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Title:Arcana Caelestia
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Moderator:NETRIX::thomas
Created:Thu Dec 08 1983
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1300
Total number of notes:18728

998.0. "Demons at Rainbow Bridge by Chalker" by TNPUBS::HALLOWELL (It's been a slow decade.) Tue Jul 16 1991 09:37

Has anyone read _The_Demons_at_Rainbow_Bridge_ by Jack Chalker? More
importantly, does anyone have any information about the sequel?

'Demons' was one of the best SF books I've read, and I try to read quite a bit.
The setup for the book is straightforward enough - three distinct empires
inhabit known space in a "cold war" type of existence.  When some strange
creatures are discovered on a remote planet at the corner of all three empires,
a team of explorers/adventurers/conquerors is sent, one from each super-power.

This first book primarily serves to introduce the members of each team by
having them go through a (mis)adventure in their own empire. The teams are
called to investigate the "demons" only near the end.

Any news on the sequel would be much appreciated.

Rikk
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998.1Typical Chalker - but readableLENO::GRIERmjg's holistic computing agencyTue Jul 16 1991 13:2518
    
    Re: .0:
    
       I'm awaiting the sequel too.
    
       However, Chalker's books while being somewhat interesting and
    entertaining and really not worth much more than the paper they're
    written on.  If you've ever read any of his other series they're so
    similar in theme that except for slight variations I wonder why I read
    them.  (But I do like the variations, so I find myself reading them. 
    It's better than reading computer books, but I don't know how I'll go
    back after finishing the Thomas Covenant series again...)
    
       So far it *does* sound like "Four Lords of the Diamond meets Nathan
    Brazil and the Well World", with a small dose of Five Rings of the
    Master mixed in.
    
    					-mjg
998.2KACIE::SANDERWarren Sander - ISB (297-2939)Tue Jul 16 1991 16:264
The sequel is out.. It has been for a couple of months.. I got a copy at a
B. Daltons in Atlanta at decus. It is hardback.. I haven't read it yet though
because I keep puting books infront of it in my 'to read' pile..
998.3What's it titled?TNPUBS::HALLOWELLIt's been a slow decade.Tue Jul 16 1991 18:556
    
    Can you pass on a title? All of the bookstores I've tried don't have it
    and have no record of what it might be called.
    
    Thanks,
    Rikk
998.4RUSURE::MELVINTen Zero, Eleven Zero Zero by Zero 2Sun Oct 04 1992 20:449
A little late but:

sequel #1:  Run to Chaos Keep  (I think)
sequel #2:  90 Trillion Fausts

            This second just showed up in paperback at Barnes & Noble
	    Nashua, NH USA.