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A review by cavalary
The Black Tower by Robin Wayne Bailey, Robert Gould, Bruce Coville, Philip José Farmer, Charles de Lint, Richard A. Lupoff
4.0
The start of a very interesting writing experiment. Six books written by five different authors, the first and last written by the same author, with a sixth as supervisor and editor.
It passes through the "real" world of 1868 rather quickly and adds fantastic details to it even sooner, so you don't really have time to notice whether it's pictured realistically or not, but that's all good; it doesn't matter anyway.
Clive isn't the kind of character that I could like. A stuck-up 33 year old officer in the British army, position achieved more thanks to his father's influence and his brother's achievements than his own merit, quite uncertain about his view on life, thinks it's very important to please his father and is going into the unknown in search for his missing brother even though said brother bullied him since birth and his death would make Clive his father's heir. Still, he goes and ends up in another realm, a multi-layered world known as The Dungeon, filled with creatures kidnapped from a multitude of worlds and times.
The various shapes and sizes of the creatures make for an interesting array, but there are still way too many humans for it to seem likely.
That being said, the story is rather nicely done, for such an odd mix of creatures and places.
It passes through the "real" world of 1868 rather quickly and adds fantastic details to it even sooner, so you don't really have time to notice whether it's pictured realistically or not, but that's all good; it doesn't matter anyway.
Clive isn't the kind of character that I could like. A stuck-up 33 year old officer in the British army, position achieved more thanks to his father's influence and his brother's achievements than his own merit, quite uncertain about his view on life, thinks it's very important to please his father and is going into the unknown in search for his missing brother even though said brother bullied him since birth and his death would make Clive his father's heir. Still, he goes and ends up in another realm, a multi-layered world known as The Dungeon, filled with creatures kidnapped from a multitude of worlds and times.
The various shapes and sizes of the creatures make for an interesting array, but there are still way too many humans for it to seem likely.
That being said, the story is rather nicely done, for such an odd mix of creatures and places.