River of Blue Fire

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River of Blue Fire
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US Hardcover Edition
Author Tad Williams
Cover artist Michael Whelan
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Otherland
Genre Science fiction
Publisher DAW Books / Donald A. Wollheim
Publication date
July 1, 1998
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages634 (Hardback)
ISBN 0-88677-777-1 (Hardback) ISBN   0-88677-844-1 (Paperback)
OCLC 40061628
813/.54 21
LC Class PS3573.I45563 R58 1998
Preceded by City of Golden Shadow  
Followed by Mountain of Black Glass  

River of Blue Fire is a science fiction novel by American writer Tad Williams, the second book in his Otherland series. It was originally published in 1998, the paperback in 1999. [1]

It continues the saga begun in City of Golden Shadow and takes the characters through among others a weird Wizard of Oz simulation, a Neanderthal world and a cartoon world.

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References

  1. Tad Williams, River of Blue Fire, 1998, ISBN   0-88677-777-1