Wizard of the Pigeons

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Original US paperback of Wizard of the Pigeons, art by Robert Gould.
UK paperback cover art for Wizard of the Pigeons, art by Paul Gregory.

Wizard of the Pigeons is a story set in the modern day Seattle, originally published in 1986. It won the Imaginales prize for best fantasy novel of the year in 2004 after it had been translated to French.[1]

Editions

  • An excerpt only in The Fantasy Sampler, an unpaginated galley edited by Susan Allison from Berkley/Ace in October 1985, free to members of the 1985 World Fantasy Convention. Content from Steven Brust, Megan Lindholm, Ru Emerson, Gregory Frost, Craig Shaw Gardner, Clive Barker with excerpts from Brokedown Palace, Wizard of the Pigeons, The Princess of Flames, Tain, A Malady of Magicks, Clive Barker's Books of Blood Volume One.
  • A hardcover edition in 1994 from Hypatia Press. This was a limited signed and numbered edition of 800 copies with ISBN 9780940841321 and with an introduction by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough and illustrated by Rick Sherman. There seem to be three versions: a hardcover, a hardcover with a slipcase, and a slipcased hardcover bound in leather. Both of the slipcased versions were accompanied by a copy of Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man. "Statement of limitation: Eight hundred copies of Wizard of the pigeons have been bound in cloth and numbered. Seven hundred and fifty will be offered for sale."
  • A hardcover Book Club Edition in 2003 from Book Club Associates called Otherworks contains 3 novels: Fevre Dream by G.R.R. Martin, Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist and Wizard of the Pigeons.
  • A UK paperback edition the 5th of August 2002 from Voyager with ISBN 0007112564. Covers by Paul Gregory. Possibly reprinted in October 2010.
  • A Kindle edition from Voyager the 1st of September 2011 with ASIN: B005JE1KAQ.

Covers


Translations

  • A French translation Le dernier magicien in November 2003 by Mnemos with ISBN 9782915159110, translated by Sylvie Denis. This translation won the Imaginales prize for the best fantasy novel of the year in June 2004. Reprinted in a paperback by Mnemos in April 2007 with ISBN 9782354080051 and again by Pocket in August 2007 with ISBN 9782266151795. A reprint from Mnémos the 24th of March 2011 with ISBN 9782354081089. Also published as a Kindle edition from Mnémos the 19th of June 2014 with ASIN: B00L3OZ8UY.
  • A Hebrew translation קוסם היונים in 2005 by Opus Publishing with the original US cover art.

International covers


References

  1. http://www.imaginales.fr/pages/prix-imaginales Prix imaginales