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Title: The Shadow of the Torturer Title Record # 1243
Author: Gene Wolfe
Date: 1980-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Book of The New Sun
Series Number: 1
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: WorldCat: The Earth is old and the sun is dying. In the great Citadel of the City Imperishable, Severian - apprentice to the torturer's guild - betrays his oath. Exiled, he begins his phantasmagoric odyssey through the perilous world of the deep, distant future.
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Other Titles

Translations Translated Serializations
Year Language Title
1981Translated by William Desmond, then "harmonized" in 2006 by Patrick Marcel.
French L'ombre du bourreau
1984Translated by Maria de Lourdes Medeiros
Portuguese A Sombra do Torturador
1984Translated by Reinhard Heinz
German Der Schatten des Folterers
1989Translated by Luis Domènech and Rubén Masera
Spanish La sombra del torturador
1989Translated by Annemarie van Ewyck
Dutch De schaduw van de folteraar
1990
  • Translated by Aleksandar B. Nedeljković
Serbian
Senka mučitelja?Senka mucitelja
Senka muchitelja
[as by
Džin Volf?Dzin Volf
Dzhin Volf
]
1997 Italian L'ombra del Torturatore
2006Translated by Gábor Tamás, 2006
Hungarian
A kínvallató árnya?A kinvallato arnya
2009Translated by Irina Horea of ''The Shadow of the Torturer''.
Romanian
Umbra Torționarului?Umbra Tortionarului
Year Language Title
1990Translated by Arkadiusz Nakoniecznik
Polish
Cień kata - part 3?Cien kata - part 3

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Shadow of the Torturer 1980-05-00 Gene Wolfe Simon & Schuster 0-671-25325-5
$11.95?$: US dollar
303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Don Maitz Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1981-03-00 Gene Wolfe Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-98738-3
£7.95?£: UK pound
303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Bruce Pennington Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1981-05-00 Gene Wolfe Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-82825-8
$2.50?$: US dollar
262
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1981-05-00 Gene Wolfe Arrow Books 0-09-926320-3
£1.60?£: UK pound
303
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 Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1981-05-00 Gene Wolfe Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-82825-8
C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar
262
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1981-06-00 Gene Wolfe Arrow Books 0-09-926320-3
£1.60?£: UK pound
303
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 Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1982-10-00 Gene Wolfe Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-46398-5
$2.95?$: US dollar
262
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1983-00-00 Gene Wolfe Arrow Books 0-09-926320-3
£1.95?£: UK pound
303
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 Checkmark
The Book of the New Sun, Vols. I & II 1983-00-00 Gene Wolfe Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-99029-5
£9.95?£: UK pound
607
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1983-01-00 Gene Wolfe Timescape Books / SFBC 4946
$5.98?$: US dollar
276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Don Maitz Checkmark
A Sombra do Torturador 1984-00-00 Gene Wolfe
Publicações Europa-América?Publicacoes Europa-America
(
Colecção Nébula?Coleccao Nebula
#5)
    279
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 Tim White  
Der Schatten des Folterers 1984-04-00 Gene Wolfe Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4063) 3-453-31008-X
DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
350
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
L'ombre du bourreau 1985-04-00 Gene Wolfe
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#321)
2-207-30321-7   350
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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
The Shadow of the Torturer 1985-05-00 Gene Wolfe Timescape Books / SFBC 04946   276
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Don Maitz Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1986-11-00 Gene Wolfe Arrow Books 0-09-926320-3
£2.50?£: UK pound
303
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 Peter Andrew Jones Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1987-00-00 Gene Wolfe Arrow Books 0-09-926320-3
£2.95?£: UK pound
303
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 Peter Andrew Jones Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 1989-00-00 Gene Wolfe The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)     303
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Checkmark
La sombra del torturador 1989-00-00 Gene Wolfe Minotauro 84-450-7096-7   346
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel Michael Johnson (artist)  
De schaduw van de folteraar 1989-04-00 Gene Wolfe Meulenhoff (M=SF #264) 90-290-4341-5   286
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 Peter A. Jones Checkmark
Senka mučitelja?Senka mucitelja
Senka muchitelja
1990-00-00
Džin Volf?Dzin Volf
Dzhin Volf
Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)     238
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
Nowa Fantastyka 3 (90) 1990 1990-03-00 ed.
Lech Jęczmyk?Lech Jeczmyk
       
