The Wizard Knight Companion: A Lexicon for Gene Wolfe's The Knight and The Wizard
A small treasure trove for Wolfe's devoted band of intensely focused readers, some of whom will undoubtedly take issue with a few of the interpretations (such as Andre-Driussi's mini-essay on the character Mag), while Wolfe grins impishly in the corner. --Locus Magazine (Gary K. Wolfe), January 2010Nobody literally *needs* The Wizard Knight Companion. But some of us -- and we know who we are, we happy few, you and I -- want it anyway. Simply because when we love a book, we want to understand it better. Also because we have a weakness for Easter eggs. For us, there is Michael Andre-Driussi's book. For which I am duly grateful. --Michael Swanwick (blog Flogging Babel), September 2009Although, as noted by the title, meant as a companion to Wolfe's The Knight and The Wizard, Andre-Driussi's work stands fully on its own, providing interesting looks at various legends, etymologies, and lore as filtered through Wolfe's writing. Essential to those fans of Wolfe's novels who wish to understand every reference he has incorporated. --SFSite.com (Steven Silver), December 2009Even so, it is maybe 1/25 the size of the dictionary for The Book of the New Sun? Ha! --Mordicai Magog, LiveJournal, December 2009Michael Andre-Driussi, author of the wonderful Lexicon Urthus, gives us a resource for another Gene Wolfe creation, The Wizard Knight. . . . The Companion provides help in a several ways: it provides a synopsis of the story, it helps to keep the characters straight, it shows the worlds through which Able travels, and it identifies the references Wolfe is presumably making to Norse and Celtic myths as well as Arthurian lore. MAD identifies some mysteries in the text and suggests alternative solutions. The Companion is a useful resource for serious Wolfe scholars or ardent fans who want a better understanding of The Wizard Knight. --LibraryThing (reviewer Jim Collins)