The Magic Goes Away

Overview:

  • Title: The Magic Goes Away
  • Author: Larry Niven
  • Year: 1978
  • ISBN-10: 0441515452
  • Publisher: Ace Books
  • Price: $14.95
  • Pages: [6]+213+[5]
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: The Magic Goes Away
  • Notes:
    • On copyright page:
      • Copyright © 1978 by Larry Niven
      • Special Numbered Edition,
      • Signed by the Author
    • On title page:
      • Limited Edition
    • On first front free endpaper (all handwritten):
        <author's signature>
        <copy number> / 1,000
    • On rear dust jacket flap:
      • Cover illustration by Boris (over) Interior black and white (over) drawings by Esteban Maroto
    • No statement of printing; no numberline
    • No publication year stated; only copyright year
    • It seems likely that this limited edition hc was published simultaneously with the tp version, in which case the publication date would be 1978-10-00
    • Front cover art signed "Boris"
    • There are more than 80 interior illustrations by Maroto, most of which are full-page, and many of which are double-page spreads.
    • The illustration on page 1 is signed "Esteban Maroto"
    • The last 5 unnumbered pages are a continuation of the interior artwork
    • Rear cover art by Maroto (reproduction of page 169)
    • A rough page count of the text comes to around 115 pages
    • An approximate word count (from an uncorrected scan) for "The Magic Goes Away" (novella only) is 32,000 words
    • An approximate word count (from an uncorrected scan) for "The Mana Crisis" is 4850 words
    • PV1 copy is signed by Niven, but not numbered