GENE WOLFE AT SANFILIPPO

We'll start with pictures. There are quite a lot. On Saturday, March 17, 2012, the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame gave Gene Wolfe its Fuller Award. The event was held at the Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington, Illinois and drew hundreds of friends, colleagues and fans -- and the lines distinguishing fan from friend from colleague were virtually nonexistent -- from all over the country. Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman...et al.
Gene's daughter, Teri Goulding pins a rose on her dad...




I was asked to adapt one of Gene's stories for performance by a theater company, Terra Mysterium.







Here are just a few pictures from the day.








Jody Lynn Nye toasting Gene...
Gene on the Merry-Go-Round...Yes, there was a carousel in the banquet hall...