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Chargement... The Universe Twisterpar Keith Laumer
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Appartient à la sérieLafayette O'Leary (Omnibus 1,2,3) Contient
Lafayette O’Leary was barely scraping by as a draftsman until an experiment with self-hypnosis catapulted him into the world of Artesia, an exotic land complete with swordplay, beautiful princesses, and very large and hungry dragons. And unless O’Leary could somehow become the hero he had always dreamed of being, he was going to be a dragon’s lunch. And that was only the beginning, as O’Leary began to understand the secret of the multiple universes, each with its own opportunities for exciting adventure—and very evil adversaries and terrifying dangers . . . Publisher’s Note: The Universe Twisterappeared previously as the separate novelsThe Time Bender,The World ShufflerandThe Shape Changer. This is the first time the complete trilogy has been published in one volume. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Lafayette O' Leary is somewhat different than the typical Laumer protagonist. A draftsman living hand-to-mouth, he has dreams and thoughts of other worlds, even as his mundane reality is rather drab and uninspiring.
A book on self hypnosis, however, proves to shake up Lafayette's world, catapulting him to a quasi-fantasy world called Artesia. Our protagonist isn't even sure that any of this is real, and even if it is, the power of common sense and explanations will get him out of his jams.
Or so he thinks.
And when he saves the kingdom and gets himself a wife, and gets the situation straightened out, he still finds himself falling into further adventures in other continua, with the same sort of results...
If you take The Incompleat Enchanter, with a dollop of Don Quixote, and set the lines to a strictly pulp formula, level and pacing, you will wind up with something like the three novels that comprise the Universe Twister. The book was entertaining in its way, certainly, but the more I read it, the more I missed the better writing and stories of Harold Shea.
Don't get me wrong, I love some of Laumer's other work (Retief, for example). Here, though, he is cribbing a lot from Pratt and De Camp, and even though he has his own spins on the idea of someone traveling to other universes by mental means, the end product never rises above the level and quality of pulp potboiler.
I had higher hopes, which were not fulfilled. The novels in the Universe Twister weren't bad, but not as good as I hoped they would be. ( )