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THE MAGIC MAY RETURN Copyright C 1981 by Lany Niven Illustrations copyright © 1981 by Alicia Austin “Not Long Before the End,” copyright © 1969, Mercury Press, Inc.. “Eaithtbade,” copyright © 1981 by Fred Saberhagen “Manatpill,” copyright © 1981 by Dean Ing “Strength,” copyright © 1981 by Poul Anderson & Mildred Downey. Broxon “.. .But Fear Itself,” copyright © 1981 by Steven Bames All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by . any means, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without permission in writing from the publisher. ,: AD characters in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. An Ace Book PttbHabed by arrangement with the author. ISBN: 0-441-51549-5 fiat Ace Trade Priming: Fall 1981 First Ace Mass Market Printing: January 1983 Pnblilhed sunultaneously in Canada Manufactured in the United States of America Ace Books, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Table of Contents Introduction …………….-..—……………………..«..».«•• 6 Not Long Before the End, Lany Niven………………. 7 Earthshade, FredSaberhagen…………-…….»”»»- 2s i Manaspill, Deanlng…….-………-.-.-.-—»-.–- &* “… but fear itself Steven Barnes………………~……..»136 I 1 Strength, Poul Anderson and Introduction Vou are about to enter a fantasy world that belongs to Larry Niven. Three years ago, Ace published THE MAGIC GOES AWAY, a beautifully illustrated book in which Larry Niven told the story of the end of magic. As Sandra Miesel said in her Afterword to that book, “Magic no longer exists in our world. But if, as all traditional cultures assert, it ever existed, then why has it disappeared? If magic vanished because its driving energy was depleted, what caused the shortage? And above afl, how did people react to the crisis?” to THE MAGIC GOES AWAY was tremendous. Headers If” -d what Larry Nfven did with fantasy, making it as much a IB of ideas as the hard science fiction for which he Is justly i.. <nous. And in that response this book was born. “I have a proposition for you,” said Jim Baen, then Ace’s science fiction editor, to Larry Niven, “I will do all of the work and you wID take all of the credit.” Niven. of course, has been too smart to believe a statement like that for more years than he might like to admit, but the project was a good one. and it prospered. Several well-known science fiction and fantasy authors, admirers of Niven and of THE MAGIC GOES AWAY, wrote their own stories in the universe that Niven had created. Larry Niven read each story, and made suggestions from time to time, but each author brought to the work his or her own magic, and each story is a unique achievement in its own right. Then Alicia Austin added her magic, with illustrations that make it clear why she has won the Hugo and World Fantasy Award. Here is the result: THE MAGIC MAY RETURN. Original stories by Poul Anderson and Mildred Downey Broxon, Steven Barnes, Dean Ing, Fred Anderson and Mildred Downey Broxon, Steven Barnes, Dean Ing, Fred Saberhagen—and the original Larry Niven story about the Warlock, “Not Long Before the End.” as a refresher course in the nature of mana, Enjoy. IXjotLong The End
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