Viriconium Nights is a collection by M. John Harrison published in 1984.
Contents Viriconium Nights is a collection of seven stories which take place inside the metropolis of Viriconium and its surrounding area.
1984 Ace edition
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."
Publication history New York: Ace (paperback), 1984 (dedicated to Algis Budrys); revised/definitive edition, (1st hardcover ed) London: Gollancz, 1985 (dedication to Budrys removed). The stories in the British hardcover edition are revised and the author's preferred texts.
Reviews Review by Brian Stableford (1985) in Fantasy Review, February 1985 Review by Baird Searles (1985) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1985 Review by Barbara Davies (1985) in Vector 128
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