Liavek

Liavek is a shared world brought to life in a series of five fantasy anthologies edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly.

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Contributors include Bull, Shetterly, Gene Wolfe, Jane Yolen, John M. Ford, Kara Dalkey, Barry B. Longyear, Megan Lindholm, Nancy Kress, Patricia C. Wrede, Steven Brust, Nathan A. Bucklin, Pamela Dean, Gregory Frost, Charles de Lint, Charles R. Saunders, Walter Jon Williams, Alan Moore and Bradley Denton.

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The five volumes are:

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• Liavek (1985)
• The Players of Luck (1986)
• Wizard's Row (1987)
• Spells of Binding (1988)
• Festival Week (1990)

Ford's Liavek stories were collected and published as Casting Fortune in 1989.

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Moore's Liavek story was adapted into comic book format and published as Alan Moore's Hypothetical Lizard in 2005.

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Fantasy: Fantasy is a genre of art, literature, film, television, and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, setting, or all three. The genre is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by overall look, feel, and theme of the individual ...

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