Liavek, City of Luck and Wizardry

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The front cover of Liavek, City of Luck and Wizardy, art by Gary Ruddell.

Liavek, City of Luck and Wizardry (often also just Liavek) is the first in a series of 5 short story anthologies where all the stories take place in a shared universe called Liavek. The first four books contain stories by Megan Lindholm. Liavek was published in 1985 and edited by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull. The Megan Lindholm story in it is titled A Coincidence of Birth.

Contents

  • Badu's Luck by Emma Bull
  • The Green Rabbit From S'Rian by Gene Wolfe
  • Ancient Curses by Patricia C. Wrede
  • Birth Luck by Nancy Kress
  • An Act of Contrition by Steven Brust
  • The Inn of the Demon Camel by Jane Yolen
  • The Hands of the Artist by Kara Dalkey
  • The Green Cat by Pamela Dean
  • A Coincidence of Birth by Megan Lindholm
  • Bound Things by Will Shetterly
  • The Fortune Maker by Barry B. Longyear
  • Appendix One: A Tourist's Guide to Liavek in the Year 3317
  • Appendix Two: A Magician's Primer
  • Appendix Three: Liavek: A Creation Myth

Editions

  • An English paperback edition Liavek City of Luck and Wizardry edited by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull was published in July 1985 by Ace with ISBN 0441481809. The cover was illustrated by Gary Ruddell, maps by Jack Wickwire.

Translations

  • This Liavek volume has been translated into Japanese, published in 2 small paperbacks with dustjacket. Publisher; A&F [?], 1985 [?]


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The world of Liavek

books: City of Luck and Wizardry | Players of Luck | Wizard's Row | Spells of Binding
stories: A Coincidence of Birth | Pot Luck | An Act Of Mercy | An Act of Love