Watchtower (novel)
{{Short description|1979 novel by American writer Elizabeth A. Lynn}}
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Watchtower is a fantasy novel by American writer Elizabeth A. Lynn published in 1979.
Plot summary
Watchtower is the first novel in the Chronicles of Tornor trilogy, in which a young lord must reclaim his birthright from invaders.
Reception
Greg Costikyan reviewed Watchtower in Ares Magazine #3 and commented that "The plot is a common one; the birthright of a young lord is stolen by invaders, and he must escape and gather forces to reconquer his rightful domain. The book is saved by fine and unpretentious writing, full-fledged characters, and fast-paced plotting. Lynn, I suspect, is another new writer to watch."{{cite journal | last=Costikyan | first=Greg | authorlink=Greg Costikyan | title=Books | journal=Ares Magazine | publisher=Simulations Publications, Inc. | date=July 1980 | issue=3 | page=36}}
Watchtower won the World Fantasy Award—Novel for 1980.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_1980 |title=World Fantasy Awards 1980 |work=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation |accessdate=2013-09-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630072404/http://www.sfadb.com/World_Fantasy_Awards_1980 |archivedate=2015-06-30 |url-status=live}}
Reviews
- Review by Fritz Leiber (1979) in Locus, #222 June 1979
- Review by Brian Stableford (1980) in Foundation, #18 January 1980
- Review by Charles N. Brown (1979) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1979
References
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Category:American fantasy novels
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