The Book of the War

The Book of the War

infobox Book |
name = The Book of the War
title_orig =
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image_caption =
author = Lawrence Miles et al.
cover_artist = Steve Johnson
country = US
language = English
series = Faction Paradox
genre = Science Fiction
publisher = Mad Norwegian Press
release_date = 2002
media_type = Print (Trade Paperback and Hardback editions)
pages = 272 pp
isbn = ISBN 1-57032-905-2 (pb) / ISBN 1-57032-907-9 (hb)
followed_by = This Town Will Never Let Us Go

"The Book of the War" is a hypertext multi-author novel presented in the form of an encyclopedia of the first 50 years of the War in the Faction Paradox universe. The book was edited by Lawrence Miles, and written by Miles, Simon Bucher-Jones, Daniel O'Mahony, Ian McIntire, Mags L. Halliday, Helen Fayle, Philip Purser-Hallard, Kelly Hale, Jonathan Dennis, and Mark Clapham.

Content

Although various plot threads can be found in the book, its real value lies in the wealth of ideas on display. It's primarily a guide to many of the important factions involved in the War in Heaven. These include Faction Paradox itself, the Great Houses, the Celestis, the Remote, and Posthumanity. A number of hints about the mysterious Enemy against whom the Great Houses at fighting are scattered through the text, but nothing conclusive. The book details many individuals, events, technologies, and concepts related to the War.

The book makes references to the "Doctor Who" novels "Alien Bodies", "Interference", "The Taking of Planet 5", and "The Shadows of Avalon", and it features the characters Compassion and Chris Cwej who first appeared in "Doctor Who" novels. A number of other parallels with "Doctor Who" characters and concepts can be found, but these links are not explicit. No familiarity with "Doctor Who" is required to appreciate "The Book of the War".

Characters and settings from "The Book of the War" appear in the later "Faction Paradox" novels "Of the City of the Saved...", "Warring States" and "Newtons Sleep".

ee also

The otherwise unrelated novel Dictionary of the Khazars is a rare example of similar use of a non-linear encyclopedic structure for a work of fiction.

External links

* [http://www.madnorwegian.com Mad Norwegian Press]
*Doctor Who RG | id=paradox_n00 | title=The Book of the War

Reviews

*OG review | id=book-tbotw | title=The Book of the War
*DWRG | id=bookwar | title=The Book of the War


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