
The Knight
(The first book in the Wizard Knight series)(2004)
A novel by
Gene Wolfe
AwardsNebula (nominee)
World Fantasy (nominee)
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A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality. Very quickly transformed by magic into a grown man of heroic proportions, he takes the name Abel and sets out on a quest to find the sword that has been promised to him, a sword he will get from a dragon, the one very special blade that will help him fulfill his life ambition to become a knight and a true hero.
Inside, however, Abel remains a boy, and he must grow in every sense to survive the dangers and delights that lie ahead in encounters with giants, elves, wizards, and dragons. His adventure will conclude next year in the second volume of The Wizard Knight, The Wizard.
Gene Wolfe is one of the most widely praised masters of SF and fantasy. He is the winner of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Nebula Award, twice, the World Fantasy Award, twice, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the British Fantasy Award, and France's Prix Apollo. His popular successes include the four-volume classic The Book of the New Sun.
With this new series, Wolfe not only surpasses all the most popular genre writers of the last three decades, he takes on the legends of the past century, in a work that will be favorably compared with the best of J. R. R. Tolkien, E. R. Eddison, Mervyn Peake, and T. H. White. This is a book---and a series---for the ages, from perhaps the greatest living writer in (or outside) the fantasy genre.
Inside, however, Abel remains a boy, and he must grow in every sense to survive the dangers and delights that lie ahead in encounters with giants, elves, wizards, and dragons. His adventure will conclude next year in the second volume of The Wizard Knight, The Wizard.
Gene Wolfe is one of the most widely praised masters of SF and fantasy. He is the winner of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the Nebula Award, twice, the World Fantasy Award, twice, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the British Fantasy Award, and France's Prix Apollo. His popular successes include the four-volume classic The Book of the New Sun.
With this new series, Wolfe not only surpasses all the most popular genre writers of the last three decades, he takes on the legends of the past century, in a work that will be favorably compared with the best of J. R. R. Tolkien, E. R. Eddison, Mervyn Peake, and T. H. White. This is a book---and a series---for the ages, from perhaps the greatest living writer in (or outside) the fantasy genre.
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Hardback Editions
January 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Knight (The Wizard Knight, Book 1) Author(s): Gene Wolfe ISBN: 0-7653-0989-0 / 978-0-7653-0989-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Tor Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2000 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
April 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Knight (Gollancz S.F.) Author(s): Gene Wolfe ISBN: 0-575-08033-7 / 978-0-575-08033-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Gollancz Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 2005 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Knight: Book One of The Wizard Knight Author(s): Gene Wolfe ISBN: 0-7653-4701-6 / 978-0-7653-4701-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Tor Fantasy Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Knight (The Wizard Knight, Book 1) Author(s): Gene Wolfe ISBN: 0-7653-1348-0 / 978-0-7653-1348-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Tor Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2004 : Mass Market Paperback
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Other Editions
February 2004 : Kindle edition
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January 2004 : Kindle edition
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