"The Way They Wove the Spells in Sippulgar"
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Novelette
Year: 2009
ID: 1742
Publication history:
- 2009: Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2009, Magazine, 322 pp.
- 2013: Tales of Majipoor, Roc Trade paperback, ISBN 978-0-451-46498-9, 302 pp.
Other resources:
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Comments:
This rare later Silverberg work returns to Majipoor for the engaging story of a practical businessman of Sisivondal sent by his wife on a mission to the exotic southern city of Sippulgar, home to a multitude of religions and cults. This is during the reign of Confalume Pontifex. His goal is to discover the truth about the "disappearance under mysterious circumstances" of his brother-in-law, an entrepreneur with a long history of failed enterprises. In Sippulgar, his practical world view is challenged by believers in demons and other supernatural forces.
A brief review of this story can be found on Tangent here.