Five first printings, with complete number lines. Tight, flat, square, sharp books with creased spines and lightly toned pages. May be an owner's name. #6 just acquired...pictures to follow.
The Dungeon Series is a series of fantasy novels written under the auspices of Philip Jose Farmer, who wrote an introduction for each book in the series. The series is notable for being written by four different authors, with a different author carrying on the story from the previous book.
In a revisit to Dante's Inferno, these books follow nineteenth century explorer Clive Folliot as he travels through a multilayered dungeon world attempting to find his twin brother Neville. Along the way, he forms a group of similarly lost creatures and persons, and must battle the pawns and agents of the Dungeon's mysterious alien masters.
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The Black Tower Richard A Lupoff
THE QUEST STARTS HERE...
PLUNGING INTO A VAST PRISON THAT SPANS A PLANET, CLIVE FOLIOTT FACES A FANTASTIC WORLD OF DWARVES, CYBORGS AND ALIENS UNLIKE ANYTHING HE HAS EVER IMAGINED. IT IS A MULTI-LEVELED
COLLECTION OF BEINGS FROM THE HIDDEN FOLDS OF TIME AND SPACE.
TRAPPED SOMEWHERE INSIDE IS NEVILLE FOLIOTT, CLIVE'S TWIN
BROTHER, AND NO CREATURE IN THE DUNGEON WILL STOP CLIVE FROM FINDING HIM!
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The Dark Abyss Bruce Coville
Neville Folliot, a 19th century explorer, goes missing and his brother Clive sets out to find him. He stumbles across "The Dungeon", a place of strange atmospheric conditions, beings from distant galaxies and hidden pockets of time.
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The Valley of Thunder Charles de Lint
Trapped within the confines of a multilevel prison world, Clive Folliot and his fellow captives face a new death daily. Torn between continuing the search for his twin, Neville, and helping his comrades return home, Clive splits their forces to double their chances of success--or failure!
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The Lake of Fire Robin Wayne Bailey
Reunited with his twin brother Neville, Clive Folliot must lead his group through the dangerous world of the dungeon to the Palace of the Morning Star
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The Hidden City Charles de Lint
Clive and Neville Folliot and their companions in the Dungeon face their ultimate peril in the Ren and the Chaffri, the masters of the Dungeon maze
The Final Battle Richard A Lupoff
While escaping from the unknown creators of the Dungeon, Clive Folliot breaks through to the ninth level and finds himself stranded alone in a harsh polar wilderness that bears a striking resemblance to Earth