian Terminus Est Ascian language Inhumi

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