Fantasy - Wizard Learning Magic by Progressing up tower

[Justanotherbiblophile]

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[Js700]

I suppose it can't be Mister Monday or The Seventh Tower?

[Deborah]

How about Patricia McKillip? One of her wizards has to master a tower. I think it was The Tower of Stony Wood based on the plot summaries I've just looked up, though if I were going from memory I would've said The Bards Of Bone Plain.

[Perspehone]

Hmm, if your memory is a little vague, it could be The Knight in Rusty Armor by Robert Fisher. Instead of towers, the knight travels up a path with successive castles and he has to advance through the rooms of each one. I think the second castle, the Castle of Knowledge, has a room where he stares at the wall, and when he learns something new a light comes on in a different section of the castle and he can proceed.

[David]

Your description made me think of Robert Asprin Myth Adventures but it doesn't have a tower though.

[Kris]

Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures Vol. 1 by Robert Asprin - mentioned by David

[Stephanie]

Sorry, I can't figure how to link it. Could it be A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin? There is one part where he is learning in a tower.

[Kris]

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin - Stephanie's suggestion (Note: there's a space after "Le".)


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[Cameron]

I think I recall the same book and have being looking for it too.

Was the magic of this tower more about the mind then spells? I think he floats through the ceiling of one floor of the tower to the other.

I think he then goes on to learn magic in different countries, eventually learning some kind of dragon magic?

If this is the same book I recall this Mage being a bad guy. The hero was a soldier fighting in some kind of army and there were dragons.

I know this all sounds a bit Dragonlance, Riftwar, D&D etc but it wasn't from my memory.

[SparksofEmber]

Pm'd Roscoe since he hasn't checked in in a while...

[Justanotherbiblophile]

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[SparksofEmber]

PM'd Roscoe again. He's been active in Goodreads it says...

[Bargle]

Wizard up a tower thread. Roscoe has added a book to his 'currently reading' list this month. Wish he'd give us a hello here. I wonder if he doesn't have notifications turned on?

[Ellen]

Js700 wrote: "I suppose it can't be Mister Monday or The Seventh Tower?"

I was thinking the same thing.. could be either one, but I’m thinking more Seventh Tower..

[James]

Ellen wrote: "Js700 wrote: "I suppose it can't be Mister Monday or The Seventh Tower?"

I was thinking the same thing.. could be either one, but I’m thinking more Seventh Tower.."

Couldn't be either one. In the very first post, he said it was published in the early 80s. Mister Monday was published in 2003 and The Fall (Seventh Tower #1) was published in 2000.

[Justanotherbiblophile]

Bargle wrote: "Roscoe has added a book to his 'currently reading' list this month. Wish he'd give us a hello here. I wonder if he doesn't have notifications turned on?"

I sent him a message, and linked this request. We can always dream he's found it elsewhere, and has an answer for us, right? :D

[Bargle]

"Justanotherbiblophile wrote: I sent him a message, and linked this request. We can always dream he's found it elsewhere, and has an answer for us, right? :D "
Right!

[SarahBeth]

This sounds like it might be Sufficiently Advanced Magic but I think the publication date rules it out.

[James]

SarahBeth wrote: "This sounds like it might be Sufficiently Advanced Magic but I think the publication date rules it out."

Published in 2017, as opposed to early 1980s?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the publication date rules it out.

[SarahBeth]

James wrote: "SarahBeth wrote: "This sounds like it might be Sufficiently Advanced Magic but I think the publication date rules it out."

Published in 2017, as opposed to early 1980s?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the ..." Yes. I couldn't tell if it was a republished fantasy book or a new one from the copy I had available.

[Kris]

Roscoe, are you still looking for this book? Or did you find it?
(OP's last post: Nov 27, 2015)

[James]

I still think this is a misremembered reading of the Dragonlance books. Pretty much every element that he recalls is from Raistlin's experiences in the Tower and afterward.

[Justanotherbiblophile]

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[Justanotherbiblophile]

*bump* New Decade, w00+!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

So we don't get confused, Roscoe is the OP.

[Justanotherbiblophile]

*non-Raistlin tower wizard 2021 bump*

[Capn]

Some vague similarities with this thread (progressing downwards(?) level by level, bottle dimension): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..., where the solution was The Wizards and the Warriors (1987)

[Mr_Unstable]

SparksofEmber wrote: " for the link."

You LEGEND!!! - I have been trying to remember/Find this book for years! - the only thing i could remember was the test in the tower with opening the door with his mind to pass.... now i finally have a name and author... this community is amazing!!!!
P.S. hope the original poster found the book he was looking for but i found the one i have searched years for... thankyou!!!!!