Flight from Nevèrÿon
core novel 1985 Return to Nevèrÿon
Record
| First published | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.12 (442 ratings, collected 2026-08-28) |
| Page count | 376 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780819562777 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Flight from Nevèrÿon interweaves stories set in the ancient land of Nevèrÿon with sections set in contemporary New York City, following a young smuggler whose fascination with the legendary Gorgik the Liberator leads him to seek out the man himself, alongside a traveling actor known as the Mummer and a former prince turned philosopher called the Master. As Gorgik's movement to end slavery gains ground, the collection follows the appearance of various self-styled successors and imitators of Gorgik, each claiming his mantle for different, sometimes self-serving purposes, while a plague spreads through Nevèrÿon's society and draws uneasy comparisons to real-world crises.
Where it sits
- Universe: Return to Nevèrÿon
- Series: Return to Nevèrÿon core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Samuel R. Delany
Notes
- From the series record (Return to Nevèrÿon): A four-volume sword-and-sorcery sequence, the first collection placed third in that year's reader poll for best fantasy novel and was nominated for the American Book Award and the Prometheus Award; the author later received a career life-achievement recognition from the World Fantasy Awards.
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 Return to Nevèrÿon: position 3 of 4: previous Neveryóna, or: The Tale of Signs and Cities (1983) · next Return to Nevèrÿon (1994)
Sources
- Return to Nevèrÿon (series) - Wikipedia
- Samuel R. Delany - Awards (sfadb)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_from_Nev%C3%A8r%C3%BFon
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