''The Morgaine Stories'', also known as ''The Morgaine Cycle'', are a series of

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novels by American writer

C. J. Cherryh Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels '' Downbelo ...

, published by DAW Books. They concern a time-traveling heroine, Morgaine, and her loyal companion Nhi Vanye i Chya. The first book in the series, ''

Gate of Ivrel ''Gate of Ivrel'' is a 1976 novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh, her first published work. It is the first of four books composing the Morgaine Stories, chronicling the deeds of Morgaine, a woman consumed by a mission of the utmost importance, ...

'' (1976), was Cherryh's first published novel, and was followed soon thereafter by '' Well of Shiuan'' (1978) and '' Fires of Azeroth'' (1979). The construct at the center of these novels is a set of "Gates" that connect various worlds. In addition to traveling from place to place, the Gates can also be used for

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. Cherryh has cited the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and

Andre Norton Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name ...

as influences in the development of her gate system. This blending of technology and elements more common to fantasy often results in the books being labeled as works of " science fantasy". Cherryh was made a member of the

Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America The Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America or SAGA was an informal group of American fantasy authors active from the 1960s through the 1980s, noted for their contributions to the "Sword and Sorcery" kind of heroic fantasy, itself a subgenre of ...

, an informal group of American fantasy authors active from the 1960s through the 1980s, for the Morgaine Stories.

Adaptations

In April 2013 it was announced that the screen rights to ''The Morgaine Stories'' have been optioned by producer Aaron Magnani, with adaptations by Peter Arneson. The screenplay for the first novel in the series, ''

'' has already been written by Arneson. In the 1980s,

Jane Fancher Jane Suzanne Fancher (born 1952) is a science fiction and fantasy author and artist. Work In the early 1980s, she worked for Warp Graphics as an art assistant on '' Elfquest'', providing inking assistance on the black and white comics and colori ...

began a

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adaptation of ''Gate of Ivrel'' in close collaboration with Cherryh. Although it was never completed, Fancher self-published one segment of the work with a color cover and black and white interior art entitled ''C. J. Cherryh's Gate of Ivrel No. 1'' (1985). Two parts of the adaptation were subsequently published as full color versions by

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under its Starblaze Graphics imprint: ''Gate of Ivrel: Claiming Rites'' (1986) and ''Gate of Ivrel: Fever Dreams'' (1987). In 1987,

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published an

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set in Morgaine's universe, ''The Witchfires of Leth''.

References

'' (omnibus), Methuen Publishing, 1985. ***Cherryh, C. J. ''The Morgaine Saga'', (omnibus), DAW Books, 2000, . *Cherryh, C. J. ''Exile's Gate'', DAW Books, 1988. *Fancher, Jane. ''C. J. Cherryh's Gate of Ivrel No. 1'', Fancheristics, 1985. *Fancher, Jane. ''Gate ov Ivrel: Claiming Rights'', The Donning Company, 1986. *Fancher, Jane. ''Gate ov Ivrel: Fever Dreams'', The Donning Company, 1987. *Greenberg, Dan. ''The Witchfires of Leth: A Crossroads Adventure in the World of C J Cherryh's Morgaine'', Tor Books, 1987.

External links

*Information o
the graphic novel adaptation
of ''Gate of Ivrel'' on C. J. Cherryh's official Web site * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgaine Stories, The Fantasy novels Series of fantasy books by C. J. Cherryh Novels about time travel DAW Books books Books with cover art by Michael Whelan Book series introduced in 1976

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