Jack L. Chalker was a historian, a history teacher, in fact. But he must have known quite a bit about sociology, psychology, and other subjects to weave these stories together.

His novels are incredible. He fits a lot of intricate, beautiful pieces together in a masterpiece of fiction. He never forgets the human element.

The technology in his stories serves to demonstrate what men could do, if they were so empowered by technology to be able to what they truly want. And to show what it would be like to live under those who became tyrants buoyed to power by magic or technology. After all, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

You have heard of the famous super sagas of science fiction: Foundation trilogy, Asimov’s Robot novels, Dune, and so on. But I am telling you – you don’t know truly great science fiction until you read this series.

Once you start reading them, you won’t be able to stop. But start anyway, you won’t be sorry.

These stories are action and adventure all through.

At their ends, more often than not, there is poetic justice and irony. There are not just good stories, they are the work of a master craftsman. And the Well World series is among his best.

This book is tremendous. It is a great beginning to one of the most wonderful series you will ever read in your whole life.

The stories deftly balance sci-fi and fantasy. Suspension of disbelief works on both genres woven through the stories.

The author, Chalker, provides plausible, albeit explanations for everything. Allegory is lifted from the most ancient history of mankind. Humankind’s near future is extrapolated from our own technology of today, extending the line a few centuries into the future.

Whether you love scifi and like fantasy books – or love fantasy and like scifi books, this is the series for you.

I cannot put into words how good these books are. It is one of the best fiction series I have read in a quarter of a century. I have read a lot of books and liked a lot of them. But these, I loved.

I liked it. Will likely read it again.