West of January
{{short description|1989 novel by Dave Duncan}}
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| name = West of January
| image = West of January.jpg
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| author = Dave Duncan
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| language = English
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| genre = Fantasy novel
| publisher =
| release_date = 1989 (1st edition)
| media_type = Print (Trade paperback & Paperback)
| pages =
| isbn = 0-345-35836-8
| isbn_note = (1st edition)
| congress= CPB Box no. 2609 vol. 21
| oclc= 20184025
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West of January is a fantasy novel by Dave Duncan. The book won the 1990 Prix Aurora Award (Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy) for Best Long-Form Work in English.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Aurora_Awards_1990 |title=Aurora Awards 1990 |website=www.sfadb.com |access-date=2018-10-31}}
Plot
The novel is set on a world called Vernier, on which the cycle of day and night lasts two hundred years. It describes the journey of discovery of Knobil, a herdsman born on the grasslands of Vernier.