# Gene Wolfe's "The Fifth Head of Cerberus"

*The Usenet list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 02 Nov 1983*

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### Steiner
*02 Nov 1983, 02:54*

I found Gene Wolfe's "The Fifth Head of Cerberus" in a bookstore
the other day.  I haven't heard about this one on the digest.  Does
anyone have any comments on it?

ds

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### tbray
*07 Nov 1983, 16:50 · in reply to Steiner*

This book may be the best SF novel ever written, and is a very superior piece
of literature by any standards.

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