Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg

Lord Valentine's Castle



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Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg
Language: English
Page: 444
Format: fb2
ISBN: 0060140267, 9780060140267
Publisher: Harpercollins

From Publishers Weekly

Silverberg's fourth Majipoor book?his first in over 10 years?is, like the second novel in this popular fantasy series, Majipoor Chronicles, a bildungsroman. Set five centuries after the events in book three, Valentine Pontifex, it details the adventures of Prince Harpirias, a young bureaucrat exiled from Castle Mount when he commits an unintentional indiscretion during a hunting expedition. The prince is given a chance to redeem himself by rescuing a group of scientists who have been taken captive by a previously undiscovered, less technologically advanced people whom Harpirias considers "savages." Aided by a Shapeshifter and several others, Harpirias makes several discoveries that startle him much more than they will the reader. While there are moments here that recall the glorious descriptive passages displayed earlier in the series, these are infrequent, and sadder still is the author's apparent lack of interest in his characters. Hissune in Majipoor Chronicles and Valentine himself were living creations, but Harpirias and the Shapeshifter seem less full-fledged characters than elements tailored to further the plot. While fans may be grateful for any return to Majipoor, this shadow of a novel doesn't provide the journey they might have hoped for.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Exiled to Majipoor's forsaken borderlands for an act of youthful folly, Prince Harpirias accepts-with considerable misgivings-a final chance to redeem his past disgrace by accepting a mission to rescue a group of hostages from the hostile barbarians who inhabit the icy mountains at Majipoor's end. Returning to the world of Lord Valentine's Castle (LJ 4/15/80) and its sequels, Silverberg transforms an otherwise standard coming-of-age story into an allegorical rite of passage. Fans of the author's other Majipoor novels will welcome this graceful coda to a popular series.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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