Viriconium!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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.
VIRICONIUM
A Bantam Spectra Book / November 2005
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events,
or locales is entirely coincidental.
The Pastel City Copyright © 1971 M. John Harrison
A Storm of Wings Copyright © 1980 M. John Harrison
In Viriconium Copyright © 1982 M. John Harrison
Viriconium Nights Copyright © 1985 M. John Harrison
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Copyright © 2005 by M. John Harrison
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Harrison, M. John (Michael John), 1945–
Viriconium / M. John Harrison.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Praise
THE PASTEL CITY - PROLOGUE ON THE EMPIRE OF VIRICONIUM
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
EPILOGUE
A STORM OF WINGS
A STORM OF WINGS
1 THE MOON LOOKING DOWN
2 GALEN HORNWRACK AND THE SIGN OF THE LOCUST
3 A FISH EAGLE IN VIRICONIUM
4 IN THE CORRIDORS
5 GALEN HORNWRACK AND METHVET NIAN
6 THE SUDDEN EMBODIMENT OF BENEDICT PAUCEMANLY
7 ST. ELMO BUFFIN AND THE NAVIGATORS OF IRON CHINE
8 GALEN HORNWRACK AND THE NEW INVASION
9 THE EXPLANATIONS OF THE ANCIENT AIRBOATMAN
10 ALL THE WOUNDS OF THE EARTH
EPILOGUE
IN VIRICONIUM
IN VIRICONIUM - THE FIRST CARD DEPOUILLEMENT
THE SECOND CARD - THE LORDS OF ILLUSIONARY SUCCESS
THE THIRD CARD - THE CITY
THE FOURTH CARD - THE LORD OF THE FIRST OPERATION
THE FIFTH CARD - THE HERMETIC FEAST
EPILOGUE
THE LAMIA & LORD CROMIS
THE LAMIA & LORD CROMIS
VIRICONIUM KNIGHTS
VIRICONIUM KNIGHTS
THE LUCK IN THE HEAD
THE LUCK IN THE HEAD
STRANGE GREAT SINS
STRANGE GREAT SINS
LORDS OF MISRULE
LORDS OF MISRULE
THE DANCER FROM THE DANCE
THE DANCER FROM THE DANCE
A YOUNG MAN’S JOURNEY TO VIRICONIUM
A YOUNG MAN’S JOURNEY TO VIRICONIUM
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