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
mag Chris Moore  
The Shadow of the Torturer 1991-02-00 Gene Wolfe Legend 0-09-926320-3
£3.99?£: UK pound
303
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 Stephen Bradbury  
Shadow & Claw 1994-11-00 Gene Wolfe Orb 0-312-89017-6
$14.95?$: US dollar
413
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.
omni Don Maitz  
L'ombra del Torturatore 1997-03-00 Gene Wolfe Editrice Nord (Narrativa Nord #81) 88-429-0955-6
Lit 22,000?Lit: Italian lira
258
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 Bruce Pennington  
The Book of the New Sun 1998-06-00 Gene Wolfe Science Fiction Book Club 1-56865-807-9 / 18097
$15.98?$: US dollar
950
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Don Maitz Checkmark
The Book of the New Sun Volume 1: Shadow and Claw 2000-00-00 Gene Wolfe Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #1) 1-85798-977-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
603
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.
omni Jim Burns Checkmark
The Book of the New Sun Volume 1: Shadow and Claw 2000-03-00 Gene Wolfe Millennium / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #1) 1-85798-977-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
603
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.
omni Jim Burns Checkmark
The Book of the New Sun Volume 1: Shadow and Claw 2001-00-00 Gene Wolfe Gollancz (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #1) 1-85798-977-5
£7.99?£: UK pound
603
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.
omni Jim Burns  
A kínvallató árnya?A kinvallato arnya
2006-00-00 Gene Wolfe
Delta Vision Kiadó?Delta Vision Kiado
(A képzelet mesterei)
963-7041-91-5
Ft 2,350?Ft: Hungarian forint
323
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 Vass Richárd Checkmark
L'ombre du bourreau: L'intégrale 1/2 2006-06-00 Gene Wolfe
Denoël?Denoel
(Lunes d'encre)
2-207-25634-0
€33.00?€: Euro
1097
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.
omni Guillaume Sorel  
The Shadow of the Torturer 2007-00-00 Gene Wolfe Centipede Press  
$225.00?$: US dollar
254
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
novel  
Severian of the Guild 2007-10-00 Gene Wolfe Gollancz / Orion 978-0-575-08130-7
£14.99?£: UK pound
905
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.
omni Chris Moore  
Umbra Torționarului?Umbra Tortionarului
2009-00-00 Gene Wolfe Editura Leda 978-973-102-220-8   448
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 Bruce Pennington  
The Shadow of the Torturer 2010-01-12 Gene Wolfe Audible Studios      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
novel Checkmark
The Book of the New Sun: Shadow and Claw 2011-09-01 Gene Wolfe Gollancz (Gollancz 50) 978-0-575-11673-3
£8.99?£: UK pound
603
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer 2011-09-29 Gene Wolfe Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-11415-9
£4.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
novel  
The Book of the New Sun Vol 1: Shadow and Claw 2015-03-12 Gene Wolfe Gollancz (Fantasy Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-1197-1
£10.99?£: UK pound
608
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.
omni  
The Book of the New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw 2016-11-10 Gene Wolfe Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II)) 978-1-4732-1649-5
£12.99?£: UK pound
603
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.
omni Laura Brett Checkmark
Shadow & Claw 2021-06-08 Gene Wolfe Tor (Tor Essentials) 978-1-250-78125-3
$19.99?$: US dollar
528
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.
omni Don Maitz  
Shadow & Claw 2021-06-08 Gene Wolfe Tor (Tor Essentials) 978-1-250-82704-3
$30.99?$: US dollar
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Don Maitz  
The Shadow of the Torturer date unknown Gene Wolfe Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-54066-1
$3.50?$: US dollar
262
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer date unknown Gene Wolfe Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-45070-0
$2.75?$: US dollar
262
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
The Shadow of the Torturer date unknown Gene Wolfe Timescape / Pocket Books 0-671-46398-5
$2.95?$: US dollar
262
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 Don Maitz Checkmark
Shadow & Claw date unknown Gene Wolfe Orb 978-0-312-89017-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
413
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.
omni Don Maitz Checkmark
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