Watchtower

by Elizabeth A. Lynn

Book Overview

Elizabeth A. Lynn won the World Fantasy Award for Watchtower, volume one in a breathtaking trilogy that would establish her as one of speculative fiction's most exciting voices. Now, Ace brings this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425042952
• Release Date: April 1980
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Rich, Quiet Beginning of Trilogy

The first book of one of my favorite trilogies, it ranks with LeGuin's "Earthsea" works. I like my fantasy subtle, not full of stock "beings", and set in interesting cultures, and this fills those requirements entirely. If you're looking for action and adventure, rather than exploration, look elsewhere. I only wish Ms. Lynn had fulfilled the early promise of this work, rather than publishing sporadically and parsimoniously. I especially like the way that the society described in the trilogy evolves during the course of the three books.

More Tornor!

I have been reading and rereading the Tornor Chronicles for many years now - about once a year for twenty years or so. They are a wonderful, some times sad, some times uplifting, and a very human read. They are not densely worded, nor are they fluffy and lifeless. Just right, from my point of view; though now that I'm older, I would have liked them to be longer. After reading Lynn's other works, I realized that the Tornor Chronicles are early works, brilliant though they are, and as you read thru the trilogy, you will see Lynn's voice get stronger, and more confident. I can't get enough, and I want to know about some of the other story lines that arc thru the whole series: just how was the red clan formed, and how does Raven Bato fit into it? What about the Anhard wars, and how were the keeps built and why? How did Soren's mother come to Kendra on the Delta? Come on Ms. Lynn! There are more books to write in this wonderful world of yours!

Demanding Presence`

As an avid Star Wars fan I rarely read anything else, except stuff for school. This summer I found the second and third books in this trilogy and could not find the first one, BUMMER. When I fimally ordered the book, my anticipation was so high that I was sure that it was going to be a disapointment. "Watchtower" took me to another time and place. It allowed me to escape my body and experience the world of Arun. The second and third books hardly copmare to Lynn's Thrilling novel. Lynn creates a demanding presence with all of her characters that keeps reading this book right at the top of your things to do list.

queer literature

The entire trilogy deals sensitively and intelligently with the issues of sexual identity of numerous characters woven through the plotlines. For readers who want complex and transformative images of their queer selves in literature, i recommend lynn's ouevre.

Is different from everything

I had read too many fantasy books but this one is different, it wants to seem more realistic than the others, but it's not a history book. The story is really god and the trama is great i recommended to everyone