Form: Novelette
Year: 1981
Publication history:
- ???? : Crónicas de Majipur (pb) , Ultramar (Spain) (in Spanish)
- 1981 : Asimov's December 21, 1981 (m) ,
- 1982 : Majipoor Chronicles (tpb) , Priam, 314 pp., 359-7
- 1982 : Majipoor Chronicles (hc) , Science Fiction Book Club, 277 pp., 6475
- 1982 : Majipoor Chronicles (hc) , Gollancz (UK), 314 pp., 03153-0
- 1982 : Chroniques de Majipoor (hc) , Laffont (France), 331 pp., ISBN 2221009797 (in French)
- 1982 : Majipoor Chronicles (hc) , Arbor House, 314 pp., 358-9
- 1983 : Crónicas de Majipur (hc) , Acervo (Spain), ISBN 8470023616 (in Spanish)
- 1983 : Majipoor Chronicles (pb) , Pan, 317 pp., 281178
- 1983 : Majipoor Chronicles (pb) , Bantam, 281 pp., ISBN 0-553-22928-1
- 1984 : Majipoor Chronicles (pb) , Bantam, 281 pp.
- 1988 : Majipoor Chronicles (pb) , Pan, 317 pp.
- 1989 : Majipoor Chronicles (pb) , Bantam, 281 pp., 14428-6
- 1992 : Majipoor Chronicles (pb) , Pan, 317 pp.
- 1995 : El Laberinto de Majipur (pb) , Ultramar (Spain), ISBN 8473864883 (in Spanish)
- 1995 : Majipoor Chronicles (pb) , Pan, ISBN 0330281178
- 1995 : Das Seelenregister (pb) , Lübbe (Germany), 476 pp., ISBN 3404241991 (in German)
- 1996 : Majipoor Chronicles (pb) , Harper & Row, 400 pp., ISBN 0061054852
- 1998 : Het Labyrint van Majipoor (tpb) , Luitingh-Sijthoff (Netherlands), 560 pp., ISBN 90-245-1428-2 (in Dutch)
- 1999 : Majipoor Chronicles (hc) , Science Fiction Book Club, 277 pp.
- 1999 : Valentine of Majipoor (hc) , Science Fiction Book Club, 806 pp., 02048
- 2000 : Majipoor Chronicles (pb) , Voyager (UK), 400 pp., ISBN 0006483798
- 2000 : Majipoor Chronicles (ol) , Fictionwise
- 2002 : Chroniques de Majipoor (pb) , LGF (France), 445 pp., ISBN 2253041203 (in French)
This story became Chapter 9 of Majipoor Chronicles.
Inyanna Forlana is a woman of about thirty who is not looking forward to spending the rest of her life as a small-time shopkeeper in the mountain town of Velathys. Then one day two men bearing the seal of the Pontifex arrive and inform her that she has inherited a great mansion in the vast city of Ni-moya. She sells all her belongings to make the lengthy trip, only to arrive and discover she has been conned. Desperate for a livelihood, she joins the official thieves of the Grand Bazaar. This is a recognized and respected position and not considered crime there, though it is at odds with her old shopkeeper's instincts. In her new profession, Inyanna learns much about herself and her world, preparing her for a destiny she little imagines. Probably my favorite story in Majipoor Chronicles, along with "The Desert of Stolen Dreams".