The Fifth Head of Cerberus

The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Title The Fifth Head of Cerberus PDF eBook
Author Gene Wolfe
Publisher Orb Books
Pages 262
Release 1994-03-15
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1466801131

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Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure. Far from Earth, two sister planets, Saint Anne and Saint Croix, circle each other in an eternal dance. It is said a race of shapeshifters once lived here, only to perish when men came. But one man believes they can still be found, somewhere in back of the beyond. In The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Gene Wolfe skillfully interweaves three bizarre tales to create a mesmerizing pattern: the harrowing account of the son of a mad genius who discovers his hideous heritage; a young man's mythic dreamquest for his darker half; and the bizarre chronicle of a scientist's nightmarish imprisonment. Like an intricate, braided knot, the pattern at last unfolds to reveal astonishing truths about this strange and savage alien landscape. With a new introduction by O. Henry Award winning author Brian Evenson At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Operation Ares

Operation Ares
Title Operation Ares PDF eBook
Author Gene Wolfe
Publisher Fontana Press
Pages 218
Release 1978
Genre Fiction in English
ISBN 9780006151432

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The Best of Gene Wolfe

The Best of Gene Wolfe
Title The Best of Gene Wolfe PDF eBook
Author Gene Wolfe
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 479
Release 2009-03-17
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0765321351

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The best stories of a long and influential career by “quite simply a superb writer” (The Washington Post Book World)

Caldé of the Long Sun

Caldé of the Long Sun
Title Caldé of the Long Sun PDF eBook
Author Gene Wolfe
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 385
Release 1995
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0812534204

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This is the third volume in the Book of the Long Sun series. In the very distant future, the inhabitants of a great generation starship, The Whorl, have traveled so long and far that they have forgotten their origins and their destiny. In this world, Patera Silk, a young cleric, has been spoken to by a god and given a mission--to save his church buildings.

The Book of the New Sun

The Book of the New Sun
Title The Book of the New Sun PDF eBook
Author Gene Wolfe
Publisher Gollancz
Pages 608
Release 2015-03-12
Genre Fantasy fiction, American
ISBN 9781473211971

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An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have a grander plans for Severian the torturer . . . ? This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.

A Borrowed Man

A Borrowed Man
Title A Borrowed Man PDF eBook
Author Gene Wolfe
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 301
Release 2015-10-20
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1466877995

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A Borrowed Man: a new science fiction novel from Gene Wolfe, the celebrated author of the Book of the New Sun series. It is perhaps a hundred years in the future, our civilization is gone, and another is in place in North America, but it retains many familiar things and structures. Although the population is now small, there is advanced technology, there are robots, and there are clones. E. A. Smithe is a borrowed person. He is a clone who lives on a third-tier shelf in a public library, and his personality is an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer. Smithe is a piece of property, not a legal human. A wealthy patron, Colette Coldbrook, takes him from the library because he is the surviving personality of the author of Murder on Mars. A physical copy of that book was in the possession of her murdered father, and it contains an important secret, the key to immense family wealth. It is lost, and Colette is afraid of the police. She borrows Smithe to help her find the book and to find out what the secret is. And then the plot gets complicated. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Lake of the Long Sun

Lake of the Long Sun
Title Lake of the Long Sun PDF eBook
Author Gene Wolfe
Publisher Tor Science Fiction
Pages 366
Release 2015-08-25
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1429966203

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Lake of the Long Sun is the second volume in the Book of the Long Sun series from science fiction and fantasy master Gene Wolfe It is the far future, and the giant spaceship, The Whorl, has travelled for forgotten generation towards its destination. Lit inside by the artificial Long Sun, The Whorl is so huge that you can see whole cities in the sky. And now the gods of The Whorl begin to intervene in human affairs. A god speaks to Patera Silk, a clergyman at work in the schoolyard of his church. Silk must go on a quest to save his church and his people. "Stylistic excellence and topnotch storytelling."--Library Journal At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.