Lexicon Urthus, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)

Lexicon Urthus is an alphabetical dictionary for the complete Urth Cycle by Gene Wolfe: The Shadow of the Torturer; The Claw of the Conciliator; The Sword of the Lictor; The Citadel of the Autarch; the sequel Urth of the New Sun; the novella Empires of Foliage and Flower; the short stories "The Cat," "The Map," and "The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun"; and Gene Wolfe's own commentaries in The Castle of the Otter. The first edition was nominated for a World Fantasy Award. This second edition includes over 1,200 entries. When the first edition was published, Science Fiction Age said: "Lexicon Urthus makes a perfect gift for any fan of [Wolfe's] work, and from the way his words sell, it appears that there are many deserving readers out there waiting." Gary K. Wolfe, in Locus, said: "A convenient and well researched glossary of names and terms. . . . It provides enough of a gloss on the novels that it almost evokes Wolfe's distant future all by itself. . . . It can provide both a useful reference and a good deal of fun." Donald Keller said, in the New York Review of Science Fiction: "A fruitful product of obsession, this is a thorough . . . dictionary of the Urth Cycle. . . . Andre-Driussi's research has been exhaustive, and he has discovered many fascinating things . . . [it is] head-spinning to confront a myriad of small and large details, some merely interesting, others jawdropping."

General

Imprint:	Sirius Fiction
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	August 2008
Authors:	Michael Andre-Driussi
Foreword by:	Gene Wolfe
Dimensions:	236 x 163 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With dust jacket / With dust jacket
Pages:	419
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-9642795-0-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Fantasy Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-9642795-0-9
Barcode:	9780964279506

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