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The Fifth Head of Cerberus (S.F. Masterworks)

The Fifth Head of Cerberus (S.F. Masterworks)

by Gene Wolfe (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

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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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: New Ed
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 08 Apr 1999
ISBN 10: 1857988175
ISBN 13: 9781857988178
Book Overview: * #8 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written * '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

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SALES POINTS * #8 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written * '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