Quest for the Well of Souls (original 1978; edition 1980)

by Jack L. Chalker

Series: Well World Saga (3), Well of Souls (3)

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Title:	Quest for the Well of Souls
Authors:	Jack L. Chalker
Info:	Del Rey (1980), Mass Market Paperback
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Quest for the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker (1978)

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Sort of a combination of Riverworld and Ringworld, the inhabitants of the Well World are a random mess of alien creatures, all fighting for control, or to leave. There's a ton of opportunity for adventure and strange meetings, and Chalker is one of the best at making such things happen. (

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Karlstar | Oct 18, 2009 |

Well War 2.

Or, if you haven't read the second book in the Well World series, Exiles at the Well of Souls this book may not make anywhere near as much sense, as it follows on directly from that one to continue the conflict and problems that Mavra Chang and company find themsleves in because of the experiment in the earlier novel.

This one is still just as entertaining as the first part though.

http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/11/quest-for-well-of-souls-jack-l-chalker.htm... (

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bluetyson | Nov 1, 2007 |

Sample Chapters: http://webscriptions.net/chapters/0743471539/0743471539.htm

khms | Oct 27, 2007 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Jack L. Chalker	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Caldwell, Clyde	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Goodfellow, Peter	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Sweet,Darrell	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Well World Saga (3)

Well of Souls (3)

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1978

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And for the dead as well...

John W. Campbell, Jr. who taught me to write stuff

August W. Derleth who was always interested

Clark Ashton Smith who dreamed strange, infectious dreams

Seabury Quinn who cared as much for his friends as they did for him

Edmond Hamilton a wonderful man who liked the Well

Ron Ellik who should have lived to see this

H. Beam Piper who was never too busy

and to those two incongruous, ghostly specters, H.P. Lovecraft and Stanley G. Weinbarum, who have haunted this field since before I was born.

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A drak road is dangerous anywhere; but here, on the Well World, in a nontech hex whose diurnal creatures literally became comatose after sundown, it was moreso.

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