Elsewhere
core novel 1991 Bordertown
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (1,261 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152007317 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Ron is a runaway who arrives in Bordertown, a rough city on the edge of Faerie where elves, humans and people of mixed blood share the streets. Magic works there better than machines. He is looking for a place to belong and for his brother Tony, and he finds a used bookstore called Elsewhere, run by the armless Mickey, and a communal household known as Castle Pup. He takes a job at the shop and begins to settle in. Then a split in the household stirs up trouble and upends the life he has started to build, forcing him to decide who he can trust.
Where it sits
- Universe: Bordertown
- Series: Bordertown core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Will Shetterly
Notes
- From the series record (Bordertown): Three novels by two authors set in Terri Windling's shared city on the edge of Faerie.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Bordertown: position 1 of 3: next Nevernever (1993)
Sources
← Bordertown dossier · All universes
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