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The Fifth Head of Cerberus – Gene Wolfe (1972)

The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe

January 14, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This book is called a novella collection numerous times on the cover and in the promotional material, and well, it’s a novel. There’s a thematic and setting consistency throughout the book that is cohesive and connected in such a way, it’s almost like a publisher told Gene Wolfe that the book had to be called novellas. It’s no less a novel than Go Down Moses (though my comparison stops there). This is my fifth Gene Wolfe book, and I am still a little confused as to whether […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: gene wolfe, the fifth head of cerberus

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: gene wolfe, the fifth head of cerberus ·
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