Midnight at the Well of Souls, Jack L. Chalker
Midnight at the Well of Souls, Jack L. Chalker
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Midnight at the Well of Souls

Author: Jack L. Chalker

Narrator: Peter Macon

Unabridged: 13 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2013

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

At the heart of a bizarre planet lay the goal of every being that had ever lived Below average in height and unprepossessing in appearance, Nathan Brazil is an unassuming if cynical starship owner, carrying passengers and cargo for a livinghardly the sort of person to hold the fate of the entire universe in his hands. But when Nathan detours from his route to answer a distress call, a hidden stargate hurls him and his passengers to the Well World, the master control planet for the cosmos. Billions of years ago, a godlike race unlocked all the secrets of space and time and remade the universe according to their grand design. Then they vanished and left behind the Well World to maintain the pattern of the universe. Now someone is searching for the planets hidden control roomthe Well of Soulsto seize control of the cosmos. Nathan must stop them, but this planet causes bizarre metamorphoses in visitors, changing them into centaurs, mermaids, and giant insects seemingly at random. As a result, Nathan no longer recognizes his friends, let alone his unknown enemies. His task seems hopelessuntil his long-suppressed memories begin to return and he realizes who he really is.

About Jack L. Chalker

Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005) was born in Baltimore. While still in high school, he began writing for the amateur science fiction press, and in 1960 he launched the Hugo-nominated amateur magazine Mirage. A year later he founded Mirage Press, which grew into a major specialty publisher of nonfiction and reference books on science fiction and fantasy. His first novel, A Jungle of Stars, was published in 1976, and he became a full-time novelist two years later with the popular success of Midnight at the Well of Souls. Chalker was also a noted speaker on science fiction and fantasy at numerous colleges and universities and at the Smithsonian Institution. His awards include the Skylark Award, the Daedalus Award, the Hamilton-Brackett Memorial
Award, and the Gold Medal of the West Coast Review of Books. He was twice nominated for both the John W. Campbell Award and the
Hugo Award. In 2005 he was posthumously presented the Phoenix Award of the Southern
Fandom Confederation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on January 10, 2013

Midnight at the Well of Souls is an old-school piece of sci-fi, with a brilliant setting and a story that doesn't just examine the concept of what it means to be human, it kicks it over and scatters the pieces everywhere. Just so you know what kind of ride you're in for, the book opens with character......more

Goodreads review by Trike on August 22, 2020

Two sections, non-spoiler then spoiler. ——— I loved this book when it first came out in 1977. I was 12 and had just seen Star Wars. I’ve just reread it after 37 years and I still like it. I’m kind of amazed at how much of it I remembered. It’s clunkier overall but still pretty great. The whole concept......more

Goodreads review by Robert on November 26, 2021

Midnight at the Well of Souls by Jack Chalker has been re-released as a CAEZIK Notable book. From the publisher: "CAEZIK Notables is a series of speculative-fiction books marking important milestones in science fiction or fantasy. Each book published in the series has a new introduction highlighting......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on February 16, 2019

This one has sentimental value to me. I'm not sure it deserves five stars exactly, but this and the rest of the Well World series was special to me when I was a lonely teenager. I read a lot of Jack L Chalker's stuff back then. I've always had a deep, gut-level fascination with transformation and wh......more

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