Series
Dancing Gods
Jack L. Chalker · 5 novels · 1984–1995
Jack L. Chalker's Dancing Gods opens with The River of Dancing Gods, in which a hero and heroine cross from an ordinary stretch of Texas highway into a world of faerie ruled over by wizards like the memorably named Throckmorton P. Ruddygore. The portal-fantasy setup plays familiar sword-and-sorcery elements for comedy, with the modern-world characters reacting to the fantasy world's rules as outsiders. The sequels keep expanding the cast pulled through into this world across the five-book series.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Dancing Gods at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s3
- 1990s2
Shape
5 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:fantasytransported to another worldsecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book5 of 5 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The River of Dancing Godsdarkest · most intense
- Songs of the Dancing Godsbrightest · calmest