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| Author | Jo Walton |
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| Cover artist | Jean Pierre Targete |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
| Publication date | December 2002 (1st edition) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 256 (hardcover, 1st edition) |
| ISBN | 0-7653-0263-2 (hardcover, 1st edition) |
| OCLC | 49873356 |
| Dewey Decimal | 823/.92 21 |
| LC Class | PR6073.A448 P75 2002 |
| Followed by | The King's Peace |
The Prize in the Game is a fantasy novel by Welsh-Canadian writer Jo Walton, published by Tor Books in December 2002. The novel is a prequel to Walton's first two novels, The King's Peace (2000) and The King's Name (2001); its main characters appear as minor or off-stage characters in those books. The story was loosely inspired by the Táin Bó Cúailnge.
Notes
- Walton, Jo (5 March 2001). "Message from discussion _Prize in the Game_, Walton: Review, Wibblings (long)". Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written.
External links
- The King's Peace Page Index Walton's site via the Wayback Machine
- Full text of the novel (under CCL)
Reviews
- Cobb, Christopher (23 May 2003). "Strife Without Bitterness: Jo Walton's The Prize in the Game". Strange Horizons.
- Silver, Steven H (2003). "The SF Site Featured Review: The Prize in the Game". SF Site.
| Works by Jo Walton | |
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| Sulien series |
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| Small Change trilogy |
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| Thessaly trilogy |
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| Other novels |
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| Non-fiction | |
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