Available to American readers for the first time, this landmark collection gathers four groundbreaking fantasy classics from the acclaimed author of Light. Set in the imagined city of Viriconium, here are the masterworks that revolutionized a genre and enthralled a generation of readers: The Pastel
Viriconium
β Scribed by M. John Harrison
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 389 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307418693
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β¦ Synopsis
A magnificent city existing on the ringes of the past, and on the brink of destruction, Viriconium- With a foreword by Neil Gaiman
Available to American readers for the first time, this landmark collection gathers four groundbreaking fantasy classics from the acclaimed author of Light. Set in the imagined city of Viriconium, here are the masterworks that revolutionized a genre and enthralled a generation of readers: The Pastel City, A Storm of Wings, In Viriconium, and Viriconium Nights. Back in print after a long absence, these singular tales of a timeless realm and its enigmatic inhabitants are now reborn and compiled to captivate a whole new generation.
Praise for M. John Harrison's Viriconium
"The world that Harrison depicts is intricate and authentic, peopled with a multitude of strange yet lifelike charactersβa combination which serves to make his richly imagined empire of Viriconium feel very real indeed....
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