The Stairway to Forever [Paperback]

Robert Adams (Author), Ken Kelly (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1988

# Paperback # Publisher: Baen; First Edition edition (September 1, 1988) # Language: English # ISBN-10: 0671654349 # ISBN-13: 978-0671654344 # Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 4 x 0.6 inches # Shipping Weight: 4 ounces

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Baen; First Edition edition (September 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671654349
• ISBN-13: 978-0671654344
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,110,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars whatever happened to this series???, February 5, 2003

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Big Beat (Somewhere in cyberspace) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stairway to Forever (Paperback)

This is a very nice fantasy/adventure book, about a guy who discovers a stairway to an alternate world. I especially enjoyed all the detailed preparations for the journey, the description of all the various supplies and the realistic consequences and repercussions in the real world. That, plus the scenes about the initial discovery of the ancient shipwreck was actually much more fun than the adventure that followed, which is the more typical monsters/swords/talking animals stuff.

The book ends on a cliffhanger and it took me many years to find the sequel, "Monsters and Magicians". It is somewhat of a letdown, about the gods of the magic world summoning the hero for a quest. Yawn. But the story doesn't end there either, and the concept is nevertheless interesting enough to make me wish there was a third book to tie up the loose ends. I'm still searching for it, and I still don't know whether Adams actually wrote the third part or just abandoned the series. If anybody knows, please speak up.

1.0 out of 5 stars Left me Brain Dead..., November 9, 2011

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Ghostwolf "shadow-sphere" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stairway to Forever (Paperback)

I just didn't get this book. Never really seemed to go anywhere. Was there even an antagonist in this story? I can't remember much of what I read because it could never hold my interest. And then it just ended. No real climax. It was more dialogue than action/adventure. At one point, some animals started talking and then I really knew I was lost.

Just not my taste, I guess. I think I was expecting more of a John Carter of Mars type of story. I'm not sure what kind I got.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the end of a series, January 9, 2006

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wowpuc "you might just march to the drummer b... (find me in neverland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stairway to Forever (Paperback)

In my opinion this is a great series. Unfortunatly the author died before he could finish it acording to what i could find on the internet so in that case it is kindof a let down.