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Philip Jose Farmer

The World of Tiers: Volume Two: The Lavalite World, Behind the Walls of Terra, & More than Fire (World of Tiers, 2) Paperback – November 15, 1997

by Philip Jose Farmer (Author)

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In one volume, here are the last three novels in the classic SF adventure series, The World of Tiers: Behind the Walls of Terra, The Lavalite World, and More Than Fire. These are the great originals of universe-hopping adventure that later writers, including Roger Zelazny in his Amber Series, used as models. Zelazny himself says, "I admire his sense of humor and facility for selecting the perfect final sentence for everything he writes. He can be stark, dark, smoky, bright, and any color of the emotional spectrum...put quite simply, he arouses awe," The tierworld books are full of non-stop action and typify Farmer's boundless imagination. Who else would have thought of stacking up pocket universes like a ziggurat or the layers of a cake? Join Earthlings Robert Wolff and Paul Janus Finnigan (alias Kickaha) on an unforgettable adventure to big for any single world.

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512 pages
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Tor Books
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November 15, 1997
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5.5 x 1.22 x 8.5 inches
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0312863772
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978-0312863777
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“The greatest science fiction writer ever.” ―Leslie Fiedler

“Farmer offers his audience a wide-screen adventure that never fails to provoke, amuse, and educate...his imagintaion is certainly of the first rank.” ―Time

“Philip Jose Farmer owes a fair measure of his fame to the World of Tiers series, based on the notion of immortal Lords whose ancestors made a host of pocket universes (including ours) and then lost the technological skills to make more.” ―Analog

About the Author

Hugo award-winning author Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) was one of the great science fiction writers of the 20th Century, and the Riverworld books are generally considered his masterpiece. He lived in Peoria, Illinois.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Books; 1st edition (November 15, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 512 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312863772
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312863777
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.22 x 8.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #748,557 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #15,124 in Science Fiction Adventures
- #17,357 in Epic Fantasy (Books)
- #85,697 in American Literature (Books)

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Colin A. Brodd

More adventures in the Worlds of the Lords!

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2020

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P.J. Farmer is not my favorite author in the famous Appendix N of Gary But as (list of authors & works that inspired the creation of D&D, and thus all RPGs indirectly). The first World of Tiers books are specifically referenced, I believe, but some of these later volumes would have come out after the 1st edition DMG and it's appendices. The influence seems clear to me - the series postulates an ancient race who call themselves the Lords who had the means to artificially create their own universes and stock them with their own bioengineered creatures and superscience traps - a bit like a DM! This second collection mostly follows the adventures of Kickaha, a human Odysseus-like trickster figure, born in Earth in 1918 and accidentally taken to the World of Tiers in 1946, kept from aging by properties of those other worlds, and having adopted somewhat Amerindian lifestyle and nickname. Most of the adventures were OK, but some felt forced, and there are bizarre concepts (like a lavalite world!) and digressions (like the story Red Orc's Rage, which is about a psychiatric patient in Earth projecting his consciousness into the (meta) fictional Lord Red Orc from the World of Tiers books! Weird! Fun series, but occasionally quite weird!

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john cottingham

Kickahas World

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2018

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My favorite series are The Amber series, The Dark Tower, The Well of Souls, River World and World of Tiers. The latter I first read over 40 years ago, except for the last two volumes. All of these are superb except Red Orcs Rage. It. Was OK but kind of strange like someone else, other than Farmer, had written it. Still if you have never read this; don't miss it.

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Allen W. Mcdonnell

Half excellent

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2019

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The first two novels in this four volume collection are very good. Unfortunately the third is problematic and the forth s just not good at all.

