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Tales of Nevèrÿon
Tales of Nevèrÿon
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Publisher:
Open Road Media
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Watermark
Publication Year:
2014
ISBN-13: 9781480461734
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<DIV><B>Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author Samuel R. Delany&rsquo;s epic fantasy&mdash;the first in a series&mdash;explores power, gender, and the nature of civilization.</B><BR /> &#160;<BR /> A boy of the bustling, colorful docks of port Kolhari, during a political coup, fifteen-year-old Gorgik, once his parents are killed, is taken a slave and transported to the government obsidian mines at the foot of the Faltha mountains. When, in the savagely primitive land of Nev&egrave;r&yuml;on, finally he wins his freedom, Gorgik is ready to lead a rebellion against the rulers of this barely civilized land. His is the through-story that, now in the background, now in the foreground, connects these first five stories, in <I>Tales of Nev&egrave;r&yuml;on</I>&mdash;and, indeed, all the eleven stories, novellas, and novels that comprise Delany&rsquo;s epic fantasy series, Return to Nev&egrave;r&yuml;on, where we can watch civilization first develop money, writing, labor, and that grounding of all civilizations since: capital itself.&#160;<BR /> &#160;<BR /> In these sagas of barbarism, new knowledge, and sex, you&rsquo;ll find far more than in most sword-and-sorcery. They are an epic feat of language, an ironic analysis of the foundations of civilization, and a reminder that no weapon is more powerful than a well-honed legend. &#160;<BR /><BR /> This &ldquo;eminently readable and gorgeously entertaining&rdquo; (<I>The Washington Post Book World</I>) novel reads &ldquo;as if Umberto Eco had written about Conan the Barbarian&rdquo; (USA Today).<BR /> &#160;<DIV>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Samuel R. Delany including rare images from his early career.</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV></DIV>