muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy) (02/27/85)
> From: Newman.pasa@XEROX.ARPA > > What does anyone know about Jack Chalker's work? I have read the "Well > of Souls" stuff, but I saw the "Soul Rider" series and another series > (something about Dancing?) in the bookstore yesterday, and I am curious > if they are any good. > > > >>Dave Not all of Jack Chalker's work is as good as the Well of Souls series, but he has written some nice things. Other than the Soul Rider series and any new, new books, there are: And the Devil Will Drag You Under (quite good, very funny, recommended) Well Of Souls: Midnight at the Well of Souls Exiles at the Well of Souls Quest for the Well of Souls The Return of Nathan Brazil Twilight at the Well of Souls Dancers in the Afterglow (strange) Four Lords of the Diamond: Lilith: A Snake in the Grass Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold Charon: A Dragon at the Gate Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail (The above are in order, they are also in decreasing order of quality, but if you read them, read them all to find out what happens...) The Identity Matrix A Jungle of Stars The Web of the Chozen (none of these three stands out in my memory) Muffy
liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) (02/27/85)
> > From: Newman.pasa@XEROX.ARPA > > > > What does anyone know about Jack Chalker's work? I have read the "Well > > of Souls" stuff, but I saw the "Soul Rider" series and another series > > (something about Dancing?) in the bookstore yesterday, and I am curious > > if they are any good. > > > > > > >>Dave > > Not all of Jack Chalker's work is as good as the Well of Souls series, > but he has written some nice things. Other than the Soul Rider series > and any new, new books, there are: > > And the Devil Will Drag You Under (quite good, very funny, recommended) > > Muffy I second the Devil Will Drag You Under recommendation.... it was really very well done. -eli -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: liang@cvl, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: liang@cvl UUCP: {seismo,rlgvax,allegra,brl-bmd,nrl-css}!umcp-cs!cvl!liang
@RUTGERS.ARPA:SRA@MIT-XX.ARPA (03/02/85)
From: Rob Austein <SRA@MIT-XX.ARPA> The Four Lords of the Diamond seems to be getting bad press around here. I liked it, anyway, and I didn't notice any deformed women in it. Certainly the series ends on a somewhat appocolyptic note, but it's worth reading. It's actually about as "hard" sf as he has written. The Dancing Gods books are fun if you can put up with a series that is a parody of itself (a barbarian named Joe?!?). War of Shadows is also a good standalone, particularly if you like quadruple-bluff what-the-bleep-is-going-on stories. His other stuff has mostly been mentioned. I agree that his politics tend to repeat in most of his books, but this goes for most authors I have read. --Rob -------
cmoore@amdimage.UUCP (chris moore) (03/05/85)
> > From: Newman.pasa@XEROX.ARPA > > > > What does anyone know about Jack Chalker's work? I have read the "Well > > of Souls" stuff, but I saw the "Soul Rider" series and another series > > (something about Dancing?) in the bookstore yesterday, and I am curious > > if they are any good. > > > > > > >>Dave > > Not all of Jack Chalker's work is as good as the Well of Souls series, > but he has written some nice things. Other than the Soul Rider series > and any new, new books, there are: > > [ list of books here] > > Muffy I have been a fan of Chalker's for a long time. I think I've read all of his available works - at least, I've read all that I've been able to find, including all those on Muffy's list and maybe a few others. I'll have to look through my collection when I get home and see if there are any I could add to the list. The only book/series I thought was less interesting than the rest was the Four Lords of the Diamond series. By the time I got to the fourth, I had pretty much lost interest, but I finished them just to see how they came out. I've read the Well of Souls series several times, and I think it's his best (especially the first book - Midnight at the Well of Souls). The Web of the Cozen was also very good, particularly because of the somewhat unusual ending. (For those who haven't read it, I won't spoil it :-) -- "My system is so slow we don't use 'who' anymore - it's faster to walk around the building and count the users." Chris Moore (408) 749-4692 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!amdimage!cmoore