The Paths of the Perambulator

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The Paths of the Perambulator

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Author(s):

Alan Dean Foster

First Pub:

1985

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

14 chapters

Internal ID:

13590

Series:

<- The Moment of the Magician - The Time of the Transference ->

Spellsinger*

#5 of 8

Spellsinger*

A series of fantasy novels by Alan Dean Foster.

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1) Spellsinger
2) The Hour of the Gate
3) The Day of the Dissonance
4) The Moment of the Magician
5) The Paths of the Perambulator
6) The Time of the Transference
7) Son of Spellsinger
8) Chorus Skating

Copyright:

Dedication:

Here's one for Alex Berman and Sid,
who had confidence and who print 'em pretty.

First Sentence:

For once all seemed right with the world, even if the world in question happened to be the one to which he had been unwillingly transported, Jon-Tom reflected with a resigned sigh.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Then he was staring up at Talea instead of the stars, and not an iota of beauty had been lost in the translation...

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Added: 27-Mar-2023

Last Updated: 13-Feb-2024

Publications

01-Feb-1986

Warner Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Feb-1986

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$3.50

Pages*:

279

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

33470

Publisher:

Warner Books

ISBN:

0-446-32679-8

ISBN-13:

978-0-446-32679-7

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Carl Lundgren - Cover Artist

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD!

Nobody wants to be around when a freak of supernature called a Perambulator enters the world, bringing with it some really weird shifts in the fabric of existence like suddenly turning Jon-Tom into a giant blue crab, or Mudge the Otter into a nasty disease...

But the mad Perambulator is there to stay, unless the wizard Clothahump can muster all his power and boot it into the next dimension. So, despite the bumblings of Sorbl the drunken owl and the fitful runes of a koala amateur wizard, Jon-Tom, Mudge, and Clothahump make their way ever deeper into the realms where Chaos perambulates... to find a deadly foe that only the combined forces of illogic can hope to defeat....

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Hardcover edition published by Phantasia Press
First Printing: February, 1986
First printing based on the number line
Canada: $4.50
Canada ISBN: 0-446-32678-X

Author(s)

Alan Dean Foster
Birth: 18 Nov 1946 New York, New York, USA

Notes:

Alan Dean Foster (1946 - ) was born in New York City but was raised in Los Angeles, California. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Masters of Fine Arts in Cinema from UCLA. He worked for a while as a copywriter for a small advertising firm. His writing career began in 1968 and when a letter of his was published as a short story in the bi-annual magazine The Arkham Collector. His first novel, The Tar-Aiym Krang, was published by Ballantine Books in 1972.

Foster's work includes science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and western fiction. He has also written novelizations of many films including Star Wars and Alien.

His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first time for a science fiction writing work.

Awards

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