Starwater Strains

Starwater Strains
	First edition cover; Art by Joseph Van Os
Author	Gene Wolfe
Genre	Short story collection ; Science fiction ;
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	August 2005
ISBN	0-7653-1202-6

Last updated January 19, 2026

Starwater Strains is a collection of short stories by American writer Gene Wolfe.^[1]^[2] While his previous collection, Innocents Aboard , contained fantasy and horror stories, this one largely consists of science fiction.

"Viewpoint"
"Rattler" (with Brian A. Hopkins)
"In Glory like Their Star"
"Calamity Warps"
"Shields of Mars"
"From the Cradle"
"Black Shoes"
"Has Anyone Seen Junie" Moon?"
"Pulp Cover"
"Of Soil and Climes"
"Dog of the Drops"
"Mute"
"Petting Zoo"
"The Fat Magician"
"Hunter Lake"
"The Boy Who Hooked the Sun"
"Try and Kill It"
"Game in the Popes Head"
"Empires of Foliage and Flower"
"The Armaspian Legacy"
"The Seraph and the Sepulchre"
'Lord of the Land"
"Golden City Far"

References

↑ "Starwater Strains" . Booklist . August 2005. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
↑ "Starwater Strains by Gene Wolfe". Publishers Weekly . June 27, 2005. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

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[1] "Starwater Strains" . Booklist . August 2005. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

[2] "Starwater Strains by Gene Wolfe". Publishers Weekly . June 27, 2005. Retrieved October 15, 2024.

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v t e 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) Interlibrary Loan (2020)
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) "The Death of Doctor Island" (1973) "Straw" (1975) "The Woman the Unicorn Loved" (1981) "A Cabin on the Coast" (1984) A Walking Tour of the Shambles (2002) "Memorare" (2007)
Fictional creations	Severian Ascian language

First edition cover Art by Joseph Van Os
Author	Gene Wolfe
Genre	Short story collection Science fiction
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	August 2005
ISBN	0-7653-1202-6

Starwater Strains

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