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Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams

 
Description: ISBN 0886779065 / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / The haunting Otherland series continues. Otherland is a complex and detailed virtual reality, home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares of its users and creators.

Newest Review: ... into a sinister global conspiracy (covered in City of Golden Shadow), they are drawn into a vast virtual reality net that is ... more

 ... alarmingly real. The dark forces from the second book (River of Blue Fire) are moving towards an incredible ambition. Synopses of these are included at the front of the book, but to really appreciate the story I would suggest starting at the beginning. Williams' descriptions of the world, and the characters' personalities, need to be appreciated to enjoy the entire arc. By Mountain, several characters have fallen casualty - although in the tradition, most of the main characters remain. Central are Renie, a So...more

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Premium Review Mountain of Black Glass - Tad Williams: Total Class (529 words)
by nlingwood - written on 22/09/00 (Very useful, 79 readings)
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Tad Williams can't count. He can write, and wonderfully. But it seems that his maths skills aren't up to his other talents. Why? Because his mighty Otherland series, like his previous series Memory, Sorrow and Thorn has spilled over from the traditional trilogy to fill four books. After that, I should explain that the story is worth any number of books. Williams might not be able to pick up a pen without filling thousands of pages, but his imagination and story telling will carry you through them and leave you hungry for more. Hours slip by unnoticed. The Otherland books are set in the mid- twenty first century. Mountain of Black Glass is the ...

The Quality continues (157 words)
by - written on 11/09/00
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Often series of books start off well and then drag at some point but these have no sign of doing so.In this volume questions finally begin to get answered and the different parties start to join up.It still has all the bizarre worlds and mythological overtones so don't worry.It keeps throwing you curve balls so you're never quite sure what is going to happenb next. I really can't wait for the next one which is supposedly the last.That one will answer all the questions(fingers crossed) and resolve the cliffhanger ending of this book which I still don't understand.I'll have to read that bit again(not that I haven't already).I have faith that all ...

 

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