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Author:	Richard A. Lupoff
Title:	The Black Tower
Subtitle:	Philip José Farmer's The Dungeon Volume 1
Publisher:	Bantam Spectra
Country:	USA
Date:	Aug 1988
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy
ISBN-10:	0553273469
Barcode:	076783003958273
Cat#:	27346
Total Editions:	2
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Collection:	I Own It I Want It
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339 numbered pages plus a foreword by Farmer and a 10 page "Selections from the Sketchbook of Major Clive Folliot", drawn by Robert Gould.
Embossed cover by Robert Gould.
The authors name only appears on the back cover and title page of all six volumes.

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ppint. 6th Mar 2022		bantam doubleday dell bantam spectra imprint mmpb first printing, first edition cover art by robert gould b+w interior illustrations also by robert gould cover price $3.95, $4.95 canada 368pp? including titles, indicia, fireward etc, end p. refer to publishing history number line to distinguish between the first, and at least six further undated near-identical printings (sfaik cover prices unaltered through seventh printing)



ppint. 6th Mar 2022		transworld publishers bantam books imprint uk p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by robert gould b+w interior illustrations also by robert gould cover price £3.99 368pp? (check) including titles, indicia, forward etc, end pp. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Aug 2018		Review philip josé farmer's the dungeon series #1: #1: "the black tower" richard a. lupoff (1988) (this novel) #2: "the dark abyss" bruce coville (1989), q.v. #3: "the valley of thunder" charles de lint (1989), q.v. #4: "the lake of fire" robin w. bailey (1989), q.v. #5: "the hidden city" charles de lint (1990), q.v. #6: "the final battle" richard a. lupoff (1990), q.v. each of the six novels has an introduction by philip josé farmer, who provided at least an outline and a jumping-off point for the setting, and the central character, nineteenth century c.e. explorer, clive folliot, who is searching for his twin brother, neville; and the nature of the world of the dungeon is elaborated, but never fully explained; nor is it necessarily internally self-consistent. the authors of succeeding books pick up from the previous books' situations and expanding dramatis personae, including aliens from hitherto unknown races; but whether the world of the dungeon is single, or multiple; whether it (or they) possess(es) multiple shells, or are separate worlds linked by portals, exists within this earth's hollow interior, or perhaps that of an asteroid - or more than one; possibilities are proposed and suggestions are made, but no definitive answer ever established, any more than the reason(s) for its construction, its population by the human or alien people brought to it; nor are reasons for the actions and intentions of its hidden masters and their agents are ever definitively established. (this review is from another edition of this book) 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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Richard A. Lupoff - The Black Tower - Bantam - Paperback - UK - 055340024X (1989)