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Title: Priam's Lens by Jack L. Chalker ISBN: 0-345-40294-4 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.13 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Non Sci-Fi Fan Loved It
Comment: I am not a huge science-fiction fan, though I have enjoyed a lot of fantasy/sci-fi books and movies. Jack Chalker, however, present science fiction with such real characters, who drink, swear, and are generally believable. You won't be overwhelmed with sci-fi mumbo jumbo (the problem I have with "Star Trek"), and everything is based on at least SOME scientific reasoning. The book itself is a great collection of characters with a very engaging story line. Easy to read, compelling, it has all the elements of a good right-before-bed read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Publishers vs authors.
Comment: It's a shame when corporate business mixes with creativity. Shelf time and statistics never could estimate the value of an art. Unfortunately, it appears publisher's interest lies whether a book sales or not and yet how can it when they don't even promote it. Frankly I found this book quiet by accident.
Priam's lens in my opinion, out shines Chalker's previous works by far. Well-developed characters and story line add excitement to this gem. Jack L. Chalker fans every where can only wish this book should have been a series as intended.
Rating: 3
Summary: A very disappouinting effort from Mr. Chalker
Comment: I am an avid SciFi/Fantasy fan and enjoyed Chalker's Well of Souls series immensely. I was immediately drawn into this book because of the fascinating mystery that was set up from the beginning. You will be disappointed to know that in the end, you recieve no answers to the questions that the entire story is premised upon. It is well and good to have bizarre things happening without reason and leave the reader to wonder how they tie together, but to then abandon them all in the end without any real explanation and meaning makes them entirely pointless, as is the case in this book. The story in itself, while an interesting concept, proceeds in a completely linear fashion without any twists, real character conflict, or unpredictable occurrences. It can be summarized in one sentence without missing too much of the plot: Bad aliens beat up mankind, mankind magically finds a weapon to beat them with, a team isassembeled to find the weapon, they find it, they beat up aliens. End of story. BOOO! This type of SciFi-lite might be fit for a SciFi Channel made-for-TV movie, but not a novel by one of fantasy's most thoughtful authors.
This might be a good one for the kids but not for anyone looking for a story with depth and intrigue. I would recommend passing on this one.
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Title: DOWNTIMING THE NIGHTSIDE : DOWNTIMING THE NIGHT SIDE by Chalker ISBN: 0671721704 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Sea Is Full of Stars by Jack L. Chalker ISBN: 0345394860 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 07 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Ghost of the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker ISBN: 0345394852 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Run To Chaos Keep by Chalker ISBN: 0671577999 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Gods of the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker ISBN: 034538850X Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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