The Prize in the Game

The Prize in the Game
Tor Books hardcover
Author Jo Walton
Cover artist Jean Pierre Targete
Country United States
Language English
Genre Fantasy novel
Publisher Tor Books
Publication date
 December 2002 (1st edition)
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 256 pp (hardcover, 1st edition)
ISBN 0-7653-0263-2 (hardcover, 1st edition)
OCLC 49873356
823/.92 21
LC Class PR6073.A448 P75 2002
Followed by The King's Peace

The Prize in the Game is Jo Walton's third novel, 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.[1]

Publication history

  • 2002, USA, Tor Books ISBN 0-7653-0263-2, Pub date 1 December 2002, Hardback
  • 2004, USA, Tor Fantasy ISBN 0-7653-4670-2, Pub date 4 May 2004, Mass Market Paperback

Notes

  1. ↑ Walton, Jo (5 March 2001). "Message from discussion _Prize in the Game_, Walton: Review, Wibblings (long)". Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written.

Reviews

  • Cobb, Christopher (May 23, 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.


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