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Phyllis Eisenstein

Born

in Chicago, The United States

January 01, 1946

Died

December 07, 2020

Website

http://www.bl.com/eisenstein/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Phyllis Eisenstein was born in Chicago in 1946 and, except for two years in Germany and one winter in Upper Michigan as an Air Force wife, has spent her life there. In her early student days, she worked as a butcher, grocery clerk, bowling alley pin-setter, and tutor. She dropped out of college to join her new husband Alex overseas, eventually selling two stories in 1969, the first being a collaboration with Alex that appeared in Robert Silverberg's New Dimensions 1. Ten years later, after her third novel was published, she went back to school to acquire a degree in Anthropology from the University of Illinois.

Phyllis got her first taste of teaching while assisting Roger Zelazny at the Indiana University Writers Conference in 1977 and went ...more

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Phyllis Eisenstein’s books

Average rating: 3.89 · 26,240 ratings · 2,706 reviews · 70 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sorcerer's Son (The Book of Elementals, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 1979 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Born to Exile 3.74 avg rating — 313 ratings — published 1978 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crystal Palace (The Book of Elementals, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Red Lord's Reach (Tales of Alaric the Minstrel, #2) by Phyllis Eisenstein, Peter Elson (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Hands of Glory 3.31 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow of Earth 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Elementals (#1-2) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City in Stone (The Book of Elementals, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Western Tradition 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spec-Lit: Speculative Fiction (Vol 1) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Phyllis Eisenstein

Tales of Alaric the Minstrel (2 books)
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Peter Elson (Illustrator)

3.88 avg rating — 23,141 ratings

The Book of Elementals (3 books)
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Phyllis Eisenstein

3.83 avg rating — 985 ratings

Quotes by Phyllis Eisenstein (?)

“You have courage, minstrel,” said Piros.

Alaric shook his head. “Less than you think, good Piros. But I have considerable curiosity, and that sometimes masquerades as courage.”
― Phyllis Eisenstein, Rogues

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