Terry Brooks
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| Title | : | The Sword of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy #1) |
| Author | : | Terry Brooks |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 726 pages |
| Published | : | April 1999 by Orbit (first published 1977) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. High Fantasy. Adventure. Magic |
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Living in peaceful Shady Vale, Shea Ohmsford knew little of the troubles that plagued the rest of the world. Then the giant, forbidding Allanon revealed that the supposedly dead Warlock Lord was plotting to destroy the world. The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness was the Sword of Shannara, which could only be used by a true heir of Shannara--Shea being the last of the bloodline, upon whom all hope rested. Soon a Skull Bearer, dread minion of Evil, flew into the Vale, seeking to destroy Shea. To save the Vale, Shea fled, drawing the Skull Bearer after him....Define Books To The Sword of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy #1)
| Original Title: | The Sword of Shannara |
| ISBN: | 1857231511 (ISBN13: 9781857231519) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Original Shannara Trilogy #1, Shannara (Chronological Order) #10, Shannara (Publication Order) #1, Shannara - Terry's Suggested Order for New Readers #1 , more |
| Characters: | Shea Ohmsford, Flick, Allanon, Menion, Balinor, Hendel, Durin, Dayel |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (1978) |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 80464 Users | 3862 ReviewsArticle Epithetical Books The Sword of Shannara (The Original Shannara Trilogy #1)
I loved this when I was thirteen. I loved it when I was sixteen. And probably at least once in between there. When I was thirty-six I picked it up, made it about a chapter and a half in, and threw it against the wall. Literally. It left a dent. (Edited for the trolls among you: A- this is a touch of hyperbole. Look it up. andB- It's a 700+ page book, and I was incensed. It's not entirely inconceivable that this thing would dent the drywall.Just saying. Back to the original review... )This bookWhen I was but an impressionable teen, my crush gave me this book for my birthday. He had teeth like little baby pearls and could quote from The Princess Bride, so I was pretty far gone on him. This book was so bad that it effectively cured me of that crush. Despite being a plot-point-for-plot-point, character-for-character rip-off of the Lord of the Rings, it's pretty boring. In fact, the only surprise in this novel is that despite such blatant plagiarism, none of the beauty of Tolkein's
Alright. Before anyone goes into a tirade of why I gave this book a five-star rating, read on.I was never the novel-reader type. I was never much of a novelist, either. I live in a Third World country, so when I was young, we kids amuse ourselves by learning to climb trees, playing hide-and-seek and all sorts of outdoorsy games.Until I met Terry Brooks through The Sword of Shannara.A neighbor of ours was moving out, and with the bulk of books and other stuff they have, they decided to sell most
This book threw me head first into the fantasy genre. And i don't mean sci-fi but the magic, elves and dragon genre. It was in our house, no one will admit to who's book it was, but I was reading everything and anything in the house at that time and absolutely LOVED this book. It's your typical fantasy/quest type of story filled with good, evil and hope. And I found it to be a nice break from the murder/suspense stories I had been reading.If you've never read fantasy and want to take a dip, or
This Book came out & I jumped on it. I was a real fan of the Lord of the Rings - so much so that I recited the first several pages of the Hobbit when we read it in class during the 6th grade - & this looked similar. I was ecstatic because I'd waited so long for another epic journey of that sort! How could I be so lucky? Star Wars & now a new Tolkien-like saga?!!! The gods must be good!Then I read it & almost wept in frustration. It was too similar to The Hobbit. Wasn't it
Now this is what I like to see in a fantasy novel. This has everything that makes the genre so appealing to me; its got a diverse set of races and cultural systems; its got both great darkness and profound good. But, most importantly, its got history. When I read books like this I want to feel like the fantasy universe has existed a thousand years prior and will exist a thousand years after. With Shannara it feels like Ive stepped into the middle of a vast, complex and beautiful world that has
this is perhaps my first experience with a Bad Book. young nerds like myself shouldn't have to scorn fantasy literature, but this wet piece of crapola put me off of fantasy for years. something this derivative should never have seen the light of day. i don't care if folks needed a tolkien fix, there were other, better literary drugs out there they could have turned to. Brooks spends a very long time blowing tolkien style, but it is an extremely un-relaxing bj and i found myself getting agitated
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