The Diamond Contessa

Book Details

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Author(s):

Kenneth Bulmer

First Pub:

1983

Genre(s):

Alternate History; Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

20 chapters

Internal ID:

13662

Series:

<- The Chariots of Ra

Keys to the Dimensions*

#8 of 8

Keys to the Dimensions*

A science fiction series by Kenneth Bulmer.

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1) Land Beyond the Map
2) The Keys to Irunium
3) The Key to Venudine
4) The Wizards of Senchuria
5) The Ships of Durostorum
6) The Hunters of Jundagai
7) The Chariots of Ra
8) The Diamond Contessa

Copyright:

First Sentence:

One thing and one thing only drew him back home.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Yes, that was what he would do.

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Added: 05-Jun-2023

Last Updated: 06-Jun-2023

Publications

01-Aug-1983

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Aug-1983

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.50

Pages*:

174

Catalog ID:

UE1853

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23263

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-879-97853-8

ISBN-13:

978-0-879-97853-2

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Ken W Kelly - Cover Artist

KENNETH
BULMER

Harry Blakey remembered a childhood secret - that there was a room under his folks' home which crossed into another world. When, finally as a war veteran, he came back to the old house, he investigated and found his memory was true.
There were indeed other Earths and other civilizations and adventures to be had - at great risks.

For when he enlisted in the special commando corps organized to stop the interdimensional warfare, he came up against the terrifying hordes of the Diamond Contessa. She had looted many Earths and her hunger was always increasing. No mere human heroics would wrest the keys of the worlds away from her - not while her army of monsters held a dozen civilizations in thrall!

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Notes and Comments:

First Printing, August 1983
First printing based on the number line
Canada: $2.95

Author(s)

Kenneth Bulmer
Birth: 14 Jan 1921 London, England, UK
Death: 16 Dec 2005

Notes:

From The Diamond Contessa:

KENNETH BULMER is English, lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and is one of the leading lights of British science fiction as fan, editor, writer and war-games master. Author of many novels, some under pen-names, he has been in print continuously for over twenty years. In America he is best known for a series of novels about parallel worlds which were written for Don Wollheim prior to the launching of DAW Books. For a long time, he has been urged to return to that locale for DAW Books, and in The Diamond Contessa he has finally done so, bringing back the magic and marvels of many alternate worlds, of many doors to them, and of that arch-villain, the mysterious countess whose avaricious eye is always on our Earth.

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