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Behind the Walls of Terra

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1970
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Fiction in English
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A science-fiction series by Philip Jose Farmer.

1) The Maker of Universes
2) The Gates of Creation
3) A Private Cosmos
4) Behind the Walls of Terra
5) The Lavalite World
6) Red Orc's Rage
7) More than Fire
Copyright ©, 1970, by Philip José Farmer
This adventure of the Kickaha is dedicated
to Jack Cordes, who lives in the pocket
universes of Peoria and Pekin.
The sky had been green for twenty-four years.
May contain spoilers
If you're not a native, you're driven crazy by this world!
No comments on file
Synopsis not on file
Extract (may contain spoilers)
The Cambring house was a huge three-story wooden house which looked as if it had been built circa 1920 by someone nostalgic for the architecture popular among the wealthy of the Midwest.  It was set up on a high terrace with a walk in the middle of the lawn and a horseshoe-shaped curving driveway.  Three cars were parked in the driveway.  There were a dozen great oaks and several sycamores on the front lawn and many high bushes, beautifully trimmed, set in among the trees.  A high brick wall enclosed all but the front part of the property.

There were lights behind closed curtains in the first and second stories.  There was also a light in the second story of the garage, which he could partially see.  He walked on past the front of the house to the corner.  The brick wall ran along the sidewalk here.  Part way down the block was another driveway which led to the garage.  He stopped before the closed iron gates, which were locked on the inside.

It was possible that there were electronic detecting devices set on the grounds among the trees, but he would have to chance them.  Also, it would be well to find out now.

He doubted that this house was lived in by Red Orc.  Cambring must be one of Orc's underlings, probably far down in the hierarchy.  The Lord of Earth would be ensconced in a truly luxurious dwelling and behind walls which would guard him well.

He set his ring for flesh-piercing powers at up to two hundred feet and placed his knife between his teeth.  Instead of returning to the front, he went over the wall on the side of the house.  It was more difficult to enter here, but there was better cover.

 

Added: 13-Jan-2023
Last Updated: 14-Mar-2024

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 01-Jan-1976
Ace
Mass Market Paperback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jan-1976
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$1.25
Pages*:
188
Catalog ID:
05360
Internal ID:
43501
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-441-05360-2
ISBN-13:
978-0-441-05360-5
Printing:
2
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Bart Forbes  - Cover Artist
BEHIND
THE WALLS OF TERRA


Paul Janus Finnegan was called Kickaha on the artificial universes created by that always feuding super-race known as the Lords.  Though he was a mortal Earthman, he had managed to survive every intrigue, war, test and opponent they could devise.

But it was when he found his way back to his own world that Kickaha faced the greatest dangers of his adventure-filled career.  For he knew the secrets of the powers that moved the cosmos,and this made him a threat - a target of the terrible hidden forces contending for this very universe.
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Notes and Comments:
Second printing based on information from isfdb.org

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Author(s)

Philip José Farmer  
Birth: 26 Jan 1918 Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Death: 25 Feb 2009 Peoria, IL, USA

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