- Hardcover: 450 pages
- Publisher: Night Shade Books (Sep 15 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1892389517
- ISBN-13: 978-1892389510
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16.1 x 3.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 853 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,184,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Midnight Sun is the companion volume to Gods in Darkness, and collects all of the Kane short stories and poetry. The Complete Stories of Kane. Table of Contents: Death Angel's Shadow (Poem) Undertow Two Suns Setting The Dark Muse Sing a Last Song of Valdese Misericorde Lynortis Reprise Raven's Eyrie In the Lair of Yslsl Reflections for the Winter of My Soul Cold Light Mirage The Other One The Gothic Touch Midnight Sun (Poem) Lacunae Deep in the Depths of the Acme Warehouse At First Just Ghostly The Treasure of Lynortis (Early version of "Lynotris Reprise") In the Wake of the Night (lost novel fragment) The Once and Future Kane (Non-fiction essay)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Kane- the Ultimate Rogue,
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This review is from: The Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane (Hardcover)
Karl Edward Wagner's Kane is one of the most unique characters in fiction. Based on the Biblical Cain, Kane is an immortal who wanders his world (a version of Earth) hatching plots and trying to stave off boredom. Wagner decribes him as six feet tall, 300 pounds of muscle with red hair and beard. His most remarkable feature are his eyes, which are a piercing blue and contain a insane killer's gleam- the mark of Kane. Immensely strong and lightning quick, Kane is master of all weapons and combat types. Kane is also a sorcerer of great power. Wagner's creation is utterly amoral, at times a leader of ravaging armies or bandit bands. Sometimes he is hunted by those trying to seek righteous vengence or rid the world of his evil. The stories span thousands of years and the last ones take place in contemporary San Francisco and London. Dispite the monumental evil which Kane has perpetrated in his millennia long existance, the reader can't help but root for him. That's good writing!
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follow up,
By Robert Bottos "Rebel Rob aka Avid Fan" (Coquitlam, British Columbia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane (Hardcover)
This is to follow up on my previous review. I'm 3/4's of the way through the book and so far I've noticed at least one word typo in each story. Granted this is a small thing to complain about but let's face facts, in these days of computers and spell checks, there should not be any spelling errors or typos! All in all, still a great book, it's just sad to see that the proof reading wasn't top rate.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must have for all fans of Kane.,
By Robert Bottos "Rebel Rob aka Avid Fan" (Coquitlam, British Columbia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane (Hardcover)
This book is a fitting companion to Night Shade Books previous release "Gods in Darkness". The text is crisp and clean and I have only noticed one typographical error. This book brings together for the first time all of Karl Edward Wagner's short stories and poems about his mystic swordsman anti-hero Kane. The stories are presented in chronological order which is a nice change. Readers who own "Night Winds" will note that "Sing A Last Song of Valdese" now preceeds "Lynortis Reprise" and "Raven's Eyrie". My only complaint, and it is minor, is that Night Shade didn't include an overall chronology of the Kane stories in both of it's editions. I first read Wagner's Kane stories when I was 13 years old. Twenty-two years later they still hold their appeal and I'm saddened that there will be no more tales of Kane. Hint, hint, perhaps there is an author out there willing to pick up where Wagner left off. My favourite tale in this entire collection is "Reflections for the Winter of my Soul". This is one of the best werewolf stories I have ever read and I think it would make a great adaptation to the screen or a show like "The Outerlimits" or "Tales From the Darkside".
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