Otherland 2: River of Blue Fire

by Williams, Tad

• ISBN13: 9780886777777
• ISBN10: 0886777771
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: DAW Hardcover

Summary

Return to Otherland--a virtual reality universe where any fantasy can come true--in the second novel in this epic series. In "River of Blue Fire", a group of unlikely heroes that has taken up the challenge of this perilous realm are brought together briefly, only to be thrown into different worlds.

Author Biography

Tad Williams has held more jobs than any sane person should admit to-singing in a band, selling shoes, managing a financial institution, throwing newspapers, and designing military manuals, to name just a few. He also hosted a syndicated radio show for ten years, worked in theater and television production, taught both grade-school and college classes, and worked in multimedia for a major computer firm. He is cofounder of an interactive television company, and is currently writing comic books and film and television scripts as well. Tad and his family live in London and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Table of Contents

Synopsis	xi
Foreword	1	(18)
First THE SECRET RIVER	19	(210)
1 Deep Waters	19	(14)
2 Greasepaint	33	(8)
3 The Hive	41	(16)
4 In the Puppet Factory	57	(14)
5 The Marching Millions	71	(16)
6 Man From the Dead Lands	87	(16)
7 Grandfather's Visit	103	(18)
8 Eighting Monsters	121	(22)
9 The Hollow Man	143	(22)
10 Small Ghosts	165	(18)
11 Utensils	183	(22)
12 The Center of the Maze	205	(24)
Second VOICES IN THE DARK	229	(172)
13 The Dreams of Numbers	229	(4)
14 Games in the Shadows	233	(20)
15 A Late Crismustreat	253	(22)
16 Shoppers and Sleepers	275	(20)
17 In the Works	295	(18)
18 The Veils of Illusion	313	(22)
19 A Day's Work	335	(20)
20 The Invisible River	355	(24)
21 In the Freezer	379	(22)
Third GOODS AND GENIUSES	401	(138)
22 Inside Out	401	(22)
23 Beside Bob's Ocean	423	(20)
24 The Most Beautiful Street in the World	443	(22)
25 Red Land, Black Land	465	(24)
26 Waiting for the Dreamtime	489	(14)
27 The Beloved Porcupine	503	(22)
28 Darkness in the Wires	525	(14)
Fourth BEDLAM'S SONG	539	(92)
29 Imaginary Gardens	539	(10)
30 Death and Venice	549	(18)
31 The Voice of the Lost	567	(18)
32 Feather of Truth	585	(22)
33 An Unfinished Land	607	(24)
Afterword	631