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Title: Magic for Beginners Title Record # 291201
Author: Kelly Link
Date: 2005-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
2007ⓘTranslated by Lionel Davoust
 French Magie pour débutants
2008ⓘTranslated by Ute Brammertz.
 German Magie für Anfänger
2008ⓘTranslated by Michelle Charrier
 French
Magie pour débutants?Magie pour debutants
2011ⓘTranslated by Maia Figueroa Evans
 Spanish Magia para principiantes

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Win 2005 BSFA Best Short Fiction
Win 2006 Nebula Novella
1 2006 Locus Best Novella
2 2006 Hugo Best Novella
3 2006 Sturgeon Best Short Science Fiction
Nomination 2006 World Fantasy Best Novella
Nomination (as Magie pour débutants) 2008 Imaginaire Nouvelle étrangère

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Magic for Beginners 2005-07-00 Kelly Link Small Beer Press 1-931520-15-1
$24.00?$: US dollar
 273
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Shelley Jackson Checkmark
Magic for Beginners 2005-07-00 Kelly Link Small Beer Press  
$111.00?$: US dollar
 [16]+
273
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2005 2005-09-00 ed. Gordon Van Gelder Spilogale, Inc.  
$3.99?$: US dollar
 164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
 mag Max Bertolini Checkmark
Best Short Novels 2006 2006-06-00 ed. Jonathan Strahan Science Fiction Book Club 1-58288-222-3 / 1205600
$12.99?$: US dollar
 xiv+
573
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Les Edwards Checkmark
Magic for Beginners 2006-09-00 Kelly Link Harvest / Harcourt 978-0-15-603187-5
$14.00?$: US dollar
 297
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Shelley Jackson Checkmark
Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 2007-03-00 ed. Mike Resnick Roc / New American Library 0-451-46134-7
$15.95?$: US dollar
 vi+
389
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth WireImageStock/Masterfile Checkmark
Fiction, Printemps 2007 2007-03-15 ed. Editors of Fiction Les Moutons Électriques 978-2-915793-27-7
€23.00?€: Euro
 370
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 mag Frédéric Bézian  
Die Elbenhandtasche 2008-02-00 Kelly Link Heyne 978-3-453-52276-3
€9.95?€: Euro
 416
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Shelley Jackson Checkmark
La jeune détective et autres histoires étranges?La jeune detective et autres histoires etranges
 2008-05-00 Kelly Link
Denoël?Denoel
(Lunes d'encre)		 978-2-207-26002-9
€24.00?€: Euro
 375
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll
Benjamin Carré?Benjamin Carre
  
Pretty Monsters 2008-10-02 Kelly Link Viking 978-0-670-01090-5
$19.99?$: US dollar
 389
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Will Staehle Checkmark
Pretty Monsters 2008-10-02 Kelly Link Speak / Penguin Books (US) 978-1-101-21542-5
$9.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Wrong Grave [subset 1 of 2] 2009-08-31 Kelly Link Text Publishing 978-1-921520-73-0
A$19.95?A$: Australian dollar
 202
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Shaun Tan  
Pretty Monsters 2009-10-01 Kelly Link Canongate Books 978-1-84767-783-9
£12.99?£: UK pound
 389
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Will Staehle Checkmark
Pretty Monsters 2009-10-04 Kelly Link Canongate Books 978-1-84767-820-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Will Staehle  
Pretty Monsters 2010-06-10 Kelly Link Speak / Penguin Books (US) 978-0-14-241672-3
$9.99?$: US dollar
 404
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Will Staehle  
Pretty Monsters 2010-06-10 Kelly Link Turtleback Books 978-0-606-15009-5
$23.30?$: US dollar
 416
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Will Staehle  
Pretty Monsters 2010-07-01 Kelly Link Canongate Books 978-1-84767-784-6
£8.99?£: UK pound
 416
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Will Staehle  
Pretty Monsters 2010-07-05 Kelly Link Walker Books (UK) 978-1-4063-3029-8
£7.99?£: UK pound
 416
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll  
La jeune détective et autres histoires étranges?La jeune detective et autres histoires etranges
 2011-04-12 Kelly Link
Denoël?Denoel
(Folio SF #398)		 978-2-07-044131-0   463
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll
Benjamin Carré?Benjamin Carre
  
Magia para lectores 2011-10-18 Kelly Link Seix Barral (Biblioteca furtiva) 978-84-322-0940-6
€19.00?€: Euro
 440
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Shaun Tan  
Other Worlds Than These 2012-07-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-433-2
$16.99?$: US dollar
 iv+
553
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Cody Tilson Checkmark
Other Worlds Than These 2012-07-00 ed. John Joseph Adams Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-434-9
$9.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Cody Tilson  
Magic for Beginners 2014-07-01 Kelly Link Random House Trade Paperbacks 978-0-8129-8651-8
$15.00?$: US dollar
 352
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll  
Magic for Beginners 2015-09-22 Kelly Link CreateSpace 978-1-5174-5519-4
$10.99?$: US dollar
 194
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll  
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries & Lore 2017-05-21 ed. Paula Guran Prime Books 978-1-60701-489-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
 383
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Julie Dillon  
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries & Lore 2017-08-05 ed. Paula Guran Prime Books 978-1-60701-490-4
$6.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Julie Dillon  
Magic for Beginners date unknown Kelly Link Small Beer Press 1-931520-15-1
$24.00?$: US dollar
 273
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Shelley Jackson Checkmark
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