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West of January
AuthorDave Duncan
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy novel
Publication date
1989 (1st edition)
Media typePrint (Trade paperback & Paperback)
ISBN0-345-35836-8 (1st edition)
OCLC20184025
LC ClassCPB Box no. 2609 vol. 21

West of January is a fantasy novel by Dave Duncan. The book won the 1990 Prix Aurora Award (Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy) for Best Long-Form Work in English.[1]

Plot

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The novel is set on a world called Vernier, on which the cycle of day and night lasts two hundred years. It describes the journey of discovery of Knobil, a herdsman born on the grasslands of Vernier.

References

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  1. ^ "Aurora Awards 1990". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2018-10-31.