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Masters of the Maze (novel)
''Masters of the Maze'' is a 1965 science fiction novel by Avram Davidson, originally published by Pyramid Books with a cover by John Schoenherr. A Dutch translation, ''Wachters Van Het Web'', appeared in 1967. and a French translation, ''Les maîtres du labyrinthe'', in 1975. The first UK edition, the only hardcover to date, was issued by White Lion in 1974. An American paperback reprint followed from Manor Books in 1976. Ebook editions appeared in 2012, from both Prologue Books and SF Gateway.〔(ISFDB publishing history )〕
The novel presents historical and fictional characters as "Guardians" of a maze which malignant, insect-like aliens are seeking to traverse in order to subjugate Earth.〔''The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy'', Gary Westfahl, ed., v.2, p.457 (Greenwood Publishing, 2005)〕
==Reception==
Algis Budrys praised the novel as "a very fine piece of light reading" despite having "marks of the short story writer all over it"; he declared that "''no one'' but Davidson could have made of this wreck-save-the-world plot a thing of such polished beauty. It wafts of the incense of scholarship for its own sake . . . ".〔"Galaxy Bookshelf", ''Galaxy'', February 1966, pp.134-136〕 Judith Merril praised "Davidson's incredible ear for dialogue, his sharp eye for detail, and his resulting deft touch with a wide range of characterizations", but noted that the story "falls apart" in its closing sections, losing its "almost Carrollian" quality.〔"Books", ''F&SF'', November 1965, pp.21-22〕 P. Schuyler Miller described the novel as "rich", saying "This one has everything in it. . . . It has monsters. It has freemasonry. It has innumerable worlds. It has fully portrayed characters -- including a couple of monsters -- who pop up and vanish. It has a rather feckless hero who gets involved and blunders into all the feck he needs".〔"The Reference Library", ''Analog'', July 1967, p. 162〕
John Clute, in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, describes ''Masters'' as "an intricate Parallel-Worlds adventure with sharply characterized humans and remote Secret Masters involved in barring interdimensional transit to a remarkably vivid insectoid Alien race".〔(ESF Davidson entry )〕
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