《Castle of Days》里收录了一篇 Gene Wolfe 谈自己写作过程的文章。他会把书稿从头到尾重写好几遍，以便能把后来写出来的构思融入到书的开头去。……
There's an essay in Castle of Days where Gene Wolfe wrote about his writing process. He would rewrite the manuscript for his books from scratch multiple times so that he could incorporate what he wrote later into the beginning of the book.…
…and 80s, Le Guin and other SFF authors were very aware of the literary divide that often regarded most science fiction and fantasy as little better than pulp fiction. Gene Wolfe's essays and speeches in Castle of Days touch on this several times. What changed was the arrival of a new generation of literary critics, researchers, and readers who knew greatness in some of the SFF works of the era.
《Castle of Days》里收录了一篇 Gene Wolfe 谈自己写作过程的文章。他会把书稿从头到尾重写好几遍，以便能把后来写出来的构思融入到书的开头去。……
There's an essay in Castle of Days where Gene Wolfe wrote about his writing process. He would rewrite the manuscript for his books from scratch multiple times so that he could incorporate what he wrote later into the beginning of the book.…
……七八十年代，勒瑰恩（Le Guin）和其他 SFF 作家非常清醒地意识到了那道文学鸿沟，当时绝大多数科幻和奇幻小说都被当成不过是地摊通俗读物（pulp fiction）而已。Gene Wolfe 在《Castle of Days》里的散文和演讲好几次提到了这一点。打破这种局面的，是新一代文学批评家、学者和读者的出现，他们敏锐地察觉到了那个时期某些 SFF 作品的伟大之处。
…and 80s, Le Guin and other SFF authors were very aware of the literary divide that often regarded most science fiction and fantasy as little better than pulp fiction. Gene Wolfe's essays and speeches in Castle of Days touch on this several times. What changed was the arrival of a new generation of literary critics, researchers, and readers who knew greatness in some of the SFF works of the era.