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Sean Guynes

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Tag: Pub Year: 1972

Reading “Wolfwinter” by Thomas Burnett Swann

Posted on December 11, 2025December 16, 2025 by sonofsagan in Genre Fantasies, Reading...

Thomas Burnett Swann’s Wolfwinter (1972) is the author's seventh novel, one of his best, and a deeply moving meditation on love and choice set in the forests of sixth-century BCE Italy.

Tagged Author: Thomas Burnett Swann, Cover Artist: Gene Szafran, Genre: Fantasy, Pub Decade: 1970s, Pub Year: 1972, Publisher: Ballantine Books1 Comment

Reading “Green Phoenix” by Thomas Burnett Swann

Posted on December 5, 2025December 18, 2025 by sonofsagan in Genre Fantasies, Reading...

Thomas Burnett Swann’s Green Phoenix (1972) is the author's sixth novel, a partial retelling of the story of Aeneas that deals heavily with gender relations and sexual violence.

Tagged Author: Thomas Burnett Swann, Cover Artist: George Barr, Genre: Fantasy, Narrative Series: Latium, Pub Decade: 1970s, Pub Year: 1972, Publisher: DAW Books3 Comments

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