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| − | '''Raker''' is the first published piece of media in the Black Company franchise, being released 2 years before the [[The Black Company (novel)|first novel]]. The short story was later adapted into the third chapter of the Black Company novel. |
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| + | | image1 = Magazine_of_Fant_and_Sci_Fi_Aug_1982-Raker.jpg |
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| + | | caption1 = The August 1982 edition of ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' |
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| + | | author = [[Glen Cook]] |
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| + | | editor = Edward L. Ferman |
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| + | | publication_date = August 1982 |
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| + | | publisher = ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' |
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| + | | pages = 28 (pp. 94-121) |
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| + | | narrator = [[Croaker]] |
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| + | | previouspub = ''none'' |
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| + | | nextpub = ''[[The Black Company]]'' (May 1984) |
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| + | {{dab|For the character with the same name, see [[Raker]]}} |
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| + | '''"Raker"''' is the first of the 7 [[short stories]] of the [[Black Company series]], and also, the first published piece of media in the series as a whole. It appeared in the August 1982 edition of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', which was 2 years before the appearance of the first novel, ''[[The Black Company]]''. A trimmed and otherwise slightly rewritten variation of it became Chapter 3 of the first novel. |
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| + | In the magazine, "Raker" is actually classified as a "novelet" in the table of contents. The magazine also contains one other novelet and seven short stories. |
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| + | The most significant difference between the "Raker" short story and Chapter 3 of ''The Black Company'' is the omission of surplus expository background details in the novel. The short story notably contains a large paragraph outlining the backstory of the Dominator, the Lady, and the Taken. Whereas, in the novel, this contextual information is spread out in other chapters. |
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Revision as of 19:22, 24 June 2020
- For the character with the same name, see Raker
"Raker" is the first of the 7 short stories of the Black Company series, and also, the first published piece of media in the series as a whole. It appeared in the August 1982 edition of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, which was 2 years before the appearance of the first novel, The Black Company. A trimmed and otherwise slightly rewritten variation of it became Chapter 3 of the first novel.
In the magazine, "Raker" is actually classified as a "novelet" in the table of contents. The magazine also contains one other novelet and seven short stories.
The most significant difference between the "Raker" short story and Chapter 3 of The Black Company is the omission of surplus expository background details in the novel. The short story notably contains a large paragraph outlining the backstory of the Dominator, the Lady, and the Taken. Whereas, in the novel, this contextual information is spread out in other chapters.