''High Sorcery'' is a collection of
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures.
The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
short stories by American writer
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 na ...
. It was first published in paperback by
Ace Books
Ace Books is a publisher of science fiction (SF) and fantasy books founded in New York City in 1952 by A. A. Wyn, Aaron A. Wyn. It began as a genre publisher of mystery fiction, mysteries and western (genre), westerns, and soon branched out int ...
in March 1970, and was reprinted by the same publisher in 1971, 1973, and 1976; a second edition, reset but otherwise unchanged, was published in paperback by Ace in March 1979, and was reprinted in 1982 and 1984. All printings of the first edition bore cover art by artist
, which was replaced in all printings of the second edition with new art by
Steve Hickman.
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Summary
The book collects five novellas and short stories by Norton, including the "Witch World
Witch World is a speculative fiction project of American writer Andre Norton, inaugurated by her 1963 novel '' Witch World'' and continuing more than four decades. Beginning in the mid-1980s, when she was about 75 years old, Norton recruited oth ...
" story "Ully the Piper".
Contents
*"Wizards' World" (from '' If'', v, 17, no. 6, June 1967)
*"Through the Needle's Eye" (original to this collection)
*"By a Hair" (from ''Phantom Magazine'', July 1958)
*"Ully the Piper" (original to this collection)
*"Toys of Tamisan" (from '' If'', v. 19, nos. 4–5, April–May 1969)
Notes
1970 short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Short story collections by Andre Norton
Ace Books books
High fantasy novels
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