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This exciting, action-packed novel marks Jack Chalker's triumphant return to his celebrated multivolume saga: The Well World. The Sea Is Full of Stars explores an unknown interstellar civilization, stars an all-new cast of characters, and reveals fresh secrets. But of course, The Well remains . . . After three passengers--Ming, Ari, and Angel--embark on an elite starship journey into the Realm, they unwittingly become ensnared in one man's bloodthirsty vendetta that will alter their very show more beings. That man is Jeremiah Wong Kincaid. He vows to destroy Josich Conqueror Hadun, the evil genius who has wreaked unspeakable havoc throughout the universe. It is an obsession that will take him to lands of demons and strange races--and into a deadly new cyberworld where humans are mere pawns of the godlike computers they have created. But it is only after Kincaid and his unwitting fellow travelers enter Well World and discover the water hexes that he confronts the mad tyrant--and learns their universe is threatened by something far, far worse . . . show lessTags
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Better the second time around. I found the very long (half the book) pre-Well World piece more interesting than when the characters got there. And like most Chalker multiple-volume stories, the set ups (pre- and in this case post-transition) overly long. Still, it's a good read.
Ming, Ari, and Angel are ensnared in a blood feud between an evil genius and Jeremiah Wong Kincaid, leading them to the Well World, where they face a threat worse than the feud. Jeremiah Kincaid hunts down Josich Conqueror Hadun, a tyrant causing widespread destruction in the universe.
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Jack L. Chalker was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 17, 1944. He received a B. A. degree in English from Towson University and a graduate degree in English and history from Johns Hopkins University. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1978, he taught history and geography in the Baltimore public school system. He founded a publishing show more house, The Mirage Press, Ltd., which produces nonfiction and bibliographic works on science fiction and fantasy. He was the author of several science fiction series including the Well World series, the Dancing Gods series, and the G. O. D. Inc. series. He received numerous honors including the Dedalus Award in 1983, the Gold Medal of the West Coast Review of Books award in 1984, the Skylark Award in 1980, and the Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award in 1979. He died of kidney failure and sepsis on February 11, 2005. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Sea Is Full of Stars
- Original publication date
- 1999
- Dedication
- This has to be for Marg and Joe Brazil
and their son, Nathan,
who didn't know about me until after they named him,
but who prove that all those folks
who said years ago that "Nathan Brazil" was
... (show all)>such an implausible name.
Now we know that Nathan Brazil is a Canadian.
That's a fact. A Canadian fact.
Sorry Nathan's not in the book, but...
Now, then, any Mavra Changs out there? - First words
- Monsters are not always easy to spot, and when they walk among you they often do so with a smile, and when they become what they are underneath the glare, you don't really know what's happened.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Come and get me!"
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