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'''Liavek'''is a shared universe and a series of anthologies that take place in it. The first four books include stories by [[Megan Lindholm]]. ==Original Liavek novels==# [[Liavek, City of Luck and Wizardry]]# [[Liavek, Players of Luck]]# [[Liavek, Wizard's Row]]# [[Liavek, Spells_of_Binding]]# Liavek, Festival Week <gallery>Liavek_lw.jpg|''City of Luck and Wizardry''Liavek_pl.jpg|''Players of Luck''Liavek_wr.jpg|''Wizard's Row''Liavek_sb.jpg|''Spells of Binding''</gallery> ==Additional Liavek volumes==* ''Casting Fortune'' published by Tor in 1989, collects the stories by John M. Ford from the original novels and adds a new one.* Alan Moore's story ''Hypothetical Lizard'' was adapted into comic book format and published in 2005 by Avatar Press.* Pamela Dean had a new Liavek story ''Cousins'' in ''Firebirds Rising'', an anthology from Firebird Books published in 2006.* ''Points of Departure: Liavek Stories'' collected the Pamela Dean and Patricia C. Wrede stories from the original novels and was published in 2015 by Diversion Publishing as a paperback and an ebook. ==Republished ebook series== The stories from the original anthologies were republished in digital format between August 2015 and January 2017 in 8 volumes. The digital volumes include all stories from the 5 anthologies, excluding the stories by Pamela Dean and Patricia C. Wrede which had already been published in "Points of Departure: Liavek Stories".*The second volume, ''Liavek 2 City of Luck'', includes ''A Coincidence of Birth'' and was published the 17th of August 2015 by CatYelling with ASIN B0143Q5Q5A. *The fourth volume, ''Liavek 4 The Players of Luck'', includes ''Pot Luck'' and was published the 29th of April 2016 by CatYelling with ASIN B01F0L588C. *The fifth volume, ''Liavek 5 Wizard's Row'', includes ''An Act of Mercy'' and was published the 20th of August 2016 by CatYelling with ASIN B01KSEHE74.* The seventh volume, ''Liavek 7 Spells of Binding'', includes ''An Act of Love'' and was published the 26th of November 2016 by by CatYelling with ASIN B01NBD2O0J. <gallery>Liavek2ebook.jpg|Liavek 2Liavek4ebook.jpg|Liavek 4Liavek5ebook.jpg|Liavek 5Liavek7ebook.jpg|Liavek 7</gallery> ==Translations==* A French translation simply titled ''Liavek'' from ActuSF was published the 20th of February 2014 with ISBN 9782917689608 (paperback), also available on Kindle with ASIN B00IEGUJRG. It was translated by Jacqueline Callier. Reprinted the 10th of February 2016 by J'ai lu with ISBN 9782290108741 and a different cover. The volume contains the following stories from the first four original books:**''Un acte de contrition'' (An Act of Contrition) by Steven Brust**''Hasard de naissance'' ([[A Coincidence of Birth]]) by Megan Lindholm**''La Fortune du pot'' ([[Pot Luck]]) by Megan Lindholm**''Un acte de foi'' (An Act of Trust) by Steven Brust**''Un acte de miséricorde'' ([[An Act of Mercy]]) by Steven Brust and Megan Lindholm**''Un acte d'amour'' ([[An Act of Love]]) by Steven Brust , Gregory Frost and Megan Lindholm * ''Hasard de naissance'' (A Coincidence of Birth) also apperead in a French volume ''Fiction - tome 18'' in 2014, where it was printed under the pen name Robin Hobb. Published by Les Moutons Électriques, ISBN 9782917689592. <gallery>Fr-liavek.jpg|French, paperback & ebook 2014fr-liavek-jailu.jpg|French, paperback 2016Fr-coincidence.jpg|"A Coincidence of Birth"</gallery> * A Japanese translation was published in April 1989 in two parts in 2 small paperbacks with dust jackets:<br />魔法都市ライアヴェック〈1〉いにしえの呪い with ISBN 9784390112918 contains:# ''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魔法都市ライアヴェック〈2〉緑の猫 with ISBN 9784390112925 contains:# ''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 <gallery>Jp-liavek1a.jpg|Japanese, 1/2Jp-liavek1b.jpg|Japanese, 2/2</gallery> ==Links==* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liavek Liavek in Wikipedia]* [http://www.meganlindholm.com/2014/02/25/liavek-in-france/ blog entry on meganlindholm.com ]* [http://cityofluck.blogspot.com City of Luck official blog for the ebooks editions]* [http://www.myths.com/pub/fiction/science-fiction/liavek/ An incomplete chart of which character appears in which story ] __NOTOC__ [[Category:Books]][[Category:Anthologies]] {{Liavek}}
