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Lawrence Watt-Evans Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans (another pseudonym, used primarily for science fiction, is Nathan Archer). Biography Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, as ...
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Works


Fantasy


The Lords of Dûs This list of works by American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt-Evans. Works Fantasy The Lords of Dûs series * ''The Lure of the Basilisk'' (1980) * ''The Seven Altars of Dûsarra'' (1981) * ''The Sword of Bheleu'' (1982) * ''Th ...
series

* ''
The Lure of the Basilisk Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans (another pseudonym, used primarily for science fiction, is Nathan Archer). Biography Born in Arlington, Massachusetts, as ...
'' (1980) * ''
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'' (1981) * ''
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'' (1982) * '' The Book of Silence'' (1984)


The Worlds of Shadow series

* '' Out of This World'' (1993) * ''
In the Empire of Shadow ''In the Empire of Shadow'' (1995) is the second fantasy novel in ''The Worlds of Shadow'' trilogy by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Plot introduction A group from this world is trapped in a science fiction universe. Before the galactic government will se ...
'' (1995) * ''
The Reign of the Brown Magician ''The Reign of the Brown Magician'' (1996) is the final fantasy novel in '' The Worlds of Shadow'' trilogy by Lawrence Watt-Evans Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence ...
'' (1996)


The Obsidian Chronicles

* ''
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'' (1999) * '' The Dragon Society'' (2001) * '' Dragon Venom'' (2003) The main character of this series is Arlian, on a perilous mission to destroy all dragons.


The Legends of Ethshar series

Ethshar is a constructed world which was first developed by Watt-Evans for use in role-playing games, and in which he later set a number of novels and short stories. These usually stand alone and don't need to be read in a particular order, and the scope of the stories tends to be personal rather than cosmic. The inhabitants of the World - which is how they refer to it - live on a massive sheer-sided plateau surrounded by poisonous yellow mists. The World has a sun, and two moons, and stars can be seen in the sky, but it is not expressly stated to be upon a planet. The account of the World's creation in ''
The Vondish Ambassador ''The Vondish Ambassador'' (2007) is a fantasy novel by American writer Lawrence Watt-Evans set in his ''Ethshar This list of works by American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt-Evans. Works Fantasy The Lords of Dûs series * ' ...
'' suggests that the World may in fact be the only livable surface in the universe. The political and economic aspects of the World have been modelled on the
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of about the 2nd century AD. Ethshar is the common name of three large cities in the major civilization of this world: Ethshar of the Spices, Ethshar of the Sands, and Ethshar of the Rocks, making up a political entity called the Hegemony of the Three Ethshars. To the southeast of the Hegemony is where the original "Old Ethshar" once was. The former Ethshar, which became embroiled in a generations-long war with the Northern Empire, broke up into more than two hundred statelets collectively called the Small Kingdoms before the end of the "Great War". A notable feature of Ethshar - in contrast to some other fantasy worlds - is that there are many distinct different varieties of magic, each with its own laws. Some, like the
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exhibited by Ethshar's warlocks, seem to owe more influence to science fiction than fantasy. Some forms of magic, in particular wizardry, are powerful enough to create other universes. The first six Ethshar novels were published by Ballantine's Del Rey imprint, all of them being accepted and nominally edited by
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. The 7th and 8th were published by
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, but disappointing sales led Tor to ask Watt-Evans to concentrate on his non-Ethshar material, which generated much better sales. After writing several non-Ethshar fantasy novels for Tor, Watt-Evans began experimentally serializing the 9th Ethshar novel, ''The Spriggan Mirror'', on his website under a modified form of the
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. That novel was published in trade paperback, along with the following novel, ''The Vondish Ambassador''. Watt-Evans then moved on to a third Ethshar serial, ''
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'', which was subsequently published as ''The Unwelcome Warlock''. The Ethshar short stories were first published in various anthologies; later six of them were included as bonus material in
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's reprints of the Del Rey Ethshar novels.


= Ethshar novels

= * ''
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'' (1985) * ''
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'' (1987) * ''
The Unwilling Warlord ''The Unwilling Warlord'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Lawrence Watt-Evans published by Ballantine in 1989. It details the story of hereditary warlord Sterren of Semma taking over, unwillingly, the position of warlord for one of Ethsh ...
'' (1989) * ''
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'' (1991) * ''
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'' (1993) * ''
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'' (1993) * '' Night of Madness'' (2000) * '' Ithanalin's Restoration'' (2002) * ''
The Spriggan Mirror ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The' ...
'' (2006) * ''
The Vondish Ambassador ''The Vondish Ambassador'' (2007) is a fantasy novel by American writer Lawrence Watt-Evans set in his ''Ethshar This list of works by American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt-Evans. Works Fantasy The Lords of Dûs series * ' ...
'' (2007) * ''
The Unwelcome Warlock ''The Unwelcome Warlock'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Lawrence Watt-Evans, the eleventh book in the Legends of Ethshar series. It was produced as a serial under the name ''The Final Calling'' making it the latest of the four such nove ...
'' (2010) * ''
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2013, ) * '' Relics of War: A Legend of Ethshar''
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2014, ) * '' Stone Unturned: A Legend of Ethshar''
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2018, ) * ''
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= Ethshar short stories

