The Fifth Head of Cerberus

Technically a collection of three novellas: "The Fifth Head of Cerberus," "'A Story' by John V. Marsch," and "V. R. T." Thematically a novel. The Fifth Head of Cerberus was pre-published a couple of months before the novel, and has been reprinted multiple times as a separate work. The second part was extracted and published as 'A Story' by John V. Marsch in 1994. The third part was extracted and translated into German as V. R. T.. Otherwise it has never appeared separately in English from the novel. Do not create content records for the separate novellas when adding a publication record to this title.

• Titled "The Fifth Head of Cerberus (over) Three Novellas (over) By Gene Wolfe" on the title page.
• First edition based on the first letter in the code "A-4.72 [c]" stated on the copyright page. This also provided the month of publication (April 1972).
• Publisher stated as "Scribners" on the spine of the book and dust jacket, but as "Charles Scribner's Sons" on the title page.
• LCCN 77-38283 stated on the copyright page.
• "SBN: 684-12830-6 (Trade Cloth)" stated on the copyright page. The ISBN for this record has been derived from this SBN.