An edition of Neveryóna (1983)

Neveryóna

or: The Tale of Signs and Cities. Some Informal Remarks Towards the Modular Calculus, Part Four

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An edition of Neveryóna (1983)

Neveryóna

or: The Tale of Signs and Cities. Some Informal Remarks Towards the Modular Calculus, Part Four

Bantam rack-size ed.
  • 3.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 6 Want to read
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Neveryona or: The Tale of Signs and Cities. Some Informal Remarks Towards the Modular Calculus, Part Four (Return to Neveryon, Vol 2)
Pryn, who can write in the largely pre-literate land, flees her mountain village on the back of a dragon, searches for Neveryona, a fabulous lost civilization, encounters a host of intriguing characters along the way, and aids Gorgik's slave revolt.
Contents:
Neveryona or: The Tale of Signs and Cities • [Neveryon 2 • novel] Appendix A: The Culhar' Correspondence • shortstory by Samuel R. Delany
Appendix B: Acknowledgments (Neveryona) • essay by Samuel R. Delany

"Return to Neveryon" is a series of eleven “sword and sorcery” stories--a science fiction/fantasy series depicting an empire beyond the borders of history where human destinies entwine in a strange design. It is an intricate web of adventure, intrigue and desire and a literary puzzle where meaning, parable and paradox collide. The eleven tales that make up Return to Neveryon are set before the dawn of history, in a location that might be Africa or Asia. Many of the stories have different protagonists and, indeed, different sets of foreground characters. But all take a greater or lesser part in recounting an overall story running through the whole series, the history of a man called Gorgik the Liberator. Taken slave in childhood, Gorgik gains his freedom, leads a slave revolt, and becomes a minister of state, finally abolishing slavery. Ironically, however, he is sexually aroused by the iron slave collars of servitude. Does this contaminate his mission -- or intensify it? Originally published in four volumes during the years 1979-1987, those volumes are: "Return to Neveryon": Vol 1) Tales of Neveryon; Vol 2) Neveryona, or: The Tale of Signs and Cities; Vol 3) Flight from Neveryon; Vol 4) Return to Neveryon (aka The Bridge of Lost Desire).

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449

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Neveryóna: or: The Tale of Signs and Cities. Some Informal Remarks Towards the Modular Calculus, Part Four
1993, Wesleyan University Press, University Press of New England
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Neveryona or: The Tale of Signs and Cities. Some Informal Remarks Towards the Modular Calculus, Part Four (Return to Neveryon, Vol 2)
Pryn, who can write in the largely pre-literate land, flees her mountain village on the back of a dragon, searches for Neveryona, a fabulous lost civilization, encounters a host of intriguing characters along the way, and aids Gorgik's slave revolt.
Contents:
Neveryona or: The Tale of Signs and Cities • [Neveryon 2 • novel]
Appendix A: The Culhar' Correspondence • shortstory by Samuel R. Delany
Appendix B: Acknowledgments (Neveryona) • essay by Samuel R. Delany
Cover art by Rowena Morrill
"Return to Neveryon" is a series of eleven “sword and sorcery” stories--a science fiction/fantasy series depicting an empire beyond the borders of history where human destinies entwine in a strange design. It is an intricate web of adventure, intrigue and desire and a literary puzzle where meaning, parable and paradox collide. The eleven tales that make up Return to Neveryon are set before the dawn of history, in a location that might be Africa or Asia. Many of the stories have different protagonists and, indeed, different sets of foreground characters. But all take a greater or lesser part in recounting an overall story running through the whole series, the history of a man called Gorgik the Liberator. Taken slave in childhood, Gorgik gains his freedom, leads a slave revolt, and becomes a minister of state, finally abolishing slavery. Ironically, however, he is sexually aroused by the iron slave collars of servitude. Does this contaminate his mission -- or intensify it? Originally published in four volumes during the years 1979-1987, those volumes are: "Return to Neveryon": Vol 1) Tales of Neveryon; **Vol 2) Neveryona, or: The Tale of Signs and Cities**; Vol 3) Flight from Neveryon; Vol 4) Return to Neveryon (aka The Bridge of Lost Desire).

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New York, NY USA
Series
"Return to Neveryon", a series of eleven “sword and sorcery” stories
Copyright Date
1983

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3554.E437 N4 1984

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
449 p. ;
Number of pages
449
Dimensions
6.8 x 4.3 x 1 inches
Weight
.6 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22609477M
ISBN 10
055324177X
OCLC/WorldCat
11147273
Library Thing
128719
Goodreads
445232

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