The Time of the Transference

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The Time of the Transference

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Author(s):

Alan Dean Foster

First Pub:

1986

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

16 chapters

Internal ID:

13591

Series:

The Paths of the Perambulator
Son of Spellsinger

Spellsinger*

#6 of 8

Spellsinger*

A series of fantasy novels by Alan Dean Foster.

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1) Spellsinger
2) The Hour of the Gate
3) The Day of the Dissonance
4) The Moment of the Magician
5) The Paths of the Perambulator
6) The Time of the Transference
7) Son of Spellsinger
8) Chorus Skating

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Richard and Karen and
Michele and Dawn Hirschhorn,
A small detour down the byways of lie.

From cousin A, D, & F.

First Sentence:

"Jon-Tom, there's someone in the tree."

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

He bent to kiss her but Wicket bit her on the leg.

Comments:

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Added: 27-Mar-2023

Last Updated: 12-Feb-2024

01-Jan-1987

Warner Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1987

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.50

Pages*:

280

Cover Link(s):

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Internal ID:

33464

Publisher:

Warner Books

ISBN:

0-446-30009-8

ISBN-13:

978-0-446-30009-4

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Tim Hildebrandt - Cover Artist

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME...

It was a pretty good life for a spellsinger from L.A. He'd battled demons, fought deadly Plated Folk, even met a socialist dragon and survived: Now Jon-Tom was quite happy to settle into domestic bliss with the fiery Talea, study magic, and practice spellsinging on his duar. But the magic instrument is broken when Jon-Tom protects the wizard Clothahump from thieves and he must set out across the Glittergeist Sea to find the one person who can fix it. With the irrepressible Mudge the Otter as a traveling companion, only the unexpected can happen. But cannibal muskrats, ogres, and a fierce pirate king parrot seem ordinary indeed when Jon-Tom finds a way back to Earth and he must choose which world is home.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Printing: January, 1987
First printing based on the number line
Canada: $4.50
Canada ISBN: 0-446-30008-X

Other book covers for this series run

The Hour of the Gate

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The Day of the Dissonance

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The Moment of the Magician

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The Paths of the Perambulator

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The Time of the Transference

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Son of Spellsinger

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01-Jan-1987
Warner Books
Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

Alan Dean Foster
Birth: 18 Nov 1946 New York, New York, USA

Notes:

Alan Dean Foster (1946 - ) was born in New York City but was raised in Los Angeles, California. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Masters of Fine Arts in Cinema from UCLA. He worked for a while as a copywriter for a small advertising firm. His writing career began in 1968 and when a letter of his was published as a short story in the bi-annual magazine The Arkham Collector. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, was published by Ballantine Books in 1972.

Foster's work includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and western fiction. He has also written novelizations of many films including Star Wars and Alien.

His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first time for a science fiction writing work.

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