(urth) This Week in Google Alerts: the honorable Gene Wolfe

[Gwern Branwen]

http://www.sfsite.com/news/2012/01/07/gene-wolfe-honored/

> The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame will be presenting Gene Wolfe with the first Fuller Award for lifetime achievement in literature on March 17 at an Evening to Honor Gene Wolfe. The event will take place at the Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington Hills, IL and will be hosted by Gary K. Wolfe. Authors scheduled to pay tribute to Wolfe include Neil Gaiman, Luis Urrea, Michael Swanwick, Audrey Niffenegger, Jody Lynn Nye, and Patrick O’Leary with a performance of an adaptation of Wolfe’s story “The Toy Theatre” by Lawrence Santoro. Tickets begin at $65.

Tickets: https://genewolfesanfilippo.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn (A
dinner & performance ticket will run you $150+, it seems.)

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