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The claw of the conciliator / Gene Wolfe.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolfe, Gene, author.
- Series:
- Wolfe, Gene. Book of the new Sun ; v. 2.
- His The book of the new sun / Gene Wolfe ; v. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Severian (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Severian (Fictitious character).
- Torturers--Fiction.
- Torturers.
- Quests (Expeditions)--Fiction.
- Quests (Expeditions).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 275 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Book club edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : Distributed by Simon and Schuster.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Timescape Books, 1983, [1981]
- Summary:
- Severian, a young torturer banished for the sin of mercy is now imbued with the powers of an ancient relic as he continues his mythic journey to the city of his exile in a world a million years in the future.
- Notes:
- Edition statement from jacket.
- Cover art: Don Maitz.
- Gutter code N09 on p. 274; Reprint code "N39" (September 1983).
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket. Has gutter code "M47".
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 233129
- OCLC:
- 9669576
- Publisher Number:
- 04947 Science Fiction Book Club
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