- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Puffin Books; First Edition edition (29 Oct 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140324119
- ISBN-13: 978-0140324112
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 567,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
In the entire Fighting Fantasy series, this adventure is unique. First of all, you play an elf instead of a human adventurer. Secondly, you can travel in dreams as well as the "real" world. Thirdly, the scenario involves a landscape blighted by nightmarish forces, while also dotted with dreamlike elven magic sites. Expect some of the most weird and creepy images anywhere in the series.
There are at least two ways to complete the adventure. It's doable, although the final battle is tricky unless you collect 6 items along the way; one of these has a 1/2 chance of dying before you get it. This said, the adventure is very playable, with a number of different sidetracks and areas to explore. The dream aspect stops it from becoming too linear - in the later stages you can switch between dream and real planes almost at will. I found it very playable, although the final battle is a letdown (you need ALL the six items or the ones you collect become useless... they are used at once, and don't have special functions... kinda disappointing given the unusual nature of the items, and I've seen this stuff handled better elsewhere in the series).
Story-wise, it's an intriguing scenario focusing on nature and corruption, a tale which is allegorical for industrialisation, viewed from the perspective of the marginal. There's some great observations, too - a nightmare where the nature-loving elf character is transported to a modern future, written from the elf's perspective, is insightful.
There are at least two ways to complete the adventure. It's doable, although the final battle is tricky unless you collect 6 items along the way; one of these has a 1/2 chance of dying before you get it. This said, the adventure is very playable, with a number of different sidetracks and areas to explore. The dream aspect stops it from becoming too linear - in the later stages you can switch between dream and real planes almost at will. I found it very playable, although the final battle is a letdown (you need ALL the six items or the ones you collect become useless... they are used at once, and don't have special functions... kinda disappointing given the unusual nature of the items, and I've seen this stuff handled better elsewhere in the series).
Story-wise, it's an intriguing scenario focusing on nature and corruption, a tale which is allegorical for industrialisation, viewed from the perspective of the marginal. There's some great observations, too - a nightmare where the nature-loving elf character is transported to a modern future, written from the elf's perspective, is insightful.
I too remember this one as beeing creepy and surreal, as the reviewer below notes. It was one of my favourites out of all Jackson & Lvingstone's fighting fantasy books, and also one of the only ones I never manage to complete (it was really hard). However, I seem to remember that this wasn't the only one where you didn't play a human - in Creature of Havoc you played the ugly abomination depicted on the front cover.
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
