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Conjure Wife

core novel 1943 Conjure Wife

Record

First published1943
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating3.79 (2,906 ratings, collected 2026-09-05)
Page count210
First-edition ISBN9781258129590

Where it sits

  • Universe: Conjure Wife
  • Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
  • Author: Fritz Leiber

Awards (verified)

  • Retro Hugo Award (Best Novel), 1944: won; Awarded retroactively in 2019 for the 1944 Hugo year (covering works first published in 1943), verified directly against the Hugo Award's own official announcement, not a secondary summary.

Notes

  • First published as a novella in Unknown Worlds (April 1943); expanded and published as a standalone book by Twayne Publishers in 1953, the edition now generally read. Per this project's print-edition-first convention, the true first PRINT edition (the 1953 Twayne book) is the recorded first edition; the 1943 magazine publication is the recorded original-publication year.

Sources

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