= * "Portrait of a Hero" * "The Guardswoman" * "Sirinita's Dragon" * "The Bloodstone" * "Night Flight" * "Weaving Spells" * "Ingredients" * "The God in Red" (
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The Annals of the Chosen ''The Annals of the Chosen'' is a trilogy by Lawrence Watt-Evans Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) is one of the pseudonyms of American science fiction and fantasy author Lawrence Watt Evans (another pseudonym, used primarily for science fiction, ...
trilogy

* ''
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'' (2006) * '' The Ninth Talisman'' (2007) * '' The Summer Palace'' (2008)


The Fall of the Sorcerers series

* ''
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'' (2009) * ''
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'' (2010) In the Walasian Empire, sorcerers are the aristocracy. They are granted a lot of social power, prestige and wealth, and in return are expected to use their magical abilities for the common good. The system had worked well enough for hundreds of years, and the people in general considered themselves better governed than neighbors with a more conventional aristocracy - but things are starting to change: the economy is in trouble, there is more and more discontent, in the cities people gather and listen to speeches, some of which might be seditious...This is the world into which the protagonist, a young man Anrel Murau, has grown up. His background is a bit unusual. In this society. magical ability is the key to success. While such ability is mostly hereditary, a child of commoners found to have a magical ability is taken into the aristocracy and might attain the highest positions, while a magically-deficient child of magical parents - which is unusual but does sometimes happen - is restricted to more humble positions. Anrel Murau is an example of the latter kind. His wizard parents were killed when a spell they worked went wrong. Deeply traumatized by being so orphaned, he thoroughly detests magic and is happy to be declared a non-magical person and live out his life as a simple clerk. However, when a powerful sorcerer kills Murau's best friend and engages in black magic and human sacrifice, Murau is drawn into a dangerous confrontation, and discovers himself to be an unmatched master in a new kind of magic - that of the orator stirring up the masses. Soon he is caught up in a series of escalating revolutionary events, with increasing popular discontent leading to the title's Fall of the Sorcerers - but a revolution can turn out to be very dangerous also to those who stirred it up. From the outset, it is evident that all this is in fact a fantasy analogue of the French Revolution.


Other fantasy novels

* ''
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'' (1992) * '' Split Heirs'' (in collaboration with
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) (1993) * '' Touched by the Gods'' (1997) ≈

The Obsidian Chronicles

* ''
Dragon Weather A dragon is a Magic (supernatural), magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but European dragon, dragons in Western cultures since the Hi ...
'' (1999) * '' The Dragon Society'' (2001) * '' Dragon Venom'' (2003)


Science fiction


The War Surplus series

* '' The Cyborg and the Sorcerers'' (1982) * '' The Wizard and the War Machine'' (1987)


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* ''
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: Ragnarok'' (as Nathan Archer) (1995) * ''
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'' (as Nathan Archer) (1995)


Carlisle Hsing

The Carlisle Hsing books are
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mysteries set in a future interstellar civilization dominated by immensely powerful corporations, with the elites being of clearly East Asian - and specifically, Japanese - origin. Nightside City - hometown of the tough female private detective protagonist - is a city devoted to casinos and gambling, which had been shrouded in perpetual night to the inhabitants' content, but is now doomed as the slow rotation of the planet would within a few decades bring it into the Dayside, into the devastating glare and deadly radiation of the nearby sun, making human life there impossible. For inhabitants of Nightside City, "Sunrise" means an impending apocalypse which they must try to escape. But while the city still lives, Carlisle Hsing must earn an uncertain living in a constant fight with crooks, con-men, corrupt business executives and computer programs whose cunning is equal - sometimes superior - to that of humans. Eventually, she is drawn deeply into the private life and the convoluted plots and intrigues in the family of one of the richest and most powerful men in galaxy. With her courage and common-sense, she helps this very important client to neatly solve his problems with his wayward son - but will he allow her to live when she knows so much of his most private secrets? * ''Nightside City'' (1989) * ''Realms of Light'' (2010)


Other science fiction novels

* ''
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'' (1986) * '' Denner's Wreck'' (1988) * ''
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'' (in collaboration with Carl Parlagreco) (2005) * ''
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: Goblin Moon'' (as Nathan Archer, with
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) (1999) * '' Mars Attacks: Martian Deathtrap'' (as Nathan Archer) (1996) * ''
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'': ** ''Cold War'' (as Nathan Archer) (1997) ** ''Concrete Jungle'' (as Nathan Archer) (1995)


Horror

* '' The Nightmare People'' (1990)


Short stories

Watt-Evans has written more than a hundred short stories, including "
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", which won the
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for Best Short Story in 1988.1988 Hugo Awards
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Collections

* ''Crosstime Traffic'' (1992) * ''Truth, Justice, and the American Way'' (1992) (collected in
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's anthology ''
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'') * '' Celestial Debris'' (2002)


Anthologies edited

* '' Newer York'' (1991)


Literary criticism

* ''
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References


External links

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