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Diana Wynne Jones

Derkholm
Year of the Griffin

(LOC) Summary: When Elda, the griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives for schooling at the Wizards' University, she encounters new friends, pirates, assassins, worry, sabotage, bloodshed, and magic misused.

The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (US expanded, )
 * Imagine that every single fantasy novel featuring kings, dragons, quests, and magic takes place in the same country. That country is called Fantasyland.
 * Part 'travel guide' for the hapless 'fantasy tourist' (or 'reader'), part send-up of fantasy literature's cliches, Diana Wynne Jones's The Tough Guide to Fantasyland is a must-read for every genre fiction fan as well as aspiring writer.

Other Tough Guides
 * The Tough Guide to Transport in the Multiverse (mostly by Telephone Box)

How to Use this Book [to accompany a fantasy tour/read]

Identification Elements
 * (iconic silhouettes) "You will find these next to most entries." : eg, a fork and knife marks "Food"; the letter 'C' marks "Cliche"

Example short entries: INDUSTRY. Apart from a bit of pottery and light metalwork or some slagheaps around the domain of the DARK LORD,most Tours encounter no industry at all. Even the EMBROIDERY factories are kept well out of sight.
 * See also ECONOMY.

SPORT. The only real sport is FIGHTS. Those who can, train fiercely and take on everyone. Those who can't watch GLADIATORS and lay BETS.
 * See also GAMES and GAMING.

Editions
All US first editions were hardcover Greenwillow Books imprint (volume #1-4 also naming William Morrow and Company at ISFDB, but we say WM became part of Scott Foresman 1967 Hearst Corp 1981 News Corp 1999, now an imprint of Harper Collins within News Corp.

News Corporation created HarperCollins acquired Harper & Row 1987, William Collins, Sons 1990

UK 2000 set of five #1-5 (reissue of four with first #5) branded "The Worlds of Chrestomanci" by Paul Slater cover illustrations.

US 1997 to 1999 hardcover with Greg Newbold cover illustrations with "A Chrestomanci Book" along bottom edge

US 2000-12 omnibus #1-4 The Chrestomanci Quartet http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?127521 Ch Quartet 2000-12 US

US 2001 paperbacks with top banner "A Chrestomanci Novel" and Newbold illustrations without stone arch framework of the hardcover eds.

US Chronicles of Chrestomanci, three vols. Apr 2007, Eos, pb, 598 ISBN 978-0-06-447268-5, Brandon Dorman
 * I (Charmed Life, Lives of CC)
 * II http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?37090 Jan 2001 (Magicians of Caprona, Witch Week) Jan 2001, Harper Trophy, pb, 548, ISBN 978-0-06-447269-2 45707479, Dan Craig; Apr 2007, Eos, ISBN 978-0-06-447269-2 Brandon Dorman
 * III (Conrad's Fate, Pinhoe Egg) May 2008 (advance data), Eos, pb, 688, ISBN 978-0-06-114832-3

"The Chrestomanci Books" list of five on back cover of US #6 Conrad's Fate

DWJ Fiction
Talk: Diana Wynne Jones bibliography
 * "Fat Wizard", in Guardian Angels (Viking Kestrel, 1987)
 * "Little Dot", in Firebirds (Penguin, 2003)

Short fiction in ISFDB
Chrestomanci aWABM  The Sage of Theare (1982) [SF] W M   Warlock at the Wheel (1984) [SF] a  M   Carol Oneir's Hundredth Dream (1986) [SF] Mo Stealer of Souls (2000) [SF]

Chapterbooks --  Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? (1978) [orig. 1975] --  Chair Person (1989) Yes Dear (1992) [large-format picture book, one edition listed twice] --  Stealer of Souls (2002) [orig. 2000] --  Enna Hittims (2006) [orig. 1999]

