Title: The Fifth Head of Cerberus

Title: The Fifth Head of Cerberus Title Record # 1957
Author: Gene Wolfe
Date: 1972-04-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Technically a collection of three novellas: "The Fifth Head of Cerberus," "'A Story' by John V. Marsch," and "V. R. T." Thematically a novel. The Fifth Head of Cerberus was pre-published a couple of months before the novel, and has been reprinted multiple times as a separate work. The second part was extracted and published as 'A Story' by John V. Marsch in 1994. The third part was extracted and translated into German as V. R. T.. Otherwise it has never appeared separately in English from the novel. Do not create content records for the separate novellas when adding a publication record to this title.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1974^ⓘTranslated by Yoma Cap	German	Der fünfte Kopf des Zerberus
1975^ⓘTranslated by Guy Abadia	French	La cinquième tête de Cerbère^?La cinquieme tete de Cerbere
1987	Serbian	Peta glava kerbera
1997^ⓘTranslated by Marcelo Cohen.	Spanish	La quinta cabeza de Cerbero

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	1972-04-00	Gene Wolfe	Charles Scribner's Sons	0-684-12830-6	$5.95^?$: US dollar	244	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Nicholas Gaetano
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	1973-00-00	Gene Wolfe	Gollancz	0-575-01597-7	£1.90^?£: UK pound	244	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Der fünfte Kopf des Zerberus	1974-11-00	Gene Wolfe	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3415)	3-453-30305-9	DM 3.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	206	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	C. A. M. Thole
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	1975-06-00	Gene Wolfe	Quartet Books	0-7043-1176-3	£0.50^?£: UK pound	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	1975-11-00	Gene Wolfe	Quartet Books	0-7043-1176-3	£0.50^?£: UK pound	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jim Burns
La cinquième tête de Cerbère	1975-11-28	Gene Wolfe	Robert Laffont (Ailleurs et demain)			300	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	1976-06-00	Gene Wolfe	Ace Books	23500	$1.75^?$: US dollar	277	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
La cinquième tête de Cerbère	1979-00-00	Gene Wolfe	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7048)	2-253-02262-4		411	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Gérard Ruffin^?Gerard Ruffin
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	1981-09-00	Gene Wolfe	Ace Books	0-441-23501-8	$2.50^?$: US dollar	270	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Martin Rigo
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	1983-00-00	Gene Wolfe	Arrow Books	0-09-930030-3	£1.50^?£: UK pound	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Bruce Pennington
La cinquième tête de Cerbère	1986-04-23	Gene Wolfe	Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5228)	2-266-01595-8		300	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	W. Siudmak
Science Fiction almanah Monolit knjiga 4	1987-00-00	ed. Boban Knežević^?Boban Knezevic	Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #4)			526	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Bob Živković^?Bob Zivkovic Bob Zhivkovic
Science Fiction almanah Monolit knjiga 4	1988-00-00	ed. Boban Knežević^?Boban Knezevic	Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #4)			526	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Bob Živković^?Bob Zivkovic Bob Zhivkovic
Der fünfte Kopf des Zerberus	1991-01-00	Gene Wolfe	Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #81)	3-453-04514-9	DM 12.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Karel Thole
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	1994-04-00	Gene Wolfe	Orb	0-312-89020-6	$12.95^?$: US dollar	252	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Richard Bober
La quinta cabeza de Cerbero	1997-11-00	Gene Wolfe	Minotauro (Biblioteca Gene Wolfe)	84-450-7247-1		275	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Julio Vivas
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	1999-04-00	Gene Wolfe	Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #8)	1-85798-817-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	252	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Fred Gambino
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	2004-00-00	Gene Wolfe	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #8)	1-85798-817-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	252	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Fred Gambino
La cinquième tête de Cerbère	2007-04-00	Gene Wolfe	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #27013)	978-2-253-11927-2	€6.95^?€: Euro	347	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Jackie Paternoster
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	2010-02-00	Gene Wolfe	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09422-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xiii+ 222	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	2011-09-29	Gene Wolfe	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-11414-2	£4.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	2022-11-08	Gene Wolfe	Tor (Tor Essentials)	978-1-250-86100-9	$17.99^?$: US dollar	272	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	2022-11-08	Gene Wolfe	Tor (Tor Essentials)	978-1-250-84010-3	$30.99^?$: US dollar	272	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	date unknown	Gene Wolfe	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-0-575-09422-2	£8.99^?£: UK pound	xiii+ 222	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Chris Moore
The Fifth Head of Cerberus	date unknown	Gene Wolfe	Orb	0-312-89020-6	$14.95^?$: US dollar	252	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Richard Bober

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Reviews

Review by David G. Hartwell [as by Dave Hartwell] (1972) in Locus, #117 July 21, 1972
Review by Richard E. Geis (1972) in Richard E. Geis, August 1975
Review by Charles N. Brown [as by Charlie Brown] (1972) in Locus, #118 August 4, 1972
Review by Thomas F. Monteleone (1972) in Amazing Science Fiction, November 1972
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1972) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1972
Review by Pamela Sargent (1973) in Vector 65
Review by Douglas Barbour (1973) in Riverside Quarterly, August 1973
Review by George Turner (1973) in SF Commentary, #39
Review by George Turner (1973) in SF Commentary, #76, (2000)
Review [French] by George W. Barlow (1976) in Fiction, #269
Review by Michael Bishop (1976) in Delap's F & SF Review, November 1976, (1976) , reprinted in:
A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction (2005)
A Reverie for Mister Ray: Reflections on Life, Death, and Speculative Fiction (2005)
Review by Peter Nicholls (1979) in Survey of Science Fiction Literature: Volume Two , reprinted in:
Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years: A Collection of Commentaries and Reviews (2022)
Genre Fiction: The Roaring Years: A Collection of Commentaries and Reviews (2022)
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by David Pringle (1983) in Imagine, April 1983
Review by Chris Bailey (1983) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 1
Review [French] by Jos Letel (1984) in Proxima [France], #2
Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
Review by Steve Jeffery (1999) in Vector 206
Review by Ken Alden [as by Alan Kitch] (1999) in The Zone and Premonitions #8, Autumn 1999
Review [Spanish] by Luis G. Prado (2001) in Las 100 mejores novelas de ciencia ficción del siglo XX
Review [French] by Sam Lermite (2006) in Galaxies, #40
Review by Graham Sleight (2010) in Locus, #589 February 2010
Review by Kate Sherrod (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review by Jesse Hudson (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1
Review [German] by Matthias Hofmann (2020) in phantastisch!, #79