Background
Wolfe, Gary Kent was born on March 24, 1946 in Sedalia, Missouri, United States. Son of Jesse Orville and Dilla Fay (Stacey) Wolfe.
("The critical vocabulary of the mainstream often give sho...)
"The critical vocabulary of the mainstream often give short shrift to the fantastic, and scholars of the fantastic have often had to look elsewhere for their critical termionology. Such scholars will find Wolfe's work an excellent resource." Choice
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Wolfe, Gary Kent was born on March 24, 1946 in Sedalia, Missouri, United States. Son of Jesse Orville and Dilla Fay (Stacey) Wolfe.
He moved to Carrollton, Missouri, at age 12, and to Springfield, at 14, where he finished high school. From there, he transferred to University of Chicago, where Wolfe earned a Doctor of Philosophy in English, in 1971. They held another wedding celebration at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (International Committee for Future Accelerators) in a pool-side party, attended by many of their friends and colleagues, in March, 1997.
Before her death they collaborated on a book about Harlan Ellison, and often attended the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, in Florida.
He is Professor of Humanities in Roosevelt University"s Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies. He began attending Southwest Missouri State College (now University), transferred to University of Kansas, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1968, and worked for his honors thesis under Professor James Gunn. Wolfe and Weil were happily married until her death in 2000.
Wolfe has written extensively about science fiction and fantasy literature.
He is widely recognized as one of the experts in the field He has had a monthly review column in Locus since December, 1991 and has written for Salon and other sites.
In 2016 he wrote and released an audio and video series titled How Great Science Fiction works, produced and distributed by The Great Courses. 1979 - Eaton Award from the Eaton Conference on Science Fiction for The Known and the Unknown: the Iconography of Science Fiction.
(Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever is the first book-len...)
("The critical vocabulary of the mainstream often give sho...)
Board of directors Friends of the Chicago Public Library., since 1990. Member Science Fiction Research Association (Pilgrim award 1987), International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.
Married Kary Kilpatric, June 12, 1966 (divorced November 1989).