{{Short description|1984 collection by M. John Harrison}} {{italic title}} '''''Viriconium Nights''''' is a collection by M. John Harrison published in 1984.
==Contents== ''Viriconium Nights'' is a collection of seven stories which take place inside the metropolis of Viriconium and its surrounding area.<ref name="WD70 "/>
=== 1984 Ace edition ===
* The Lamia and Lord Cromis * Lamia Mutable * Viriconium Knights * Events Witnessed from a City * The Luck in the Head * The Lords of Misrule * In Viriconium * Strange Great Sins === 1985 Gollancz edition ===
* The Luck in the Head * The Lamia and Lord Cromis * Strange Great Sins * Viriconium Knights * The Dancer from the Dance * Lords of Misrule * A Young Man's Journey to Viriconium
==Reception== Dave Langford reviewed ''Viriconium Nights'' for ''White Dwarf'' #70, and stated that "They have a precise, exotic sleaziness, leaving you with uncomfortable images: insect-masks recur, and the Mari Llwyd (the rib-boned horse-skull of folklore), and technological decay (as with the unforgettable, filthy power-weapon of the first story). I like them. I think."<ref name="WD70">{{cite magazine | last =Langford | first =Dave | author-link =David Langford | title =Critical Mass | magazine =White Dwarf | issue =70 | pages =16 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = October 1985 }}</ref>
== Publication history == New York: Ace (paperback), 1984 (dedicated to Algis Budrys); revised/definitive edition, (1st hardcover ed) London: Gollancz, 1985 (dedication to Budrys removed). The stories in the British hardcover edition are revised and the author's preferred texts.
==Reviews== *Review by Brian Stableford (1985) in ''Fantasy Review'', February 1985 *Review by Baird Searles (1985) in ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'', February 1985 *Review by Barbara Davies (1985) in ''Vector'' 128
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Category:1984 short stories Category:British short story collections Category:English-language books