Books by Diane Duane and Complete Book Reviews
Diane Duane, DAW, $24.95 (368p) ISBN 9780756406233
Realistically weaving together video gaming and back-alley corporate intrigue, Duane (A Wizard of Mars) takes readers to the near future, where new technologies like RealFeel allow players to smell, touch, and taste their game worlds. Today's gamers
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Diane Duane, Author Aspect $18.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-446-67318-1
Duane returns to the engaging world of The Book of Night with Moon, where wizardly cats guard the magical Gates between worlds and protect Earth from those who would upset the delicate balance of space and time. Based in Manhattan's Grand Central...
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Diane Duane, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $17 (416p) ISBN 978-0-15-204771-9
In the seventh book in the Young Wizards series, Wizard's Holiday by Diane Duane, Nita and her friend Kit go on vacation to a planet halfway across the galaxy, as part of a wizard cultural exchange program. Meanwhile, three very strange alien ...
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Diane Duane, Author Yearling Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-40658-7
This ecology-themed fantasy adventure concerns a girl who, understanding the language of animals, is summoned by a dolphin to save the ocean's creatures. Ages 10-14. (July)
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Diane Duane, Author Yearling Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-40638-9
As two young wizards embark on a mission to preserve the universe they encounter an eerie version of Manhattan. Ages 10-up. (June)
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Diane Duane, Author Yearling Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-40680-8
``Duane is tops in the high adventure business,'' said PW in praise of this ``rollicking yarn'' about the escapades of teenage wizards Nita and Kit. Ages 10-14. (Aug.)
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Diane Duane, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-385-29983-1
This continuation of the escapades of teenage wizards Nita and Kit centers on Nita's little sister, Dairine, whom Nita thinks is simply too smart for her own good. But when the family PC clones itself and suggests Dairine go to New York, Nita and...
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Diane Duane, Author Tor Books $21.95 (383p) ISBN 978-0-312-85184-2
A prince worried about his cowardice develops strength and insight as he fights for his heritage and his people in this third volume in the series that began with The Door into Fire . Freelorn s'Ferrant seeks to claim the throne of Arlen, which has...
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Diane Duane, Author Putnam Publishing Group $19.95 (348p) ISBN 978-0-399-14002-0
That a full-color Spider-Man trading card will be bound into the first edition of this mediocre kick-off volume to the Marvel Comics Novels series clarifies just who is considered the target readership for the new line of books based on popular...
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Diane Duane, Author, Bob McLeod, Illustrator, Ron Lim, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $23.95 (347p) ISBN 978-0-399-14334-2
Although Duane began her writing career with fantasy (The Door Into Fire, etc.), she has also produced some of the most memorable Star Trek books (Spock's World; Dark Mirror), as well as several Spiderman tie-ins (The Venom Factor, etc.). Here, she...
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Diane Duane, Author, B. Hambly, Author Aspect $21.99 (404p) ISBN 978-0-446-67302-0
The secret lives of cats are revealed as modestly heroic in this enchanting blend of epic fantasy, horror and SF set in contemporary Manhattan. Reprising concepts from her young-adult Wizard trilogy (High Wizardry, etc.), Duane, best known for her...
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Diane Duane, Author, Michael Stearns, Editor Graphia Books $18.95 (1152p) ISBN 978-0-15-204582-1
Fantasy buffs will appreciate Diane Duane's Box of Wizardry, which gathers the first three titles in her Young Wizards series into one boxed set of paperback editions. So You Want to Be a Wizard (1983) introduces 13-year old Nita, who enters the...
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