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The Fifth Head of Cerberus
The Fifth Head of Cerberus: Three Novellas | Gene Wolfe
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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 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 scientists' nightmarish imprisonment. Like an intricate, braided knot, the pattern at last unfolds to reveal astonishing truths about this strange and savage alien landscape. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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📖 The Fifth Head of Cerberus, The Fellowship of the Ring
✍️ Joseph Fink, Raymond E. Feist
📺 Firefly
🎤 Freddie Mercury, Fiona Apple, Findlay
🎶 Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo
Forgotten Pleasures, Fake Black Heart, and Fever by Findlay
Freedom! '90 by George Michael

#ManicMonday #LetterF @CBee

CBee Thanks for playing! 2y
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This was a difficult letter, except for tv-show. I don‘t seem to have any super-faves in books or authors starting with F.

📔 The Fifth Head of Cerberus
🖋 C. S. Friedman
📺 Firefly
🍽 Falafel

#manicmonday #letterF

JoScho Thanks for playing 💖 6y
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TobeyTheScavengerMonk
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#birthdaybookhaul 1

One of my gifts this year was time in my favorite used bookstore unencumbered by my (wonderful) children.

I got a collection of short stories by Avram Davidson who is a favorite author of many of my favorite authors (Gaiman, Bradbury, Wolfe, Le Guin) and one of Gene Wolfe‘s more famous books.

Also a cheapo trilogy that sounds like a blatant Tolkien rip-off, but hey, sometimes I like a well-written Tolkien rip-off.

DHill Happy birthday! 7y
vivastory Happy birthday! 🎂🎈📚🤘 7y
wanderinglynn Happy, happy birthday! 🎉🎂🎁🎉🎇🎆 7y
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Rachbb3 Happy birthday to you! 🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🍰 7y
batsy Happy birthday!! 🎉🎂📚📚📚 7y
LeahBergen Happy Birthday! 📚📚📚📚 7y
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sprainedbrain Happy birthday to you!! 🎂 7y
Reggie Happy Birthday, Tobster!!! 7y
Sarah83 Happy birthday 🎂 7y
Foragingfantasy Happy birthday! I recently got that trilogy too! 7y
RohitSawant Belated Happy Birthday! 🎉🎉 7y
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trrahul

Any Gene Wolfe fan here? 🤔

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Arbol
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Current #readaloud by the husband. We both have to drink extra tea to stay focused because Gene Wolfe will mess with your head if you're not paying attention. Well, even if you are paying attention you can get disoriented because he changs directions so fast and you are often faced with #unreliablenarrators. I am probably going to have to reread this but it is so meaty that I'm not sure if a reread will clarify or just present even more questions!