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Not Long Before the End

By: Larry Niven
Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
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Nominated for both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, this short story introduces the Warlock, who discovers to his horror that the world's mana, the fuel that makes magic work, is rapidly dwindling. The news spells doom for magic-based society. Unfortunately, no secret that powerful can stay hidden for long.

©2017 Larry Niven (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Witchcraft Short Stories
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I recently learned about Niven from an interview with James Cameron. Can’t wait to get into his novels.

Omg so good

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I’ve never thought of Larry Niven as a fantasy writer, but in this quick tale he shows what he can do with the genre as a classic wizard versus warrior confrontation blossoms. It’s lots of fun.

Wizard versus Warrior

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Branson Pinchot covered the four roles entertainly and effectively. All involved did this masterpiece justice!

Well-done!

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I have been a MTG fan for over a year. Great to hear where it began

I want to know more

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I always find Larry Niven stories ver enjoyable. He is one of my favorite authors of all time.

Enjoyable Short

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Good but not great. Niven is a great writer but like all short stories his endings should be much better.

rjkaral

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The main tale is a cleanly told story with a Twilight zone worthy ending. The second story is a classic that will greatly amuse any swords and sorcery fan.

Cleanly told

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this was a fun short story and full of enjoyable banter. I could use some of those youth spells myself...

Fun

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