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Paul J. Moade

Good follow-up to the first volume

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2000

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Not too much really to say about the stories themselves. A reader either likes the series or he/she doesn't. If you haven't read any of Farmer's "World of Tiers" books yet, by all means be sure to read the first one first (Maker of Universes). A new reader will be lost in the plot otherwise.
This particular volune (#2) consists of Farmer's 4th, 5th and 6th tales of Kickaha, Wolfe and the race of lords. "Behind the Walls of Terra" is a well done story centering on Kickaha's return to earth to search for the last living beller and his friend Wolfe (Jadawin), tangling with earth's lord, Red Orc and an interloper. The second story, "The Lavalite World", drags and is probably the weakest of the series. Readers will want to go thru that one only because it's part of the collection. The last volume, "More than Fire" I cannot comment on at this time since I haven't read it yet.
The set of stories by Farmer are imaginative, fast moving (for the most part) and handily available in the two paperback volumes. The book price, while not really cheap is not out of line for paperbacks sold today. Folks who enjoy tales of fantasy, other worlds or dimensions, and science fiction should pass many pleasant hours with the collection -- but read it in sequence to understand what's going on.
** Recommended **
~P~

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S Jones

Great classic but somewhat aged

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2020

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I loved this book when it was new. It does not stand the test of time however. Still a great read.

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L. Ion May

No Wolf

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2019

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Wolf and Chryseis disappearance are not solved or even left hanging. I'm disappointed in this.

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tzinnamon

Nostalgic read

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2018

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Nostalgic buy, but it is a great series even if a bit dated.

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Steven

Awesome adventure series

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2019

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Love the whole series. Would recommend this series to anybody. All the characters were good and had amazing adventures altogether

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Mijin Ukimaimai

MISPRINTED Tor books paperback edition (1997)

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2015

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This low rating applies strictly to the 1997 Tor books paperback edition (ISBN-10: 0312863772 / ISBN-13: 978-0312863777), mistakenly listed here as 1 Jan 1920.

Many sections in this book are so badly printed, they are unreadable. It IS possible to pick through the text - but seriously, you couldn't call it reading. Continues throughout the book. I have returned three versions from different sources with the same problem. If there are editions from a different print run, I have yet to find them.

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borax99

A Fantasy classic - horribly savaged edition

Reviewed in Canada on February 17, 2016

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Make no mistake, the World of Tiers series is a legitimate fantasy classic - but something went horribly wrong with the repro on this particular volume - page after page after of barely legible, severely faded type, looks more like a photocopy of a third-generation photocopy than a brand-new - and pricey - trade paperback !!! Do yourself a huge favour and read this series - but in another edition. Alternatively, just on the off chance my copy was a fluke, see what you can dig up in a local bookstore. Major disappointment. I'm not bothering with this, ordered another edition from elsewhere.

NickDerBär

Phantastische Welten

Reviewed in Germany on August 6, 2015

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PJF hat mir immer schon gefallen; und ich kenne die World of Tiers-Reihe schon seit 30 Jahren, habe sie aber jetzt wieder gelesen und war wieder fasziniert. Was mich schon damals allerdings genervt hat, ist das so ein schlauer Mensch wie PJF offenbar nicht kurz nachgerechnet hat. Von wegen "schiefer Turm von Pisa" - die erste Ebene ist mindestens 6000km breit; der erste Monolith, wenn ich mich recht entsinne, etwa 30 km hoch. Doch selbst wäre er 300 km hoch, wäre der Eindruck der World of Tiers nicht der eines Turmes sondern eher der einer Frisbeescheibe. Seltsam, dass das so wenigen auffällt.

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Amazon Kunde

Druckqualität ungenügend.

Reviewed in Germany on March 23, 2017

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Habe das Buch in der 1. Auflage von Dezember 1997 bekommen und die Qualität des Drucks ist unterirdisch: die Seiten sehen aus als wären sie mit einem Faxgerät fotokopiert worden. Man kann keine Seite lesen ohne Kopfweh zu bekommen.
Schade, aber das Buch geht wieder zurück...

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Peter

Schlechte Qualität

Reviewed in Germany on December 5, 2020

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Ganz schlechter Druck! Sehr anstrengend zu lesen! Ist das Geld nicht wert! Geht zurück!

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