The Moment of the Magician

Book Details

The Moment of the Magician

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Author(s):

Alan Dean Foster

First Pub:

1984

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

17 chapters

Internal ID:

13589

Series:

<- The Day of the Dissonance - The Paths of the Perambulator ->

Spellsinger*

#4 of 8

Spellsinger*

A series of fantasy novels by Alan Dean Foster.

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1) Spellsinger
2) The Hour of the Gate
3) The Day of the Dissonance
4) The Moment of the Magician
5) The Paths of the Perambulator
6) The Time of the Transference
7) Son of Spellsinger
8) Chorus Skating

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Tim Hildebrandt,
A good friend and a fellow journeyer
Through the lands of Never-Never...

First Sentence:

"And I say Oplode should give way!"

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Jon-Tom lay at the bottom of the boat and wondered if maybe Markus the Ineluctable hadn't been the lucky one.

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Added: 27-Mar-2023

Last Updated: 12-Feb-2024

Publications

01-Feb-1986

Warner Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Feb-1986

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.50

Pages*:

312

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

33463

Publisher:

Warner Books

ISBN:

0-446-32326-8

ISBN-13:

978-0-446-32326-0

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Carl Lundgren - Cover Artist
Don Puckey - Cover Design

"TROPICAL, FRIENDLY, AND
LARGELY UNINHABITED"
was how Clothahump the wizard had described the swamps of the south. But from warring colonies of tough-talking prairie dogs, to the magical mime-vines, to a mammoth mountain of living muck and a hidden colony of dreaded Plated Folk, Jon-Tom the spellsinger and his otter comrade Mudge find their journey southward full of strong spells and deadly foes.

Should they ever reach the city of Quasequa, their mission is to unman the mysterious new magician, Marcus the Ineluctable. But Marcus' forces seem unlimited, his hunger for power insatiable, and his influence over his followers total. Is the spellsinging magic of Jon-Tom enough to save Quasequa - and all of the wizard's world?

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Hardcover edition published by Phantasia Press
First Warner Books Printing: March, 1985
Third printing based on the number line
Canada: $4.50

Author(s)

Alan Dean Foster
Birth: 18 Nov 1946 New York, New York, USA

Notes:

Alan Dean Foster (1946 - ) was born in New York City but was raised in Los Angeles, California. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Masters of Fine Arts in Cinema from UCLA. He worked for a while as a copywriter for a small advertising firm. His writing career began in 1968 and when a letter of his was published as a short story in the bi-annual magazine The Arkham Collector. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, was published by Ballantine Books in 1972.

Foster's work includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and western fiction. He has also written novelizations of many films including Star Wars and Alien.

His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first time for a science fiction writing work.

Awards

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