Customer Reviews

The Stairway to Forever

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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.

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.

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.

I really loved this book. It makes you think about all of the conections and possibilities out there. The author is a master.

An ordinary man stumbles into a dreamlike realm of awesome sights, and awesome dangers.