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Sanctuary

Robert Lynn Asprin

First published 1982
Publisher Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
Format Hardcover
Type Omnibus
Catalog ID 5138
Cover art Walter Velez
Pages [8]+600
Price $6.98

  • First edition [not stated]; an exclusive omnibus edition indicated by the Nelson Doubleday imprint
  • Price and date from Locus #260 (September 1982).
  • First printing has gutter code "M25" [verified] on page 599, indicates a printing date of June 1982
  • Known reprint codes: "M39" [verified PV1], September 1982, P13 [verified MK] March 1985, and Q02, January 1986
  • "Book Club Edition" on front flap; SFBC # on back cover
  • Endpaper maps are credited on the copyright page, same maps are in at least four Thieves' World omnibuses.
  • "Jacket painting by Walter Velez" on rear flap, no visible signature on the artwork.
  • First printing 1/4 bound in black with dark grey boards and pink lettering

Page Title Author(s) Type
5 Introduction (Thieves' World) Robert Lynn Asprin Short Story
15 Sentences of Death John Brunner Novelette
39 The Face of Chaos Lynn Abbey Novelette
60 The Gate of the Flying Knives Poul Anderson Novella
94 Shadowspawn Andrew Offutt Novelette
116 The Price of Doing Business Robert Lynn Asprin Novelette
131 Blood Brothers Joe Haldeman Novelette
148 Myrtis Christine DeWees Novelette
166 The Secret of the Blue Star Marion Zimmer Bradley Novelette
183 The Making of Thieves' World Robert Lynn Asprin Essay
195 Introduction (Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn) Robert Lynn Asprin Short Story
197 Spiders of the Purple Mage Philip José Farmer Novella
251 Goddess David Drake Novelette
273 The Fruit of Enlibar Lynn Abbey Novelette
290 The Dream of the Sorceress A. E. van Vogt Novelette
317 Vashanka's Minion Janet Morris Novelette
338 Shadow's Pawn Andrew Offutt Novelette
362 To Guard the Guardians Robert Lynn Asprin Novelette
383 The Lighter Side of Sanctuary Robert Lynn Asprin Essay
391 Introduction (Shadows of Sanctuary) Robert Lynn Asprin Short Story
395 Looking for Satan Vonda N. McIntyre Novella
439 Ischade C. J. Cherryh Novella
473 A Gift in Parting Robert Lynn Asprin Novelette
491 The Vivisectionist Andrew Offutt Novelette
520 The Rhinoceros and the Unicorn Diana L. Paxson Novelette
542 Then Azyuna Danced Lynn Abbey Novelette
563 A Man and His God Janet Morris Novella
597 Things the Editor Never Told Me Lynn Abbey Essay
[7] Editor's Note (Sanctuary) Robert Lynn Asprin Essay