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The Fifth Head of Cerberus
First edition
AuthorGene Wolfe
Cover artistNicholas Gaetano
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherCharles Scribner's Sons
Publication date
1972
Publication placeUSA
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
Pages244 pp
ISBN0-684-12830-6
OCLC354762
Dewey Decimal
813/.5/4
LC ClassPZ4.W85615 Fi PS3573.O52

The Fifth Head of Cerberus is the title of both a novella and a single-volume collection of three novellas, written by American science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe, both published in 1972. The novella was included in the anthology Nebula Award Stories Eight.

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