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Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe, book cover
Novel · 1993 · 352 pages

Nightside the Long Sun

by Gene Wolfe

Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe was a finalist or poll selection for the 1994 Nebula Award for Best Novel.

HugoNo recognition listed
NebulaFinalist1994
LocusNo recognition listed
ClarkeNo recognition listed

Patera Silk serves a poor congregation aboard the Whorl, a vast ship-world whose inhabitants worship gods appearing on screens. A revelation and the threatened loss of his temple push him beyond his familiar duties into a city's tangled alliances, dangers, and religious mysteries.

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