Viriconium Nights
(By M. John Harrison)
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In this infinitely mutable world that is 'so old that the substance of reality no longer knows quite what it ought to be', we find a Viriconium that mutates through various manifestations—at one time Vriko; at another, Uroconium.
Characters come and go at will, in different guises, without regard for the constraints of Time: tegeus Cromis, minor prince of the city; Rotgob the dwarf; Egon Rhys, leading fighter of the Blue Anemone Ontological Association—all take their places in the decaying, violent, but ever-alluring world of Viriconium.
Through shifts in perception we view the City, with its courtyards and plazas, alleys and wastelands, through its haze of folk memory, ritual and myth; even through a mirror in the lavatory of the Merrie England cafe in Huddersfield: Viriconium is everywhere and nowhere, starkly realistic and utterly fantastical: the ultimate paradox.
M. John Harrison writes with truly remarkable imaginative power and individuality, with elegance and wit. Viriconium Nights is an extraordinary creation.
Contents:
The Lamia and Lord Cromis (1971).
Lamia Mutable (1972).
Viriconium Knights (1981).
Events Witnessed from a City (1975).
The Luck in the Head (1984).
The Lords of Misrule (1984).
In Viriconium (1984).
Strange Great Sins (1983).”
