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Year of the Griffin
(LOC) Summary: When Elda, the griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives for schooling at the Wizards' University, she encounters new friends, pirates, assassins, worry, sabotage, bloodshed, and magic misused.
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (US expanded, )
- Imagine that every single fantasy novel featuring kings, dragons, quests, and magic takes place in the same country. That country is called Fantasyland.
- Part 'travel guide' for the hapless 'fantasy tourist' (or 'reader'), part send-up of fantasy literature's cliches, Diana Wynne Jones's The Tough Guide to Fantasyland is a must-read for every genre fiction fan as well as aspiring writer.
- ...
Other Tough Guides
- The Tough Guide to Transport in the Multiverse (mostly by Telephone Box)
How to Use this Book [to accompany a fantasy tour/read]
Identification Elements
- (iconic silhouettes) "You will find these next to most entries." : eg, a fork and knife marks "Food"; the letter 'C' marks "Cliche"
Example short entries:
INDUSTRY. Apart from a bit of pottery and light metalwork or some slagheaps around the domain of the DARK LORD,most Tours encounter no industry at all. Even the EMBROIDERY factories are kept well out of sight.
- See also ECONOMY.
SPORT. The only real sport is FIGHTS. Those who can, train fiercely and take on everyone. Those who can't watch GLADIATORS and lay BETS.
- See also GAMES and GAMING.
Chrestomanci
| Title | Publ. | Setting | Protagonist |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lives of C.C. | 1988 | 12B (London? and C. Castle) and series 1–11 | |
| Conrad's Fate | 2005 | 7-?: nearest town and Stallery castle | |
| Charmed Life | 1977 | 12B: hometown(?) and Chrestomanci Castle | |
| Magicians of Caprona | 1980 | 12B: Caprona Italy, mainly Casa Montana | |
| The Pinhoe Egg | 2006 | 12B: Chrestomanci Castle and neighboring towns | |
| Witch Week | 1982 | 12-?: Larwood House and neighboring town |
| # | Title | first | U.K. cover | U.S. cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | The Lives of C.C. | 1988 | ? Paul Slater |
* Joseph A. Smith Greg Newbold |
| 6 | Conrad's Fate | 2005 | * stars LR? | * Jon Foster Dan Craig |
| 1 | Charmed Life | 1977 | * Ionicus (unknown) Sarah Govia Paul Slater stars LR? |
*Muriel Batherman [1] Greg Newbold |
| 2 | Magicians of Caprona | 1980 | * Ionicus Alan Fraser Paul Slater |
? Greg Newbold |
| 5 | Mixed Magics | 2000 | * Paul Slater | * Greg Newbold |
| 7 | The Pinhoe Egg | 2006 | * stars LR? | * Brandon Dorman |
| 3 | Witch Week | 1982 | * Ionicus Paul Slater |
? Greg Newbold |
| 5* | Stealer of Souls | 2002 | *Paul Slater | |
| 1:4 | The C. Quartet | 2000 | * Greg Newbold | |
| 1,4 | Chronicles of C., I | 2001 | * Dan Craig Brandon Dorman | |
| 2:3 | Chronicles of C., II | 2001 | * Dan Craig Brandon Dorman | |
| 6:7 | Chronicles of C., III | 2007 | * Brandon Dorman |
Editions
All US first editions were hardcover Greenwillow Books imprint (volume #1-4 also naming William Morrow and Company at ISFDB, but we say WM became part of Scott Foresman 1967 Hearst Corp 1981 News Corp 1999, now an imprint of Harper Collins within News Corp.
News Corporation created HarperCollins acquired Harper & Row 1987, William Collins, Sons 1990
UK 2000 set of five #1-5 (reissue of four with first #5) branded "The Worlds of Chrestomanci" by Paul Slater cover illustrations.[1]
US 1997 to 1999 hardcover with Greg Newbold cover illustrations with "A Chrestomanci Book" along bottom edge
US 2000-12 omnibus #1-4 The Chrestomanci Quartet http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?127521 Ch Quartet 2000-12 US
US 2001 paperbacks with top banner "A Chrestomanci Novel" and Newbold illustrations without stone arch framework of the hardcover eds.
US Chronicles of Chrestomanci, three vols.