Shortfiction [This listing excludes 4 Chrestomanci stories. It matches ISFDB except I have added The Four Grannies, which ISFDB lists among Novels. Perhaps Puss in Boots should also be called short fiction.] n: numerals are page counts from Uncertain Magics reported in ISFDB aS    Who Got Rid of Angus Flint? (1975) aW  U Carruthers (1978) aW  U The Fluffy Pink Toadstool (1979) aW  U Auntie Bea's Day Out (1979) oS    The Four Grannies (1980) WE U No One (1984) WEABU Dragon Reserve, Home Eight (1984) WE U The Plague of Peacocks (1984) a   U The Fat Wizard (1987) a   U The Green Stone (1988) e EABU The Master (1989) aS    Chair Person (1989) a     Mela Worms (1989) a EABU nad and Dan adn Quaffy (1990) a ABU The Girl Who Loved the Sun (1990) Yes Dear (1992) [large-format picture book, one edition listed twice] e ABU What the Cat Told Me (1994) E U Everard's Ride (1995) EA  The True State of Affairs (1995) a   U The Girl Jones (1998) BU Enna Hittims (1999) a   U Little Dot (2003) I'll Give You My Word (2006) JoBoy (2009) Samantha's Diary (2010) Essays ? E The Shape of the Narrative in The Lord of the Rings (Everard's Ride)

Original to the collections: 4/8 W Warlock 0/3 S Stopping for a Spell (1993) 2/8 E Everard's 1/7 A Minor Arcana 1/7 B Believing 1/4 M Mixed Magics (2000) 0/16 U Uncertain Magic (2004)

Collections S, M, U comprise 23 distinct stories, among 29 in ISFDB by my count. There are 6 others: a     Mela Worms (1989) EA  The True State of Affairs (1995) Yes Dear (1992), large-format picture book I'll Give You My Word (2006) JoBoy (2009) Samantha's Diary (2010)

--Chrestomanci (4) b "The Sage of Theare", Hecate's Cauldron (1982) ed. Susan M. Schwartz a "Warlock at the Wheel", Warlock at the Wheel, Jones (Macmillan, 1984) b "Carol Oneir's Hundredth Dream", Dragons and Dreams (1986) ed. Jane Yolen et al. c "Stealer of Souls", Mixed Magics (2000) by Jones

--Other (25) a=shortstory, b=novelette, c=novella b "Who Got Rid of Angus Flint?", Young Winter's Tales 6, ed. M. R. Hodgkin (Macmillan, 1975); aka "The Fearsome Friend" b "Carruthers", Young Winter's Tales 8, ed. D. J. Denney (Macmillan, 1978) a "The Fluffy Pink Toadstool", Puffin Post v13 #4 (1979) a "Auntie Bea's Day Out", The Cat Flap and the Apple Pie and Other Funny Stories, ed. Lance Salway (W. H. Allen, 1979) b The Four Grannies, Jones (Antelope Books, 1980) b "No One", Warlock at the Wheel and other stories, Jones (Macmillan, 1984) b "Dragon Reserve, Home Eight", Warlock at the Wheel, Jones (Macmillan, 1984) a "The Plague of Peacocks", Warlock at the Wheel, Jones (Macmillan, 1984) a "The Fat Wizard", Guardian Angels, ed. Stephanie Nettell (Viking Kestrel, 1987) a "The Green Stone", Gaslight & Ghosts, eds. Stephen Jones, Jo Fletcher (Robinson, 1988) a "The Master", Hidden Turnings, ed. Jones (Methuen, 1989) b Chair Person, Jones (Hamilton, 1989) a "Mela Worms", Arrows of Eros, Alex Stewart (NEL, 1989) b "nad and Dan adn Quaffy", Digital Dreams, ed. David V. Barrett (NEL, 1990) a "The Girl Who Loved the Sun", Heartache, ed. Miriam Hodgson (1990) Yes Dear, Jones (HarperCollins, 1992), illus. Graham Philpot — large-format picture book b "What the Cat Told Me", Fantasy Stories, ed. Jones (1994) c "Everard's Ride", Everard's Ride, Jones (NESFA Press, 1995) c "The True State of Affairs", Everard's Ride, Jones (NESFA Press, 1995) a "The Girl Jones", Sisters, ed. Miriam Hodgson (Mammoth, 1998) a "Enna Hittims", Believing is Seeing, Jones (1999) b "Little Dot", Firebirds (Penguin, 2003) b "I'll Give You My Word", Firebirds Rising, ed. Sharyn November (Penguin, 2006) a "JoBoy", The Dragon Book, ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois (Ace, 2009) a "Samantha's Diary", Stories: all-new tales, ed. Neil Gaiman, Al Sarrantonio (HarperCollins, 2010) Poem "A Slice of Life", Now We Are Sick: an anthology of nasty verse, ed. Neil Gaiman, Stephen Jones (DreamHaven Books, 1991)

