Author: Piers Anthony
Year: 1977
Type: NOVEL
Series: Xanth
Series Number: 1
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Spell_for_Chameleon
ISFDB Record Number: 1157
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Variant Titles:
- Chamäleon-Zauber [German] (1983) - Piers Anthony
Awards:
- 1978 British Fantasy Award - August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) (Win)
- 1978 Gandalf Award - Book-Length Fantasy (Nomination)
- 1978 Locus Poll Award - Best Fantasy Novel (Place: 9)
- 1987 Locus Poll Award - All-Time Best Fantasy Novel (Place: 18)
Publications:
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Sep 1977, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25855-X, $1.95, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan - [VERIFIED]
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Aug 1978, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25855-X, $1.95, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan - [VERIFIED]
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Feb 1979, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25855-X, $1.95, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan - [VERIFIED]
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Aug 1979, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-25855-X, $2.25, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan - [VERIFIED]
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Sep 1980, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-28766-5, $2.25, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan - [VERIFIED]
- The Magic of Xanth, (Feb 1981, Piers Anthony, publ. Nelson Doubleday / SFBC, #5574, $6.50, 660pp, hc, omni) Cover: Tony Fiyalko - [VERIFIED]
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Sep 1981, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-28766-5, $2.75, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan - [VERIFIED]
- Magic of Xanth, (1983, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-32058-1, $8.45, 344+326+329pp, pb, omni)
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Jun 1983, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-30422-5, $2.75, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan - [VERIFIED]
- Chamäleon-Zauber, (Oct 1983, Piers Anthony, publ. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe Fantasy #20053), 3-404-20053-5, DM 8.80, pb) Cover: Tim White
- A Spell for Chameleon, (1984, Piers Anthony, publ. Orbit, 0-7088-8104-1, £2.50, 344pp, pb)
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Feb 1984, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-31771-8, $2.95, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan - [VERIFIED]
- A Spell for Chameleon, (May 1984, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-31771-8, $2.95, pb)
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Jun 1984, Piers Anthony, publ. Macdonald, 0-356-09812-5, £8.95, 344pp, hc)
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Dec 1985, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-33599-6, $3.50, pb)
- Magic of Xanth, (1986, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-00569-4, $10.50, 344+326+329pp, pb, omni)
- A Spell for Chameleon, (1987, Piers Anthony, publ. Ballantine, 0-345-34753-6, $7.50, 352pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan
- A Spell for Chameleon, (1988, Piers Anthony, publ. Warner Books, 0-87188-126-8, $14.95, audio cassette)
- The Magic of Xanth, (1989, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-34046-9, $10.50, 344+326+329pp, pb, omni)
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Mar 1990, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-34753-6, $4.95, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan - [VERIFIED]
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Aug 1991, Piers Anthony, publ. Orbit, 0-7088-8104-1, £4.50, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Sep 1991, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-34753-6, $5.95, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan
- Three Complete Xanth Novels, (1994, Piers Anthony, publ. Wings Books, 0-517-12233-2, $12.99, 774pp, hc, omni) Cover: Keith Parkinson
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Feb 1994, Piers Anthony, publ. Orbit, 1-85723-250-X, £4.99, 344pp, pb) Cover: Darrell K. Sweet
- A Spell for Chameleon, (Jul 1997, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-41849-2, $11.00, 256pp, tp) Cover: Michael Whelan
- A Spell for Chameleon, (May 1998, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-34753-6, $3.99, 344pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan
- A Spell for Chameleon, (1999, Piers Anthony, publ. The Easton Press (The Masterpieces of Fantasy), 217pp, hc)
- Xanth: The Quest for Magic, (Oct 2002, Piers Anthony, publ. Del Rey / Ballantine, 0-345-45328-X, $18.95, 774pp, tp, omni)
- A Spell for Chameleon, (date unknown, Piers Anthony, publ. Ballantine, 0-345-34753-6, $6.99, 352pp, pb) Cover: Michael Whelan
Reviews:
- Review by Paul McGuire, III (1978) in Science Fiction Review, February 1978
- Review by Philip Stephensen-Payne (1978) in Paperback Parlour, December 1978
- Review by Joseph Nicholas (1984) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 5
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