The Labyrinth of Dreams

I read this ages ago and something made me remember how bad it was. I thought I had blocked it out of my mind, but alas, no. It might hold up better with an older eye, but at the time I read this, at the time it came out, I was alternately bored to death and amazed how badly a crossover of styles could be pulled off.

Of course, with the advent of UF, it shows just how much I know. :)

Broke private eyes Sam and Brandy Horowitz are hired to find a banker who disappeared with laundered drug money, leading them to a mysterious company that exploits paths to alternate universes.

Great book

TBR

I tried this book on whim and was pleasantly surprised to enjoy it: an entertaining and somewhat unusual combination of American detective story and science fiction. The sf side of it felt more familiar to me: I read sf, and have read sf of approximately this kind before, but I don’t normally read American detective stories.

The main characters are likeable enough, although their behaviour is somewhat implausible at times. The plot is frankly too complicated for me to follow, but I got the gist of it and didn’t try to understand all the details.

I think I’ve read only one other book by Jack Chalker: Midnight at the Well of Souls, which I read long ago, didn’t much like, and haven’t read again. This one I wouldn’t rave about, show more but I liked it better. show less