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The Castle of the Otter is a collection of essays and other non-fiction by Gene Wolfe, related to his Book of the New Sun tetralogy. It takes its title from an incorrect announcement of the final volume in ''Locus''.〔''Locus'', "People and Publishing", April 1981〕 ''The Citadel of the Autarch'' was the actual name of the final work in the series. Author Gene Wolfe liked the inaccurate title, though, and used it as the name for a companion work of non-fiction essays and unused materials from the series (including an article about how ''Otter'' got its title). ''The Castle of the Otter'' (1982, ISBN 0-917488-10-5) is something of a collector's item; its first edition sold out before its publication date.〔"Books", ''F&SF'', January 1984, p. 26.〕 Originally published as a small press edition by Ziesing Brothers, it was later offered for sale through the Science Fiction Book Club. The material in ''Castle of the Otter'' was combined with his short story collection ''Gene Wolfe's Book of Days'' to make the volume ''Castle of Days''. == Reception == Algis Budrys "commended" the collection to readers of his review column, describing it as "a book not just about a book, but about books and literacy."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Castle of the Otter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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