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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Golden Gryphon Pr
Publication date
October 1, 2008
Pages
193
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781930846531
ISBN-10
1930846533
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
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$14.95
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The Warren: A Novel | The Nameless Dark: A Collection | Children of Lovecraft | The Beyond | The Best Horror of the Year | The Drowned Life | Memoranda | Nightmares
Summaries and Reviews
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Offering a freshly-imagined world of bizarre creatures and strange customs, this unique and sardonic allegory explores the power and price of science and the ambiguity of morality. Humorless and drug addicted, physiognomist Cley is ordered by the Master of the Well-Built City to investigate a theft in a remote mining town. Well-versed in serving justice, arrogant Cley sets out to determine the identity of the thief using the pseudo-science of judging people by their features, but becomes distracted from his task by a beautiful girl from town. When the young-but-wise woman rejects him, he looses faith in his abilities, and in a drug-induced frenzy he Âremakesâ her features. The subsequent horror of what he has done, what he represents, and the shallow life he leads forces him to seek atonement and true justice, risking the Masterâs wrath, which may entail death by head explosion.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (December 1, 2002)
9780786249077 | details & prices | 375 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $27.95
About: The nightmare metropolis called the Well-Built City exists because the satanic genius and Master, Drachton Below, wished it so.
About: The nightmare metropolis called the Well-Built City exists because the satanic genius and Master, Drachton Below, wished it so.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Golden Gryphon Pr (October 1, 2008)
9781930846531 | details & prices | 193 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Offering a freshly-imagined world of bizarre creatures and strange customs, this unique and sardonic allegory explores the power and price of science and the ambiguity of morality.
About: Offering a freshly-imagined world of bizarre creatures and strange customs, this unique and sardonic allegory explores the power and price of science and the ambiguity of morality.
from Pan Macmillan (May 16, 2003)
9780330413190 | details & prices | 256 pages | 4.50 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $11.65
About: The nightmare metropolis, the Well-Built City, exists because satanic genius Drachton Below wished it so.
About: The nightmare metropolis, the Well-Built City, exists because satanic genius Drachton Below wished it so.
from Eos (August 1, 1998)
9780380793327 | details & prices | 4.00 × 7.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $5.99
About: The world of the Well-Built City thrives on the study of the body shape to predict the outcome of a person's personality, deepest secrets, and future, and Physiognomist First Class Cley--a man who shapes generations--is plunged into a horrific world when he discovers the truth about himself and his profession.
About: The world of the Well-Built City thrives on the study of the body shape to predict the outcome of a person's personality, deepest secrets, and future, and Physiognomist First Class Cley--a man who shapes generations--is plunged into a horrific world when he discovers the truth about himself and his profession.
from Avon Books (September 1, 1997)
9780380793310 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $12.00
About: Sent from the Well-Built City to a barren mining town, physiognomist Cley is directed to find the thief who has stolen a supernatural and legendary white fruit that grew in the Earthly Paradise
About: Sent from the Well-Built City to a barren mining town, physiognomist Cley is directed to find the thief who has stolen a supernatural and legendary white fruit that grew in the Earthly Paradise
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