Intriguing beginning, somewhat anticlimactic ending. Full of the usual Chalker body changing and sex stuff. ( )

I had a considerable stack of Jack Chalker that I never seemed to find the time for before I lost them all five years ago - I always fall back on his Well World and Four Lords of the Diamonds series as comfort books rather than dig into his other series or standalones. So this belongs in Books I Should Have Read Already - not the "literature" that I may or may not ever decide to read, but books/series by authors I've wanted to get to, but never have.

Odd beginning, and odd execution, I liked this well enough but Chalker was uneven with his pacing - drawn out too much, and jarringly accelerated, also too much. The story seems cliché now and was back in 1982, but Chalker tells a good story regardless. I liked how he sliding a couple of ferry references, as his other passion was ferries. The twist ending was mildly surprising - I hadn't engaged enough to think there would be one - but interesting nonetheless.

As Chalker is a preferred author, when I need/want a side read to balance the heavies, I'll try to hit some of his other series that I've read one of long ago...

...I hope. ( )

great book ( )