Watchtower (novel)

First edition (publ. Berkley Books)
Cover art by Eric Ladd

Watchtower is a fantasy novel by American writer Elizabeth A. Lynn published in 1979.

Plot summary[]

Watchtower is a novel that is first in a trilogy about Tomor Keep.^[1]

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."^[1]

Watchtower won the World Fantasy Award—Novel for 1980.^[2]

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[]

^ ^a ^b Costikyan, Greg (July 1980). "Books". Ares Magazine. Simulations Publications, Inc. (3): 36.
^ "World Fantasy Awards 1980". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2013-09-20.

[Ares-1] Costikyan, Greg (July 1980). "Books". Ares Magazine. Simulations Publications, Inc. (3): 36.

[Loc80-2] "World Fantasy Awards 1980". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2013-09-20.

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