Novels Puss in Boots (Scholastic UK, 1999) —story length "juvenile" in ISFDB

Jones collections n=number of stories; o=number original to the collection; one-letter abbreviation n o 8 4 W Warlock at the Wheel and other stories (Macmillan, 1984) —(Greenwillow, 1985) 3 0 S Stopping for a Spell: three fantasies (NY: Greenwillow, 1993), illus. Jos. A. Smith —(Collins, 2002), illus. none or missing data (Greenwillow, 2004), illus. Mark Zug 8 2 E Everard's Ride (Boston: NESFA Press, 1995) —limited edition as Guest of Honor, 1995 Boskone 7 1 A Minor Arcana (Gollancz, 1996) 7 1 B Believing is Seeing: seven stories (NY: Greenwillow, 1999), illus. Nenad Jakesevic 4 1 M Mixed Magics: four tales of Chrestomanci (Collins, 2000), illus. Tim Stevens —(Greenwillow, 2001) 16 0 U Uncertain Magic: collected stories (HarperCollins, 2004) [simultaneous publ? or US only?]

non-series "Novels" per ISFDB first-edition (or earliest reported) page-count in ISFDB ?  Changeover (Macmillan, 1970) UK only "Changeover takes place in the fictional country of Nwmkawami, which is on the verge of gaining independence from Britain." ?  Wilkins' Tooth (?, 1973) ; Witch's Business (NY: Dutton, 1974) US ed. 168pp 191 The Ogre Downstairs (Macmillan, 1974) 191 Dogsbody (Macmillan, 1975) ?  Eight Days of Luke (?, 1975) ; 1988 US ed. 147pp ?  Power of Three (?, 1976) ; 1977 US ed. 250pp ?  The Four Grannies (Antelope Books, 1980) UK only, i presume, same as Angus Flint 1978 and Chair Person 1989 which ISFDB calls chapterbooks 304 The Time of the Ghost (Macmillan, 1981) 224 The Homeward Bounders (Macmillan, 1981) 241 Archer's Goon (Methuen, 1984) 314* Fire and Hemlock (Greenwillow, 1984) ; (Methuen, 1985) — ISFDB reports both the US edition both 1995 and Dec 1994 (same ISBN); finalist for the Mythopoeic Award 1986, runner-up for the Phoenix Award 2005, which imply 1985/86 award cycles 284+ A Tale of Time City (Methuen, 1987) 96 Wild Robert (Mammoth, 1989) — 2009 cover shows "The ghost with magic at his fingertips!" US Greenwillow, 2003 illus. Mark Zug 207 Black Maria (Methuen, 1991) ; Aunt Maria (Greenwillow, 1991) 412* A Sudden Wild Magic (AvoNova, 1992) ; (Gollancz, 1996) UK ed. 380pp 288 Hexwood (Methuen, 1993) 96 Puss in Boots (Scholastic, 1999) UK only, price 1L, perhaps for World Book Day, as Stealer of Souls 2002 price=1L 179* The Game (US:Penguin, 2007) ; (HC, 2008) UK ed. 198+20pp, unexplained 332 Enchanted Glass (HC, 2010) 144 Earwig and the Witch (HC, 2011)

It appears to me that Wild Robert and Puss in Boots, like Stealer of Souls, should be called novellas and its useful to group all three of those with Everard's Ride and The True State of Affairs