The Magic Goes Away

The Magic Goes Away
Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 139
Release: 1982-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780708880937

Larry Niven created his popular "Magic Goes Away" universe in 1967, and it has been a source of delight and inspiration ever since. By asking the simple question, What if magic were a finite resource?, Niven brought to life a mesmerizing world of wonder and loss, of hope and despair. The success of his first story collection, "The Magic Goes Away, " birthed two sequel anthologies, "The Magic May Return" and "More Magic." All three volumes are collected here for the first time, with stories by Niven himself, as well as contributions by such luminaries of fantasy as Roger Zelazny, Fred Saberhagen, Steven Barnes, and Poul Anderson. Featuring a brand-new introduction by Larry Niven, "The Magic Goes Away Collection" gives readers insight into the breathtaking world of Niven and Jerry Pournelle's "The Burning City" and "Burning Tower" and stands on its own as a landmark in fantasy fiction

Waiting for the Magic

Waiting for the Magic
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2012-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416927468

When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.

The Burning City

The Burning City
Author: Jerry Pournelle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 647
Release: 2010-12-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1439120188

Set in the world of Larry Niven's popular The Magic Goes Away, The Burning City transports readers to an enchanted ancient city bearing a provocative resemblance to our own modern society. Here Yagen-Atep, the volatile and voracious god of fire, alternately protects and destroys the city's denizens. In Tep's Town, nothing can burn indoors and no fire can start -- except when the Burning comes upon the city. Then the people, possessed by Yagen-Atep, set their own town ablaze in a riotous orgy of destruction that often comes without warning. Whandall Placehold has lived with the Burning all his life. Fighting his way to adulthood in the mean-but-magical streets of the city's most blighted neighborhoods, Whandall dreams of escaping the god's wrath to find a new and better life. But his best hope for freedom may lie with Morth of Atlantis, the enigmatic sorcerer who killed his father!

More Magic

More Magic
Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1984
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The Magic Goes Away

The Magic Goes Away
Author: Larry Niven
Publisher:
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1978
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Once there was magic in the world, but hordes of selfish, short-sighted magicians have used up the mana that moved the world, and the magic goes away. So Orolandes goes on a quest in search of the lost power.

Burning Tower

Burning Tower
Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2006-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416548718

Return to the "vivid and unusual" (Kirkus Reviews) world of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Burning City, where the fire god has retreated into myth, leaving the residents of Tep's Town unprotected for the first time in their history. Unfortunately, a fiery fate isn't the only danger the town is facing. From out of the desert come monsters -- great birds with blades instead of wings, driven by some unknown force. Although they can be killed, the threat these terror birds pose is worse than death. Danger on the roads means no trade. No trade means that Tep's Town will be no more. Sent by the Lords of Lordshills to discover the source of the terror birds, Lord Sandry and his beloved, Burning Tower, must travel into a world where magic is still strong -- and where someone or something waits to destroy them! Filled with the sweeping adventure, memorable characters, and imaginative world-building that have defined the novels of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Burning Tower is another triumph.

Tomorrow's Magic

Tomorrow's Magic
Author: Pamela F. Service
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2009-04-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307498336

It's 500 years after the nuclear holocaust that devastated the earth's population and left the few survivors dealing with unending winter. At their remote British boarding school, Wellington Jones and Heather McKenna have a lot in common. Both are misfits trying to avoid attention, and both are fascinated by Earl, a tall, calm, older boy with no recollection of his past, but a remarkable knack for showing up when he is needed most. When a blow to the head brings Earl's memory back, he claims that he is actually Merlin . . . a 2000-year-old wizard. Originally published in two volumes in the mid-1980s, Pamela F. Service's creative, futuristic spin on the Camelot legend will appeal to Arthurian purists and fantasy lovers alike.