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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of The Book of the Short Sun (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Goodwill of Colorado (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
    Book Price: $14.47
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This item is in overall good condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have minor wear including slight curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages are intact but may have minor highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have slight wear overall. Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable and/or active. Minor shelf wear overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!

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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun'
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: HPB-Ruby (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
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Return to the Whorl : The Final Volume of 'the Book of the Short Sun'
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom (2002)


    Seller: Better World Books (Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
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Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Return to the Whorl (Paperback or Softback)
    by Wolfe, Gene

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    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books 3/6/2002 (2002)


    Seller: BargainBookStores (Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.)
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Return to the Whorl 0.84

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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
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Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.

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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Good
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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Books Unplugged (Amherst, NY, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Fair
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Return to the Whorl
    by Wolfe, Gene

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    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: GreatBookPrices (Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)
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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Lucky's Textbooks (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2024)


    Seller: Save With Sam (North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)
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Return to the Whorl
    by Wolfe, Gene

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    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: GreatBookPrices (Columbia, MD, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: As New
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Return to the Whorl 03 Book of the Short Sun Paperback
    by Wolfe, Gene

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    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia (2010)


    Seller: PBShop.store US (Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.)
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New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

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Return to the Whorl (Paperback)
    by Gene Wolfe

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books, Sydney (2002)


    Seller: Grand Eagle Retail (Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $22.33
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Paperback. Third volume in the Book of the Short Sun trilogy, narrated by Horn, who has embarked on a quest in search of the heroic leader Patera Silk. Gene Wolfe's "Return to the Whorl" is the third volume, after" On Blue's Waters "and" In Green's Jungles," of his ambitious SF trilogy The Book of the Short Sun . . . It is again narrated by Horn, who has embarked on a quest in search of the heroic leader Patera Silk. Horn has traveled from his home on the planet Blue, reached the mysterious planet Green, and visited the great starship, the Whorl and even, somehow, the distant planet Urth. But Horn's identity has become ambiguous, a complex question embedded in the story, whose telling is itself complex, shifting from place to place, present to past. Perhaps Horn and Silk are now one being. "Return to the Whorl" brings Wolfe's major new fiction, The Book of the Short Sun, to a strange and seductive climax. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Book Deals (Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.)
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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: California Books (Miami, FL, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $23.00
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Return to the Whorl (Book of the Short Sun, 3) [Audio Book (CD) ]
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9781978694583
    Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio (2022)


    Seller: booksXpress (Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.)
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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Ergodebooks (Houston, TX, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $25.34
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    TOTAL Cost: $25.34

Gene Wolfe's Return to the Whorl is the third volume, after On Blue's Waters and In Green's Jungles, of his ambitious SF trilogy The Book of the Short Sun . . . It is again narrated by Horn, who has embarked on a quest in search of the heroic leader Patera Silk. Horn has traveled from his home on the planet Blue, reached the mysterious planet Green, and visited the great starship, the Whorl and even, somehow, the distant planet Urth. But Horn's identity has become ambiguous, a complex question embedded in the story, whose telling is itself complex, shifting from place to place, present to past. Perhaps Horn and Silk are now one being. Return to the Whorl brings Wolfe's major new fiction, The Book of the Short Sun, to a strange and seductive climax.

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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Arundel Books (Seattle, WA, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $20.99
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    TOTAL Cost: $25.44

New!

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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Hafa Adai Books (Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $23.95
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    TOTAL Cost: $27.90

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Return to the Whorl: -the Final Volume, # 3, of the "Book of the Short Sun"
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books, New York (2002)


    Seller: Nessa Books (Hamilton, ON, Canada)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $15.50
    Shipping: $14.75
    TOTAL Cost: $30.25

-----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover, 412 pages, no names, crease on back cover, remainder mark on top edge (very minor), wrap-around cover art by Jim Burns, check out the scans. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Return to the Whorl
    by Wolfe, Gene

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    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: ST MARTINS PR 3PL (2002)


    Seller: Russell Books (Victoria, BC, Canada)
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    Book Price: $20.99
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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks (Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $27.03
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    TOTAL Cost: $31.03

New. Fast Shipping and good customer service

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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Front Cover Books (Denver, CO, U.S.A.)
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    Book Price: $26.74
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Return to the Whorl
    by Gene Wolfe

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL (2002)


    Seller: Ria Christie Collections (Uxbridge, United Kingdom)
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    Book Price: $19.33
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    TOTAL Cost: $31.92

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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: Byrd Books (Austin, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $31.45
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    TOTAL Cost: $33.45

In Used Condition

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Return to the Whorl: The Final Volume of 'The Book of the Short Sun' (Book of the Short Sun, 3)
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: GoldBooks (Austin, TX, U.S.A.)
    Used Book—Condition: Very Good
    Book Price: $30.79
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    TOTAL Cost: $35.04

Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed

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Return to the Whorl
    by Wolfe, Gene

    Paperback
    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE (Southport, United Kingdom)
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    TOTAL Cost: $36.26

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Return to the Whorl
    by Wolfe, Gene

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    ISBN: 9780312873646
    Publisher: Tor Books (2002)


    Seller: GreatBookPricesUK (Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom)
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