Wizard’s Worlds

~ A Novella by Andre Norton

wizards worlds ss 1967

 

Synopsis ~

After Earth's devastating atomic wars, mutations began cropping up ~ notably the Espers. Once respected, then warily tolerated for their wild talents, all Espers are now either trapped in labor camps, hunted fugitives, or - worst of all - traitors, serving as trackers to hunt down fugitives. Craike, an Esper now hoping only for a quick death before he can be forced to betray his allies to the hunters only minutes behind him, climbs to the top of a rocky gorge in the desert, flings himself from the brink ~ and falls into a foaming river where no river could be! His desperation and Esper talent have somehow unlocked a gate between realities, into another world.

 

Bibliography of English Editions ~

  • Worlds of If (1967) Edited by Frederik Poul, Published by Galaxy Publishing, Mag., $0.50, 164pg, June, (pgs. 7-49) ~ cover by Wenzel

Contains:
    4 • Why the Earth Isn't Round • [Editorial (If)] • essay by Frederik Pohl [as by The Editor]
    7 • Wizard's World • novella by Andre Norton
    11 • Wizard's World • interior artwork by Gray Morrow
    50 • Berserker's Prey • [Berserker] • short story by Fred Saberhagen
    58 • All True Believers • novelette by Howard L. Morris
    65 • All True Believers • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
    78 • The N3F and Others • [Our Man in Fandom] • essay by Lin Carter
    83 • The Castaways • short story by Jack B. Lawson
    94 • Spaceman! (Part 2 of 3) • serial by Keith Laumer (book publication as Galactic Odyssey)
    98 • Spaceman! (Part 2 of 3) • interior artwork by Castellon
    135 • Family Loyalty • short story by Stan Elliott
    141 • Driftglass • short story by Samuel R. Delany
    143 • Driftglass • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan [as by Gaughan]
    159 • Hue and Cry (If, June 1967) • [Hue and Cry] • essay by Frederik Pohl [as by The Editor]
    162 • Letter (Worlds of If, June 1967) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke

 

  • High Sorcery (1970) Published by ACE, PB, 0-441-33701-, $0.60, 156pg ~ cover by Gray Morrow
  • Nucleus: The Center of the Fantasy World #7, (1971) Published by Fantasy Worlds Unlimited, Edited by Mark Wheatley, mag, 15pg ~ cover by Kelly Freas ~ Graphic novel adaption of Wizards' World by Mark Wheatley, note: On page 14 it states "to be continued" making this only the first quarter of the story by Andre Norton. 
  • Witches: Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy # 2 (1984) Edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Published by NAL/Signet, PB, 0-451-12882-6, $3.95, 350pg ~ cover by Kinuko Craft

Contains:
    9 • Introduction: Witches • (1984) • essay by Isaac Asimov
    12 • My Mother Was a Witch • (1966) • short story by William Tenn
    18 • A Message from Charity • (1967) • short story by William M. Lee
    37 • The Witch • (1943) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
    58 • The Witches of Karres • [Karres] • (1949) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
    99 • Spree • (1984) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
    107 • Devil's Henchman • (1952) • short story by Murray Leinster
    121 • Malice in Wonderland • (1957) • novelette by Rufus King
    140 • Operation Salamander • [Operation Chaos] • (1957) • novelette by Poul Anderson
    166 • Wizard's World • (1967) • novella by Andre Norton
    212 • Sweets to the Sweet • (1947) • short story by Robert Bloch
    221 • Poor Little Saturday • (1956) • short story by Madeleine L'Engle
    236 • Squeakie's First Case • (1943) • novelette by Margaret Manners
    258 • The Ipswich Phial • [Lord Darcy] • (1976) • novelette by Randall Garrett
    303 • Black Heart and White Heart • (1896) • novella by H. Rider Haggard

 

  • Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Witches & Wizards (1985) Edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Published by Bonanza, HC, 0-517-47669-X, $6.98, 649pg ~ cover by unkown
  • Wizards’ Worlds (1989) Edited by Ingrid Zierhut, Published by TOR, HC, 0-312-93191-3, $17.95, 500pg ~ cover by Lucy Synk
  • A Magic-Lover’s Treasury of the Fantastic (1998) Edited by Margaret Weis & Martin H. Greenberg, Published by Warner Aspect, TP, 0-446-67284-X, $13.99, 422pg ~ cover by Keith Birdsong

Contains:
    vii • Introduction (A Magic Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic) • essay by Margaret Weis
    1 • What Good Is a Glass Dagger? • [Magic Goes Away] • (1972) • novelette by Larry Niven
    41 • The Princess and the Bear • (1980) • novelette by Orson Scott Card
    72 • The Summoning • (1991) • short story by Katherine Kurtz
    85 • As Is • (1968) • novelette by Robert Silverberg
    102 • The Alchemist and the Witch • (1991) • novelette by Christopher Stasheff
    133 • Fiddler Fair • [Ithkar] • (1986) • novelette by Mercedes Lackey
    151 • Wizard's World • (1967) • novella by Andre Norton
    202 • Geroldo's Incredible Trick • (1995) • short story by Raymond E. Feist
    211 • Willow • (1982) • novelette by C. J. Cherryh
    232 • The Vacation • (1963) • short story by Ray Bradbury
    240 • Mazirian the Magician • [Dying Earth] • (1950) • novelette by Jack Vance
    257 • Bazaar of the Bizarre • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1963) • novelette by Fritz Leiber
    282 • The Lady's Gifts • (1995) • short story by Melanie Rawn
    295 • The Walker Behind • [Lythande] • (1987) • short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
    312 • Anything Box • (1956) • short story by Zenna Henderson (variant of The Anything Box)
    327 • The White Horse Child • (1979) • short story by Greg Bear
    347 • Armaja Das • (1976) • short story by Joe Haldeman
    366 • ROVPD/CAVEE/EFI • (1995) • novelette by F. Paul Wilson
    391 • The Word of Unbinding • [Earthsea Cycle] • (1964) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
    398 • The Last Defender of Camelot • (1979) • novelette by Roger Zelazny

 

  • A Magic-Lover’s Treasury of the Fantastic (1998) Edited by Margaret Weis & Martin H. Greenberg, Published by Warner Aspect, SFBC, HC, #20073, 0-446-67284-X, $10-98, 422pg ~ cover by Keith Birdsong

 

Non-English Editions ~

  • (1998) A Magic-Lover’s Treasury of the Fantastic (1998) Edited by Margaret Weis & Martin H. Greenberg, Published in Sofia, Bulgaria; by Abagar Ltd., HC, ~ Bulgarian title Магьоснически свят [Wizarding world]
  • As Le monde des sorciers [The Wizarding World] (1970) Published in Paris, France; by OPTA, Edited by Michel Demuth, Mag., no ISBN, #75, 350 Fr, 152pg ~ cover by Ed Emshwiller ~ French title Galaxie (2ème série) [Galaxy - 2nd series]
  • As Il mondo dei maghi [The world of wizards] (1979) Published in Bologna, Italy; by Libra Editrice, Saturno. Collana di fantascienza n. 19, 2.500 Lir, 186pg ~ translated by Roberta Rambelli ~ cover by Allison ~ Italian title Le terre degli incantesimi [The lands of spells]

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