Form: Short story
Year: 1982
Publication history:
- ???? : Crónicas de Majipur (pb) , Ultramar (Spain) (in Spanish)
- 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 : Asimov's March 1982 (m) ,
- 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)
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Comments:
This story is Chapter 2 of Majipoor Chronicles.
Majipoor is a big planet that has been settled by humans, forcing aside the native inhabitants. The natives, called Piurivar or Shapeshifters, don't take the intrusion lightly, but the increasing number of humans with superior technology drives them into hiding to take up guerilla tactics, aided by their ability to mimic humans. Then along comes Lord Stiamot, the Coronal who decides to put an end to the problem once and for all. This story gives us a picture of Stiamot's campaign from the viewpoint of one of his regional commanders, who has to face up to the consequences of his leader's tactics.
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