Title: Queenmagic, Kingmagic
Title Record # 5220
Author: Ian Watson
Date: 1986-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
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Author: Ian Watson
Date: 1986-09-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note: The first part of this novel, Queenmagic, Pawnmagic was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1986
Synopsis: From the front flap of the Gollancz first edition: "In another world, somewhere in space and time, two nations, Bellogard and Chorny - are locked in perpetual war, conducted by magic. Each of the main members of the two countries' courts - King, Queen, Prince, Bishop, Knight and Squire - has their own form of magic, and special ways of moving magically. A war may continue for centuries, until one side succeeds in killing the other side's King, at which point the whole world vanishes, only to reappear and have the cycle begin again...
Pedino is a young Bellogardian who is sent to uncover a Chornian spy. During his adventures he meets and falls in love with a whore, Sara, and Pedino's whole world is threatened with extinction.
There have been many stories modelled on chess games, but none so ingenious and enjoyable as Ian Watson's latest novel. And the story of Bellogard and Chorny is only the beginning. When Pedino and Sara manage to escape the destruction of their universe, they find themselves in a series of even more bizarre worlds operating under still stranger rules, as they seek to discover the purpose of their existence, and the meaning of their universe."
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Queenmagic, Kingmagic | 1986-09-00 | Ian Watson | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) | 0-575-03883-7 | £9.95?£: UK pound |
205 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Kathleen Aldridge | |
Queenmagic, Kingmagic | 1988-02-00 | Ian Watson | Grafton | 0-586-07414-7 | £2.95?£: UK pound |
239 | 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. |
novel | Geoff Taylor | |
Queenmagic, Kingmagic | 1988-02-00 | Ian Watson | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-01503-8 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
205 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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Queenmagic, Kingmagic | 1988-12-00 | Ian Watson | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-91293-5 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
205 | 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. |
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Magia de Reina, magia de Rey | 2003-03-00 | Ian Watson | Bibliópolis (Bibliópolis Fantástica #3) | 84-932836-4-9 | €16.95?€: Euro |
256 | 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. |
novel | Roberto Uriel | |
Queenmagic, Kingmagic | 2009-09-00 | Ian Watson | Immanion Press | 978-1-904853-66-4 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
200 | 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. |
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Queenmagic, Kingmagic | 2011-09-29 | Ian Watson | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11464-7 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Reviews
- Review by Faren Miller (1986) in Locus, #307 August 1986
- Review by Chris Morgan (1986) in Fantasy Review, November 1986
- Review by Martyn Taylor (1986) in Vector 135
- Review [French] by Pascal J. Thomas (1988) in A&A, #111-112
- Review by Alan Fraser (1988) in Paperback Inferno, #72
- Review by Orson Scott Card (1988) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1988
- Review by Baird Searles (1988) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1988
- Review by Michael Abbott (2010) in Vector 262 Winter 2010