| | Doomfarers of Coramonde |  | Author: Brian Daley
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 450726
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 344
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 3.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0345257081
EAN: 9780345257086
ASIN: 0345257081
Publication Date: January 12, 1979
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 Good blend of scifi with fantasy May 22, 2008
"The Doomfarers of Coramonde" is a fast paced book that fictional people from real world events (the Vietnam War) and has those characters from that situation get transported magically into a fantasy world. So you have an APC with its crew facing a dragon and magical people. The characters are well developed and the story flows well.
It sounds hokey, but in this rare case, it actually works and the book is a good read. It is rather dated now, and it also has some science fiction elements in it about parallel worlds and such, but that seems to work in the plot as well.
 Typical Fantasy + a half book of Army Sergeant May 13, 2008
Doomfarers of Coromonde is divided into four distinct sections: "Of Deaths, Of Departures," "APC," "Freegate, Beyond, and Elsewhere," and "On Home Ground." I purchased this novel because other reviews raved about how 'non-gamers get transported into a fantasy world.'
I was misled.
In part one, the entire story follows Prince Springbuck, fantasy cliche, who is denied his throne by a nefarious plot involving the court sorcerer Yardrif Bey and his older brother Strongblade. If you've read fantasy, you've seen this before.
In part two, to match a summoned dragon sent after Springbuck, the sorcerer Andre deCourtney summons an APC from the jungles of Vietnam. Afterwards, the tank crew takes a portal into Amon's hell on a rescue mission. By far this was the highlight of the book, as Gil MacDonald is given a starring role with his tank crew the Nine Mob.
Gil MacDonald is the character who makes the book. He doesn't show up in part three, as Springbuck mounts rebellion against his brother.
Following the instructions of Van Duyn, a master inventor who discovered how to travel between worlds (and adopted Coromonde as his home), Gil returns for part four. Everything is wrapped up in a neat little package, but I guess that's what first novels do.
I'll be checking out The Starfollowers of Coramonde, but while entertaining, this book wasn't a great novel. The theme of 'Doomfaring' (defined poetically as seeking justice against impossible odds and therefore expecting one's doom) separated it from a normal guns and sorcery book for me. By writing quality I could tell it was a first novel, but it might be awesome for a new fantasy reader. Experienced readers, don't expect to be wowed.
 Great read! May 4, 2008
This one grabs you and keeps you grabbed. If you are buying this one, buy the sequel now too. If you don't, you'll just be ticked after you turn the last page and realize you now have to WAIT. ;)
Wonderful book -- get it if you can! April 13, 2007
I read this and Doomfarers when they first came out during the horrid period in the 80s when fantasy was either new Conan novels or plain junk. Only Glen Cook's Black Company series kept me as entertained as these two books did. I can't recommend these two enough.
Exceptionally good read July 27, 2006
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Though this book and its companion are now out of print, don't hestitate to buy them used. Like other reviewers here, I have read the Coramonde duology many times over the years, and enjoyed every reading. Though not high literature, these are two of the most readable and entertaining books I've ever read, and a personal benchmark for simply pleasurable fiction.
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