Portrait of Daryanree the King, The
Author:
Publication date:
1989-09
Publication type:
Short Story
Published:
Aboriginal SF Sep/Oct 1989
Opus No.:
166
Setting:
Magic Universe
Summary:
Niven relocates Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Grey to the "Magic Goes Away" universe. A "magical" portrait by a quick-witted painter supposedly keeps a vain king young-looking, but the magic is fading as the mana disappears...
Notes:
First American rights unsold. Sent to Argos. Argos collapsed. Antho rights promised to Susan Shwartz for Arabesques III. Sold to Titan Books (England).
Reprints:
More Tales from the Forbidden Planet, ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan 1990, Illustrated by Don Lawrence.;
Appears in the paperback edition of Achilles' Choice
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