Difference between revisions of "Legion (series)"

The first two novellas were released as standalone stories; [[wikipedia:Subterranean Press|Subterranean Press]] published limited leatherbound hardcover editions,{{bws ref|august-conventions-legion-updates|August Conventions, ''Legion'' & Updates|date=2012-08-07}} while [[Dragonsteel Entertainment]] published the ebooks. Dragonsteel later published new hardcover editions when Subterranean's editions became harder to find.{{bws ref|the-many-aspects-of-the-legion-book-covers|The Many Aspects of the Legion Book Covers|date=2018-09-04}}{{bws ref|introducing-legion-skin-deep|Introducing ''Legion: Skin Deep''|date=2014-11-25|name=skin deep}} The third and final novella was published by Tor Books as part of an omnibus collecting all three novellas entitled ''[[Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds]]''. The three novellas are separate, but written to provide a cohesive story.{{ref|text=''[[Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds]]'' preface}}{{tor ref|cover-reveal-brandon-sanderson-legion-the-many-lives-of-stephen-leeds/|''Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds'' cover reveal|date= Mar 20th, 2018}}

''Legion'' is set in an alternative universe Earth which seems to be equivalent to ours up to the 21st century. [[Stephen Leeds]]'s abilities are largely explained in-world as psychological phenomena combined with his genius intellect and photographic memory, although certain events seem to have supernatural influence. Leeds is also an unreliable narrator due to ongoing mental struggles. Real-life entities such as the [[wikipedia:FBI|FBI]], [[wikipedia:Lexus|Lexus]], and [[wikipedia:SIG Sauer|SIG Sauer]] are mentioned,{{book ref|legion2|9}}{{book ref|legion3|9}}{{book ref|legion2|13}} but there are some technological developments that exceed any parallels in the real world, such as a virtual reality "[[holodeck]]".{{book ref|legion3|11}}

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