Back in print for the first time in more than a decade, Gene Wolfe's *The Fifth Head of Cerberus* is a universally acknowledged masterpiece of science fiction by one of the field's most brilliant writers. Far out from Earth, two sister planets, Saint Anne and Saint Croix, circle each other in an et
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
โ Scribed by Wolfe, Gene
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 180 KB
- Series
- SF Masterworks 8
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
On the twin colony planets of Saintes Anne and Croix, civilization is a mix of the archaic and the futuristic, with slavery and advanced science co-existing. Were the shapeshifting alien inhabitants of Sainte Anne exterminated by the colonists, or did they kill the humans and adopt their identity?
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On the twin colony planets of Saintes Anne and Croix, civilization is a mix of the archaic and the futuristic, with slavery and advanced science co-existing. Were the shapeshifting alien inhabitants of Sainte Anne exterminated by the colonists, or did they kill the humans and adopt their identity?
Back in print for the first time in more than a decade, Gene Wolfe's _The Fifth Head of Cerberus_ is a universally acknowledged masterpiece of science fiction by one of the field's most brilliant writers. Far out from Earth, two sister planets, Saint Anne and Saint Croix, circle each other in a
{ Oct 2020 - epub revisions. Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, content separation, and epub format error checking. } ebook, 222 pages Published 1972 Orion Publishing (2011) Masterworks of Science Fiction Far from Earth two sister planets, Sainte Anne
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