Garan the Eternal

First published	1972
Type	Novel

<b>From the back cover of the DAW first printing:</b> "In our world he was Garin, jet pilot and explorer. In the lost land of Tav, he was Garan, who would supply the link with their most ancient past. And in a world far distant in space and time, he was Garan of Yu-Lac, who would stand alone between a planet's doom and the ones he loved. Garan the Eternal is a web of wonders woven by a master writer. It is the story of three lives tied by a recurrent destiny--that of Kepta the Ambitious, of Thrala the Divine, and of Garan himself, man of three worlds."

This novel is a fixup of the following two short stories: The People of the Crater (VT: Garan of Tav) and Garan of Yu-Lac. The text was edited as part of the fixup process. {{BREAK}}For example, while the first two paragraphs are the same between The People of the Crater and the novel, we then have:

Story story version	Novel version
... "Aren't you Captain Garin Featherstone?" Startled, the flyer nodded dumbly. From a plump billfold the man drew a clipping and waved it toward his seat mate. Two years before, Captain Garin Featherstone of the United Democratic Forces had led a perilous bombing raid into the wilds of Siberia to wipe out the vast expeditionary army secretly gathering there. It had been a spectacular affair and had brought the survivors some fleeting fame. "You're the sort of chap I've been looking for," the stranger folded the clipping again, "a flyer with courage, initiative and brains. The man who led that raid is worth investing in." "What's the proposition?" asked Featherstone wearily. He no longer believed in luck. ...	... "Aren't you Captain Garin Featherstone?" Startled, the flyer nodded assent. Two years before he, Captain Garin Featherstone of the United Democratic Forces, had led a perilous bombing raid into the wastelands of Asia to wipe out a vast expeditionary army secretly gathering there. It had been a spectacular affair and had brought the survivors some fleeting fame. From a plump billfold the newcomer drew a clipping and waved it toward his seat mate. "You're the man I've been looking for"—the stranger refolded the clipping—"a pilot with courage, initiative and brains. The man who led that raid is worth investing in." "What's the proposition?" asked Featherstone wearily. He no longer believed in luck. ...

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Novel version

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"Aren't you Captain Garin Featherstone?"

Startled, the flyer nodded dumbly.

From a plump billfold the man drew a clipping and waved it toward his seat mate. Two years before, Captain Garin Featherstone of the United Democratic Forces had led a perilous bombing raid into the wilds of Siberia to wipe out the vast expeditionary army secretly gathering there. It had been a spectacular affair and had brought the survivors some fleeting fame.

"You're the sort of chap I've been looking for," the stranger folded the clipping again, "a flyer with courage, initiative and brains. The man who led that raid is worth investing in."

"What's the proposition?" asked Featherstone wearily. He no longer believed in luck.

...

"Aren't you Captain Garin Featherstone?"

Startled, the flyer nodded assent. Two years before he, Captain Garin Featherstone of the United Democratic Forces, had led a perilous bombing raid into the wastelands of Asia to wipe out a vast expeditionary army secretly gathering there. It had been a spectacular affair and had brought the survivors some fleeting fame.

From a plump billfold the newcomer drew a clipping and waved it toward his seat mate.

"You're the man I've been looking for"—the stranger refolded the clipping—"a pilot with courage, initiative and brains. The man who led that raid is worth investing in."

"What's the proposition?" asked Featherstone wearily. He no longer believed in luck.

...

In addition, the story Garan of Yu-Lac was intended to be serialized in three parts. However, Spaceway magazine ceased publication before the third part was published meaning the novel is the first publication of the latter part of this story.

Note: Many publications using the title Garan the Eternal are the collection Garan the Eternal though they are often formatted to appear as though they are a novel. Before adding your publication as a novel please check to see if it is the collection. Specifically, we are looking to see if the publication contains:

The novel Garan the Eternal which itself is a fixup of the two short stories The People of the Crater (VT: Garan of Tav) and Garan of Yu-Lac.
The short story One Spell Wizard.
The short story Legacy from Sorn Fen.

Wikipedia

Date	Publication	Publisher	Type	Page
1972	Garan the Eternal	Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.	Novel
March 1973	Garan the Eternal	DAW Books	Collection	7
March 1973	Garan the Eternal	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	Collection	7
July 1974	Garan — der Ewige	Pabel	Novel
July 1975	Garan the Eternal	DAW Books	Collection	9
1978	Garan L'Eterno	Edizioni M.G.	Novel	3
December 1978	Garan the Eternal	DAW Books	Collection	7
1980	Garan l'eterno / La città morta	Gemini Argento	Omnibus
June 1985	Garan the Eternal	DAW Books	Novel	9
September 1987	Garan the Eternal	DAW Books	Novel	9
October 1998	Il Grande Libro della Heroic Fantasy	Editrice Nord	Anthology	527
July 2014	Garan the Eternal: An Epic Adventure of Time and the Stars	Open Road Integrated Media	Collection	\|7
July 2014	Garan the Eternal	Open Road Integrated Media	Collection

Garan the Eternal

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