Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!KIESCHE@RU-BLUE.ARPA From: KIESCHE@RU-BLUE.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Chalker's Well World... Message-ID: <16568@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 12:31:07 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16568 Posted: Thu Feb 9 12:31:07 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 09:48:05 EST Lines: 63 The hexes on Chalker's Well World are named after several things--friends, fans, places, made-up names, and (surprise!) ferry boats and National Parks! Chalker is a big ferry boat fan, and was even married on one. I just picked up "River of the Dancing Gods"--has anyone read it yet? It looks like a trilogy, at least.... He is also coming out with another tetralogy, something along the lines of "Shadows of Light and Flux"....the first book will be out in March from Tor Books... Flame: I have generally enjoyed Chalker--the first time through...I found the first book of the Well World series good, but the quality went down from there until the last book ("Twilight at the Well of Souls: The Legacy of Nathan Brazil"), where it was so hack that I read it just to get through with it. A few of his books are definite favorites--"The Web of the Chozen", which I always thought begged for a sequel & "The Devil Will Drag You Under"--which contains a truely interesting and fairly original plot device (anything more would constitute a SPOILER). >From memory, the books are: The Well World Series: Midnight at the Well of Souls Quest for the Well of Souls (War of the Well, Part One) Exiles at the Well of Souls (War of the Well, Part Two) The Return of Nathan Brazil Twilight at the Well of Souls: The Legacy of Nathan Brazil The Four Lords of the Diamond--I can't remember the four titles, but you will recognize them easily--the names of the four planets are Lilith, Charon, Medusa, and Cerberus. Each title is something like "Planet Name: Something, Something, Something". The title paintings are also fairly identical--each contains a depiction of the main character in the background and some action in the foreground... The Jungle of Stars The Web of the Chozen Dancers in the Afterglow And the Devil Will Drag You Under War of Shadows The Identity Matrix NEW BOOKS: River of the Dancing Gods New series from Tor... As for publishers--all of Chalker's books are from Ballantine/Del Rey (and should be easy to find or order), except for War of Shadows, which is from Ace; The Identity Matrix, which is from Timescape/Pocket; and the new series from Tor... Enjoy! As soon as I go home, I'll write down the exact titles of the Four Lords series and send it in, asking the Moderator to append this message... Frederick Paul Kiesche III -------