The Sorcerer's Apprentice him in his youth. It is, indeed, the oldest known variation of this tale type. While the similarities are so great as to make it obvious that Lucian was Goethe's inspiration, there are several minor differences: Similar themes (such as the power of magic or technology turning against the insufficiently wise person invoking it) are found in many traditions and works of art: Following Goethe's poem and Dukas' symphonic piece and the film "Fantasia", the term "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" has had numerous iterations as the title of various media pieces. These include several novels and nonfiction books, including novels by
The Mask of the Sorcerer The Mask of the Sorcerer The Mask of the Sorcerer is a fantasy novel by Darrell Schweitzer. It was first published in paperback in the United Kingdom by New English Library in October 1995. The first U.S. edition was published in hardcover by the Science Fiction Book Club in October 1999, with trade paperback and ebook editions following from Wildside Press in December 2003 and February 2014, respectively. The novel is an expansion of the author's 1991 novelette "To Become a Sorcerer," which was nominated for the 1992 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and was itself a preliminary nominee