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Wizard of the Pigeons

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one french cover is missing and the hypatia edition will forever be confusing, but other than that we're up to date!
[[Image:Wizard.jpg|thumb|Original US paperback of Wizard of the Pigeons, art by [[Robert Gould]].]][[Image:N13747.jpg|thumb|Cover UK paperback cover art for Wizard of the Pigeons , art by [[Paul Gregory]].]]
'''Wizard of the Pigeons''' is a story set in the modern day Seattle, originally published in 1986.It won the Imaginales prize for best fantasy novel of the year in 2004 after it had been translated to French.<ref>http://www.imaginales.fr/pages/prix-imaginales Prix imaginales</ref>==Editions==* An excerpt only in ''The Fantasy Sampler'', an unpaginated galley edited by Susan Allison from Berkley/Ace in October 1985, free to members of the 1985 World Fantasy Convention. Content from [[Steven Brust]], [[Megan Lindholm]], Ru Emerson, [[Gregory Frost]], Craig Shaw Gardner, Clive Barker with excerpts from ''Brokedown Palace'', ''Wizard of the Pigeons'', ''The Princess of Flames'', ''Tain'', ''A Malady of Magicks'', ''Clive Barker's Books of Blood Volume One''. * A US papercback edition in January 1986 from Ace with ISBN 9780441894673. Cover art by [[Robert Gould]]. There was a reprint in May of the same year.* A UK paperback edition in 1987 by Corgi with ISBN 9780552130141. * A hardcover edition in 1994 from Hypatia Press. This was a limited signed and numbered edition of 800 copies with ISBN 9780940841321 and with an introduction by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough and illustrated by [[Rick Sherman]]. There seem to be three versions: a hardcover, a hardcover with a slipcase, and a slipcased hardcover bound in leather. Both of the slipcased versions were accompanied by a copy of [[Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man]]. "Statement of limitation: Eight hundred copies of Wizard of the pigeons have been bound in cloth and numbered. Seven hundred and fifty will be offered for sale."
==Editions==* 1985, Ace, An excerpt only A hardcover Book Club Edition in 2003 from Book Club Associates called ''The Fantasy Sampler'' edited by Susan Allison (Berkley/Ace, Oct '85, free to members of the 1985 World Fantasy Convention, unpaginated, galley. Authors: [[Steven BrustOtherworks]], [[Megan Lindholm]], Ru Emerson, Gregory Frost, Craig Shaw Gardner, Clive Barker with excerpts from ''Brokedown Palacecontains 3 novels: '', ''Wizard of the Pigeons'', ''The Princess of FlamesFevre Dream''by G.R.R. Martin, ''TainFaerie Tale'', ''A Malady by Raymond E. Feist and Wizard of Magicks'', ''Clive Barker's Books of Blood Volume One'')the Pigeons.
* a US papercback A UK paperback edition in 1986 by Ace the 5th of August 2002 from Voyager with ISBN 97804418946730007112564. Covers by [[Paul Gregory]]. * a UK paperback edition Possibly reprinted in 1987 by Corgi with ISBN 9780552130141October 2010.
* in 1994 Hypatia Press published three limited and signed editions with A Kindle edition from Voyager the ISBN 0940841320. Both 1st of the slipcased versions were accompanied by a copy of [[Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man|Silver Lady]] ** Hardcover** Slipcased, in leather. Hardcover, 800 copies of which 750 were intended for sale. With an introduction by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. I'm not sure if the 800 is for this version or all these three versions of this editionSeptember 2011 with ASIN: B005JE1KAQ.** Slipcased
* In a hardcover Book Club Edition in 2003 called ''Otherworks'' which contains 3 novels===Covers===<gallery perrow="10">Image: ''Fevre Dream'' by GFantasysampler-wizard.Rjpg|galley with an excerptImage:Wizard3.Rjpg|UK paperback (1987)Image:Grey Wizard. Martin, ''Faerie Tale'' by Raymond E. Feist and jpg|Limited edition hardcover (1994)Image:Wizard of the Pigeons Limited.jpg|Limited edition hardcover (Book Club Associates1994)* August 5th 2002, Voyager; ISBN 0007112564, paperback. Covers by [[Paul Gregory]]Otherworks. jpg|''Otherworks'' anthology * a UK paperback edition 1st of August 2009 by HarperCollins with ISBN 9780007330195. (This is a planned reprint, I don't think it exists yet.)</gallery>
==Translations==
* a A French translation ''Le dernier magicien'' in November 2003 by Mnemos with ISBN 9782915159110, translated by [[Sylvie Denis]]. This translation won the Imaginales prize for the best fantasy novel of the year. (in June 2004) . Reprinted in a paperback with slightly altered cover in the Icares collection by Mnemos in April 2007 with ISBN 9782354080051 and again by Pocket in August 2007 with ISBN 9782266151795.A reprint from Mnémos the 24th of March 2011 with ISBN 9782354081089. Also published as a Kindle edition from Mnémos the 19th of June 2014 with ASIN: B00L3OZ8UY. * A Hebrew translation ''קוסם היונים'' in 2005 by Opus Publishing with the original US cover art. ===International covers===<gallery perrow="10">Image:Wizard fr.jpg|French, ''Le dernier magicien'' (2003)Image:Le dernier magicien poche.jpg|French, ''Le dernier magicien'' (2007)Image:Fr-wizard-new.jpg|French, ''Le dernier magicien'' (2011)Image:Frenchkindlewizard.jpg||French, ''Le dernier magicien'' (kindle, 2014)Image:706.jpg|Hebrew, ''קוסם היונים''</gallery>
* a Hebrew translation ''קוסם היונים'' in 2005 by Opus Publishing with the original US cover art.
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