Castle Perilous

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John DeChancie: Castle Perilous (Paperback, 1988, Ace Books)

Mass Market Paperback, 249 pages

English language

Published March 1, 1988 by Ace Books.

ISBN:
978-0-441-09418-9
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4 stars (1 review)

Yesterday he was an unemployed philosophy major. Today he lives in a castle...

...that's worlds away from home. His best buddy looks like seven feet of walking shag carpet, and the girl in his life's from California. In Castle Perilous, everyone has some magical talent, and behind each of the 144,000 doors there's new world to explore. There's only one hitch. There's a reason it's called...

CASTLE PERILOUS

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reviewed Castle Perilous by John DeChancie (Castle Perilous, #1)

Re-Read Castle Perilous after 30+ years

4 stars

Read this book when in high school and had the urge to read it again - and I liked it again. It's a bit of an interesting approach as there are two branches of the same story going on at the same time - one is the 'main' conflict, which is fairly high-level, but engaging, while the other is what's going on with some other characters that are trying to survive the main conflict (while having no real idea what's actually going on). Characters are really enjoyable and the concept is a slightly unique approach on a not unfamiliar idea in fantasy. It's a really fun read with characters that I think would be fun to hang out with...

Also - if you like the characters/concept there are several more books in the series...

Subjects

  • Fantasy
  • Fiction