Viriconium (1988 collection)

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Viriconium

Cover from the first edition
Author M. John Harrison
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Viriconium
Genre(s) Fantasy novel and short stories
Publisher Allen & Unwin
Publication date 1988
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 276 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-04-440245-7
Preceded by A Storm of Wings

Viriconium is an omnibus collection of two books of the Viriconium series by M. John Harrison. It was published in 1988 by the Allen & Unwin. The book contains the novel, In Viriconium and several short stories that had previously been collected in the book Viriconium Nights. Several of the stories first appeared in the magazines New Worlds and Interzone.

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  • Introduction, by Iain Banks
  • In Viriconium
  • "The Luck in the Head"
  • "The Lamia and Lord Cromis"
  • "Strange Great Sins"
  • "Viriconium Knights"
  • "The Dancer from the Dance"
  • "The Lords of Misrule"
  • "A Young Man’s Journey to Viriconium"

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