A Storm of Wings is a novel by M. John Harrison published in 1980. It is the second novel in the Viriconium series, following The Pastel City.
Plot summary A Storm of Wings is a novel in which an invasion of apparent alien locusts brings a worldview that is incompatible with that of humanity.
Reception Dave Langford, reviewing A Storm of Wings for White Dwarf #93, compared it to Saraband of Lost Time, stating that "Critics prefer Storm'''s literary echoes and clever bits; but for all its excessive length, more readers are likely to finish Saraband."
Reviews Review by Jack Rems (1980) in Locus, #234 June 1980 Review by Bob Wayne (1980) in Fantasy Newsletter, No. 27 August 1980 Review by Algis Budrys (1980) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1980 Review by Baird Searles (1980) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1980 Review by Colin Greenland (1981) in Foundation, #21 February 1981 Review by David Pringle (1988) in Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best NovelsReview [French] by Patrick Imbert (2004) in Bifrost'', #34
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