Radix is a science fiction novel by American writer A. A. Attanasio, published in 1981. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1981. It is the first of four books in Attanasio's Radix Tetrad, followed by In Other Worlds in 1984.Radix is the story of a young man's odyssey of self-discovery, from dangerous adolescent to warrior, from outcast to near-god, in a far-future Earth dramatically changed from the one we know.All four books of the Tetrad are being re-issued by Phoenix Pick, an imprint of Arc Manor Publishers.
“The stars baked my bones; The oceans culled my blood, And the forests shaped my lungs. Who am I?”
A. A. Attanasio book Radix
A.A. Attanasio. Radix, the epic novel of ultimate discovery. New English Library, Hodder and Stoughton. 1981. p.223 ISBN 9780340618400
