Born to Exile

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Title Born to Exile

Dust-jacket illustration by Stephen E. Fabian for Born to Exile
Author Phyllis Eisenstein
Illustrator Stephen E. Fabian
Cover artist Stephen E. Fabian
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction novel, Fantasy novel
Publisher Arkham House
Released 1978
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 202 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-87054-082-3

Born to Exile is a Fantasy novel by author Phyllis Eisenstein. It was published by Arkham House in 1978 in an edition of 4,148 copies. It was Eisensteins's first book. Portions of the novel were previously published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

[edit] Plot summary

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The novel concerns the adventures of wandering minstrel, Alaric who has the ability to teleport and his search for love and his family.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Reprints

  • New York: Dell, 1980.
  • New York: Del Rey, 1981.
  • New York: New American Library, 1989.
  • London: Grafton, 1992.

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 120-121. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. 
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 52-53. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 144. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 118. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.