''Queenmagic, Kingmagic'' is a novel by
Ian Watson published in 1986.
Plot summary
''Queenmagic, Kingmagic'' is a novel in which the hero and heroine of the story are pawns in a game world involving chess, and travel to worlds of other games.
Reception
Dave Langford
David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science-fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'' and holds the all-time record for most Hug ...
reviewed ''Queenmagic, Kingmagic'' for ''
White Dwarf
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'' #83, and stated that "The expected unexpected finale is very Watsonesque."
Reviews
*Review by Faren Miller (1986) in
Locus, #307 August 1986
*Review by Chris Morgan (1986) in
Fantasy Review
''Fantasy Newsletter'', later renamed ''Fantasy Review'', was a major fantasy fanzine founded by Paul C. Allen and later issued by Robert A. Collins. Frequent contributors included Fritz Leiber and Gene Wolfe.
Publication history
The first iss ...
, November 1986
*Review by Martyn Taylor (1986) in
Vector
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*Review by Orson Scott Card (1988) in
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
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, October 1988
*Review by Baird Searles (1988) in
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
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, December 1988
*Review by Michael Abbott (2010) in
Vector
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* Disease vector, an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism
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References
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1986 British novels
British science fiction novels
Novels about chess
Victor Gollancz Ltd books