The Sorcerer's Ship

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name = The Sorcerer's Ship
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image_caption = Cover of first edition
author = Hannes Bok
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cover_artist = Ray Cruz
country = United States
language = English
series = Ballantine Adult Fantasy series
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Ballantine Books
release_date = 1969
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = xi, 205 p.
isbn = 0-345-21795-0
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"The Sorcerer's Ship" is a fantasy novel by Hannes Bok. It was first published in the December, 1942 issue of the magazine "Unknown", and was first published in book form in paperback by Ballantine Books as the ninth volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in December, 1969. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by Lin Carter. The novel has also been published in translation in Polish and Russian.

Plot summary

An alternate universe tale in which a man from New York finds himself in an alien fantasy world and explores it aboard the titular vessel, which belongs to an odd but benevolent magician. He experiences various adventures, including battles, palace intrigue, encounters with monsters, and a dead city, gaining along the way the love of a princess. The sorcerer serves as Bok's "deus ex machina" to set everything right at the end.