The Magic Goes Away

Overview:

  • Title: The Magic Goes Away
  • Author: Larry Niven
  • Year: 1979
  • ISBN-10: 0441515460
  • Publisher: Ace Books
  • Price: $2.25
  • Pages: [6]+212+[6]
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: The Magic Goes Away
  • Notes:
    • "First mass market printing: October 1979" on copyright page.
    • Second printing by number line 246809753.
    • Third Printing identified the date of the second printing as November 1979.
    • "Cover art by Boris" on copyright page
    • Front cover art signed "Boris" in the bottom right corner. This is cropped on some copies
    • The interior illustrations (79) are credited to Esteban Maroto on the copyright page and back cover.
    • The illustration on page 1 is signed "Esteban Maroto"
    • Page count determined manually... The last numbered page is 210, but the essay continues on what would have been pages 211 & 212. Then there is a bibliography/biography page, unnumbered, and followed by five more unnumbered pages of illustrations.
    • Interior artwork is also present on some of the 6 unnumbered pages at the start of the book and the front and rear inside covers
    • A rough page count of the text comes to around 115 pages