Title: The Magic Goes Away Title Record # 6512
Author: Larry Niven
Date: 1976-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Magic Goes Away
Series Number: 1
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Language: English User Rating: 7.50 (2 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title 1979ⓘTranslated by Pon Ruiter Dutch De ondergang der magiërs 1981 German Wenn der Zauber vergeht 1994 Hungarian A mágia elenyészik

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
3	1979 Locus	Best Art or Illustrated Book
Withdrawn -- Ineligible	1979 Gandalf	Book-Length Fantasy
Nomination	1979 World Fantasy	Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Odyssey, Summer 1976	1976-00-00	ed. Roger Elwood	Gambi Publications		$1.00?$: US dollar	80	quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag	John B. Gaughan
The Magic Goes Away	1978-00-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51545-2	$14.95?$: US dollar	[6]+ 213+ [5]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away	1978-10-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51544-4	$4.95?$: US dollar	[6]+ 213+ [5]	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away	1978-11-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51544-4	$4.95?$: US dollar	[6]+ 213+ [5]	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away	1979-00-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51546-0	$2.25?$: US dollar	211+ [8]	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away	1979-10-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51546-0	$2.25?$: US dollar	218	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away	1979-11-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51546-0	$2.25?$: US dollar	[6]+ 212+ [6]	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away	1981-10-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51547-9	$2.50?$: US dollar	213	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris
The Magic Goes Away	1982-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	0-7088-8093-2	£1.25?£: UK pound	139	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Peter Jones
The Magic Goes Away	1983-01-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51552-5	$2.75?$: US dollar	213	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away	1984-00-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51553-3	$2.95?$: US dollar	213	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Time of the Warlock	1984-11-00	Larry Niven	SteelDragon Press	0-916595-01-3	$20.00?$: US dollar	183+ [3]	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Dennis Wolf
The Time of the Warlock	1984-12-00	Larry Niven	SteelDragon Press	0-916595-02-1	$30.00?$: US dollar	183	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Dennis Wolf
The Magic Goes Away	1985-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	0-7088-8093-2	£1.95?£: UK pound	139	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Peter Jones
The Magic Goes Away	1985-10-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51554-1	$2.95?$: US dollar	218	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away	1988-00-00	Larry Niven	Orbit	0-7088-8093-2	£2.50?£: UK pound	139	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Peter Jones
The Magic Goes Away	1990-02-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51554-1	$3.95?$: US dollar	218	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away	1993-05-00	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51554-1	$4.99?$: US dollar	218	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away Collection: The Magic Goes Away / The Magic May Return / More Magic	2005-02-00	Larry Niven	Pocket Books	0-7434-1693-7	$13.00?$: US dollar	x+ 358	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Jean Pierre Targete
The Best of Larry Niven	2010-12-00	Larry Niven	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-331-0	$40.00?$: US dollar	618	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Edward Miller
The Best of Larry Niven	2010-12-00	Larry Niven	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-331-0	$60.00?$: US dollar	618	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Edward Miller
The Time of the Warlock	2012-05-09	Larry Niven	Spectrum Literary Agency		$4.75?$: US dollar	183	ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Magic Goes Away	date unknown	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51547-9	$2.50?$: US dollar	213	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris Vallejo
The Magic Goes Away	date unknown	Larry Niven	Ace Books	0-441-51546-0	$2.25?$: US dollar	218	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	chap	Boris Vallejo

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Reviews

• Review by Jerry L. Parsons (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, February 1979 , reprinted in:
•     Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
•     Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009)
• Review by Lester del Rey (1979) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1979
• Review by Richard E. Geis (1979) in Science Fiction Review, March 1979
• Review by Spider Robinson (1979) in Destinies, August-September 1979
• Review by Richard A. Lupoff (1979) in Starship, Summer 1979
• Review [Dutch] by Annemarie van Ewijck [as by Annemarie Kindt] (1980) in Holland-SF 1980, #1
• Review by Graham Andrews (1983) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 6, Number 4