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When the magical Castle Perilous goes haywire, guests find themselves venturing into bizarre other worlds that could bring the castle crumbling down. Castle Perilous is a magic castle full of mystery and adventure, but sometimes even magic castles can go awry. This particular castle has the power to send its guests to 144,000 alternate worlds, each a fantastic voyage to the unknown. But each voyage seems to backfire. Computer whiz kid Jeremy is stuck on a planet of golf-playing dinosaurs. show more Gentrified Gene finds himself on a planet overrun with amazon women where the queen has taken a particular shine to him and only the Lord of the Castle Incarnadine can stop this witty madness from shaking Castle Kidnapped to its foundations. show lessTags
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Computer whiz kid Jeremy is stuck on a planet of golf-playing dinosaurs. Gentrified Gene finds himself on a planet overrun with Amazon women, where the queen has taken a particular shine to him, and only the Lord of the Castle Incarnadine can stop this witty madness from shaking Castle Kidnapped to its foundations.
Thus we find our heroes battling once again for the existence of the multiverse. This time because the Hosts (of Hell) are sucking energy out of the interstitial spaces. I think that's supposed to mean they are sucking the fat out from between the universes and, like organs in a body with no fat, if they connect they go *poof*.
Oh, and some of the most important Guests have gone missing.
There is quite a bit glossed over and, again, it all hinges on what Incarnadine is doing and why. I'm sure it's because we are viewing things over the shoulders of the main characters, but really we should by now be able to get more into the head of the one person that can actually explain just what is and is not real in the multiverse. Well, okay, we show more aren't in the head of any character here, but I think you can figure out what I mean... maybe.
Other than that, this is another highly executed and well-written work by DeChancie. show less
Oh, and some of the most important Guests have gone missing.
There is quite a bit glossed over and, again, it all hinges on what Incarnadine is doing and why. I'm sure it's because we are viewing things over the shoulders of the main characters, but really we should by now be able to get more into the head of the one person that can actually explain just what is and is not real in the multiverse. Well, okay, we show more aren't in the head of any character here, but I think you can figure out what I mean... maybe.
Other than that, this is another highly executed and well-written work by DeChancie. show less
I hadn't read the previous books in this series, but finding myself absolutely ravenous for a fantasy novel, any fantasy novel, I plucked this off the shelf, hidden a dusty corner of my ship's "library" (if it can even be called that, four shelves with 20-30 books on each). The book is short, and understandable without even reading the others in the series. Quick fantasy fluff, it entertained me for 2 hours (very short book)
I hadn't read the previous books in this series, but finding myself absolutely ravenous for a fantasy novel, any fantasy novel, I plucked this off the shelf, hidden a dusty corner of my ship's "library" (if it can even be called that, four shelves with 20-30 books on each). The book is short, and understandable without even reading the others in the series. Quick fantasy fluff, it entertained me for 2 hours (very short book)
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John DeChancie was born on August 3, 1946. He studied philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, he worked in public television including as a technical consultant to PBS network shows such as Mister Roger's Neighborhood. After five years in television, he started producing and directing educational films including The show more Lightning-Rod Man, Birdhouse, and The Commercial Artist. He turned his attention to writing fiction and his first novel, Starrigger, was published in 1984. He has written over two dozen fiction and nonfiction books including Red Limit Freeway, Paradox Alley, Castle Perilous, Other States of Being, and The Little Gray Book of Alien Stories. He received the Golden Headset Award for the audio version of Dr. Dimension in 1997. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Castle Kidnapped
- Original publication date
- 1989-11
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English, Russian
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