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The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Gene Wolfe
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Description for The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Paperback. An SF masterpiece. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Far from Earth two sister planets, Sainte Anne and Sainte Croix, circle each other. It is said that a race of shapeshifting aliens once lived here, only to become extinct when human colonists arrived. But one man believes they still exist, somewhere out in the wilderness.
In THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS, Gene Wolfe brilliantly interweaves three tales: a scientist's son gradual discovery of the bizarre secret of his heritage; a young man's mythic dreamquest for his darker half; the mystifying chronicle of an anthropologist's seemingly-arbitrary imprisonment. Gradually, a mesmerising pattern emerges.
Product Details
Publisher
Gateway
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575094222
SKU
V9780575094222
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-49
About Gene Wolfe
Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) Gene Wolfe was born in New York in 1931 and raised in Texas. After serving in the Korean War he graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston and worked in engineering until becoming an editor of a trade periodical, Plant Engineering, in 1972. Following his retirement in 1984, he wrote full-time. The author of over three dozen award-wining novels and story collections, he is regarded as one of modern fantasy's most important writers. His best-known work, the four volume far-future Book of the New Sun, won the World Fantasy, BSFA, Nebula, British Fantasy and John W. Campbell memorial Awards. He won the World Fantasy Award four times for his novels and collections and the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award for his extraordinary body of work. Gene Wolfe lived in Illinois with his wife, Rosemary, until he passed away in April 2019.
Reviews for The Fifth Head of Cerberus
A subtle, ingenious, poetic, and picturesque book...Wolfe is so good he leaves me speechless. - Ursula Le Guin. A truly extraordinary work. One of the most cunningly wrought narratives in the whole of modern SF, a masterpiece of misdirection, subtle clues and apparently casual revelations. - Science Fiction: 100 Best Novels.