Neveryona

Title:

Neveryona

Personal Author:

Delany, Samuel R.

Physical Description:

544 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

ISBN:

9780586202715

General Note:

"Some informal remarks towards the modular calculus, part four."

Abstract:

In this chronicle of a long-ago land on civilisation's brink, possibly in Africa or Asia, Gorgik the Liberator's slave revolt gathers toward its conclusion. A richly written novel of myth and literacy, Nevèrÿona tells how young Pryn, who can write in this largely pre-literate land, flees her mountain village on a dragon's back for Neveryon's capital port, Kolhari, to aid Gorgik's rebelllion. Now on the Bridge of Lost Desire, now in Madam Keyne's emotionally embattled gardens, now at an empty, moonlit mansion in Nevèrÿon - Kolhari's old artistocractic neighbourhood - and finally through a journey into the dangerous south, Pryn finds more answers - and questions - about Nevèrÿon's power structure.

Subject Term:

Science fiction, English

Time travel in literature

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Summary

ENTER THE MAGICAL REALM OF THE MOST FASCINATING FANTASY EMPIRE EVER CREATED...

In the ancient, fabled land of Neverÿon, they tell of a gleaming golden city driven deep beneath the waves of history - the city whose whispered name is Neveryóna.

For Pryn a young girl fleeing her village on the back of a dragon, Neveryóna is the shining symbol of all that is out of reach. It leads her to the exotic port city of Kolhari, where she talks with the wealthy merchant Madame Keyne, walks with Gorgik the Liberator as he schemes the Court of Eagles - and crosses the Bridge of Lost Desire in search of her destiny...

"Parable, metaphor, fantasy or simply breathless adventure, 'Neveryóna' is a multilevel mandala in literary stained glass"

THEORDORE STURGEON

"A novel that demands attention...extraordinary talent for the 'details' of a world...a sourcebook for a new generation of fantasy writers. It brims with ideas and subject matter than can bring new realism and relevance to the field"

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Author Notes

Samuel Ray 'Chip' Delany, Jr was born in Harlem in 1942, and published his first novel at the age of just 20. As author, critic and academic, his influence on modern genre fiction has been profound and he remains one of science fiction's most important and discussed writers. He has won the Hugo Award twice and the Nebula Award four times, including consecutive wins for Babel-17 and The Einstein Intersection.