AEgypt
core novel 1987 The AEgypt Cycle
Record
| First published | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.85 (2,261 ratings, collected 2026-09-07) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780553270204 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Pierce Moffett, a middle-aged history professor grown disillusioned with his academic career, abandons it to retreat to the pastoral Faraway Hills region, where he sets out on an ambitious independent project blending historical research, speculation about Renaissance Hermetic philosophy, and the imaginative mythology he constructed as a child. Settling into the quiet countryside, Pierce becomes drawn into researching the life and ideas of a reclusive, historically significant fantasy novelist connected to the region, whose papers and unpublished writings hint at a deeper, possibly real connection between historical occult thought and the fictional worlds Pierce has spent his life studying and imagining, a connection he becomes determined to trace.
Where it sits
- Universe: The AEgypt Cycle
- Series: The AEgypt Cycle core; position 1 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: John Crowley
Notes
- From the series record (The AEgypt Cycle): Core Canon = all 4 novels of the completed AEgypt Cycle. The first volume was reissued in 2007 as 'The Solitudes'; this canon uses the original 1987 title.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The AEgypt Cycle: position 1 of 4: next Love & Sleep (1994)
Sources
- Wikipedia: AEgypt
- Wikipedia: Daemonomania
- Small Beer Press: Endless Things
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Solitudes_(novel)
- FictionDB (edition list)
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