The Fifth Head of Cerberus
A collection of three linked novellas.
- The Fifth Head of Cerberus – Hugo Award nominee 1973, Nebula Award nominee 1972
- "A Story," by John. V. Marsch
- V.R.T.
Far out 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 the back of the
beyond.
In The Fifth Head of Cerberus, 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; 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.
Gene Wolfe
Gene Rodman Wolfe (1931-2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short-story writer and novelist and won many science fiction and fantasy literary awards.
Wolfe is best known for his Book of the New Sun series (four volumes, 1980–83), the first part of his "Solar Cycle". In 1998, Locus magazine ranked it the third-best fantasy novel published before 1990 based on a poll of subscribers that considered it and several other series as single entries.
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