- I (Charmed Life, Lives of CC)
Apr 2007, Eos, pb, 598 ISBN 978-0-06-447268-5, Brandon Dorman
- II http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?37090 Jan 2001 (Magicians of Caprona, Witch Week) Jan 2001, Harper Trophy, pb, 548, ISBN 978-0-06-447269-2 45707479, Dan Craig; Apr 2007, Eos, ISBN 978-0-06-447269-2 Brandon Dorman
- III (Conrad's Fate, Pinhoe Egg) May 2008 (advance data), Eos, pb, 688, ISBN 978-0-06-114832-3
"The Chrestomanci Books" list of five on back cover of US #6 Conrad's Fate
References
- ^ {{isfdb
- 1 New York : Greenwillow Books, 1977.
- Description: 218 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN: 0688801382 0688841384 (lib. bdg.)
- Gwendolen Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomancie Castle family’s magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior powers of the Coven Street witches.
- Fantasy.
- Magic --Fiction.
- PZ7.J684 Ch 1977
- 2 New York : Greenwillow Books, c1980.
- Description: 223 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN: 0688802834 : $7.95 0688842836 (lib. bdg.) : 7.63
- After two centuries of feuding the powers of the two families of magicians in mythical Caprona are too weak to stop an incipient war, but the younger members of the families find a way.
- Fantasy.
- Magic --Fiction.
- PZ7.J684 Mag 1980
Beech Tree 1999
- "RL 5.1"--P. [4] of cover.
- "10 up"--P. [4] of cover.
- 3 New York : Greenwillow Books, c1982.
- Description: 213 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN: 0688015344 : $9.50
- When a teacher at an English boarding school finds a note on his desk accusing someone in the class of being a witch, magical things begin to happen and an Inquisitor is summoned.
- Witchcraft --Fiction.
- Boarding schools --Fiction.
- Schools --Fiction.
- England --Fiction.
- PZ7.J684 Wj 1982
- 4 New York : Greenwillow Books, c1988.
- Description: 230 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN: 0688078060 (lib. bdg.)
- Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives.
- Fantasy.
- Magic --Fiction.
- PZ7.J684 Li 1988
- o Chronicles of Chrestomanci / Diana Wynne Jones.
- Edition: 1st Harper trophy ed.
- Published/Created: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
- Description: 2 v. ; 17 cm.
- ISBN: 006447268X (v. 1 : pbk.) 0064472698 (v. 2 : pbk.)
- Summary: Adventures of the Chrestomanci, an enchanter with nine lives, whose job is to control the practice of magic in the infinite parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds.
- Contents: v. 1. Charmed life. The lives of Christopher Chant -- v. 2. Witch Week. The magicians of Caprona.
- Fantasy.
- Magic --Fiction.
- Witchcraft --Fiction.
- LC classification: PZ7.J684 Cj 2001
- 5 New York : Greenwillow Books, 2001.
- Description: 138 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN: 0060297050 (trade) 0060297069 (lib. bdg.)
- Summary: Four separate incidents test the power of the Chrestomanci, a powerful enchanter with nine lives, to control misuses of magic on various worlds.
- Fantasy.
- Magic --Fiction.
- LC classification: PZ7.J684 Mi 2001
- 6 New York : Greenwillow Books, c2005.
- Description: 375 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN: 0060747439 (trade) 0060747447 (lib. bdg.)
- Summary: When his uncle sends him to work at the mysterious Stallery Mansion, twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic overcomes his bad karma and discovers in the mansion’s winecellar the source of the magic that threatens to pull his world into one of the eleven other parallel universes.
- Notes: "A Chrestomanci book."
- 5 up.
- Magic --Fiction.
- Witchcraft --Fiction.
- Fantasy.
- LC classification: PZ7.J684 Co 2005
- 7 New York : Greenwillow Books, c2006.
- Description: 515 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN: 0061131245 (trade bdg.) 0061131253 (lib. bdg.) 9780061131240 (trade bdg.) 9780061131257 (lib. bdg.)
- Summary: Two powerful young enchanters, Cat, the future Chrestomanci, and Marianne, who is being trained to be Gammer of the Pinhoes, work together as friends to try to end an illegal witches’ war and, in the process, right some old wrongs.
- Notes: "A Chrestomanci book."
- Ages 10 up.
- Magic --Fiction.
- Witchcraft --Fiction.
- Fantasy.
- PZ7.J684 Pin 2006