Castle Perilous

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John Dechancie: Castle Perilous (Paperback, 1999, eReads.com)

Paperback, 212 pages

English language

Published Dec. 14, 1999 by eReads.com.

ISBN:
978-0-7592-3198-6
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OCLC Number:
50496900

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4 stars (1 review)

Imagine life in an ironically magical world where 144,000 doors separate fiction from reality. A place that can hypnotize even the most grounded philosophy major and deliver a fantastical rhyme to his reason. A place where a best buddy resembles a shaggy carpet, and adventures surpass a boy's dreams…welcome to Castle Perilous.

3 editions

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 - Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Fantasy - General