The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Title | The Fifth Head of Cerberus PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Wolfe |
Publisher | Orb Books |
Total Pages | 262 |
Release | 1994-03-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1466801131 |
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.
The Best of Gene Wolfe
Title | The Best of Gene Wolfe PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Wolfe |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 479 |
Release | 2009-03-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0765321351 |
The best stories of a long and influential career by “quite simply a superb writer” (The Washington Post Book World)
Operation Ares
Title | Operation Ares PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Wolfe |
Publisher | Fontana Press |
Total Pages | 218 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Fiction in English |
ISBN | 9780006151432 |
Caldé of the Long Sun
Title | Caldé of the Long Sun PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Wolfe |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 385 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0812534204 |
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.
Soldier of the Mist
Title | Soldier of the Mist PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Wolfe |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 350 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0312937342 |
Latro, a mercenary soldier, lost his memory after a head wound and must continually rediscover his identity. However, he is now able to converse with supernatural creatures which is both a triumph and a danger.
The Book of the New Sun
Title | The Book of the New Sun PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Wolfe |
Publisher | Gollancz |
Total Pages | 608 |
Release | 2015-03-12 |
Genre | Fantasy fiction, American |
ISBN | 9781473211971 |
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.
Peace
Title | Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Wolfe |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 273 |
Release | 1995-06-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0312890338 |
Mesmerizing sci-fi from the author the Denver Post calls "one of the literary giants of science fiction." The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living in a small midwestern town, reveals a miraculous dimension. For Weer's imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself.