Viriconium Nights
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Viriconium Nights is a collection by M. John Harrison published in 1984.
1984 Ace edition
Viriconium Nights is a collection of seven stories which take place inside the metropolis of Viriconium and its surrounding area.[1]
- The Lamia and Lord Cromis
- Lamia Mutable
- Viriconium Knights
- Events Witnessed from a City
- The Luck in the Head
- The Lords of Misrule
- In Viriconium
- Strange Great Sins
1985 Gollancz edition
- The Luck in the Head
- The Lamia and Lord Cromis
- Strange Great Sins
- Viriconium Knights
- The Dancer from the Dance
- Lords of Misrule
- A Young Man's Journey to Viriconium
Reception
Dave Langford reviewed Viriconium Nights for White Dwarf #70, and stated that "They have a precise, exotic sleaziness, leaving you with uncomfortable images: insect-masks recur, and the Mari Llwyd (the rib-boned horse-skull of folklore), and technological decay (as with the unforgettable, filthy power-weapon of the first story). I like them. I think."[1]
