Viriconium

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.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

An omnibus volume contains all the Viriconium stories, originally published in four books: The Pastel City, A Storm of Wings, In Viriconium, and Viriconium Nights. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

M. John Harrison is the award-winning author of eight previous novels and four collections of short stories. His fifth novel, In Viriconium, was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize, and his sixth, Climbers, won the Boardman Tasker Award. His most recent novel, Light, was awarded the James Tiptree Jr. Award and shortlisted for the 2002 Arthur C. Clarke Award.

The pastel city — A storm of wings — In Viriconium — The lamia & Lord Cromis — Viriconium knights — The luck in the head — Strange great sins — Lords of misrule — The dancer from the dance — A young man's journey to Viriconium.