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Title: Magic Kingdom for Sale--Sold! by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0-345-31758-0 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 March, 1987 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.3 (91 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Magic Kingdom For Sale-Sold! Amber Gilchrist
Comment: Magic Kingdom For Sale Sold! By Terry Brooks is an amazing book.
Magic Kingdom For Sale Sold! is about a lawyer, Ben Holiday, wanting a challenge, wanting excitement. What started this wanting was his wife dying in a car crash two months pregnant with their first child. He isolated himself from social events, drinking more, and just going from work to home every day. Than one cold day he was getting the mail and saw a magazine that his wife used to look at all the time. While looking through the Rosen's magazine that night while drinking his favorite drink found an ad selling a magical kingdom with dragons and damsels, knights and knaves. After talking with his friend Miles ( who thinks it's a fake ) about the ad decided to go to New York to meet the mysterious seller of the kingdom ( who is Meeks ). After he met with Meeks, Ben has a week to decide if he wants to waste one million dollars on a fairy tale kingdom that might not even be real. When Ben decides to go Miles and himself thinks he's going crazy. Then Meeks gives Ben special directions to get to the magic kingdom ( Landover ). As
Ben makes his way through the tunnel to Landover he gets chased by a giant black demon. When gets into Landover he stumbles onto a dragon that tosses him with one breath. Then he finds his guide ( Questor ) to the castle Sterling Silver, there he meets the rest of his subjects, Abernathy the once human now a dog squire and the kobolds. The kingdom's magic is failing from the lack of king so on Ben's journey to prove to every one else he's not like the others that tried and left he meets Willow who is half water sprite, half wood nymph, summons the Paladin and meets up with the most feared witch, Nightshade.
If you like adventure and mythical creatures I would recommend this book. This book has wonderful imagery and it just takes you away. After you read this book you should read the rest of the series, The Black Unicorn, Wizard At Large, The Tangle Box and Witch's brew.
Rating: 4
Summary: A great start to a fresh series
Comment: Terry Brooks broke into the fantasy scene with his widely popular Shannara series, but here he breaks out of the epic fantasy mold and creates a fresh new series, one that challenges us right down where we live and breathe. Ben Holiday, a successful trial lawyer is having what amounts to a mid-life crisis, exacerbated by the recent loss of his wife and unborn child in a tragic auto accident. Lost, bereft of purpose and will, he stumbles onto an add in a catalog for a magic kingdom that is for sale. And then the fun begins. He buys the kingship, travels to the land, and realizes that behind all the magic and fantasy of Landover, the problems of running a kingdom are pretty similar to normal every day challenges that face us in life. The collection of characters that Ben meets in this new world are extremely entertaining, especially the dragon Strabo, who may be one of the most unforgetable characters in all of fantasy. Humor, action, mystery, and times of deep reflection: this series has it all, and is sure to please. Every book in this series is a solid 4 stars or better in my opinion. One of the few fantasy books that made me laugh out loud at times when I read it, especially any time Strabo and the hapless wizard Questor Thews get together. I read this series again and again, and you should too!
Rating: 5
Summary: My wife's first SF/Fantasy book
Comment: Terry Brooks has a very charming writing style, totally disarming. You could notice that evenin his first Shanarra book; even while the story was a 100% rip-off of Tolkien.
I bought a used copy to read on the plane over the Atlantic; it served its purpose of providing good, sometimes clever, well written entertainment. My wife then read it - the first book of this genre she has ever read.
The story hoovers between science fiction and fantasy. A lawyer buys a magic kingdom. The kingdom is dying, and just a few faithful servants to the throne try to save it. The lawyer finds out that they seller has tried to cheat him, but instead of running he sets out to do his kingly duties.
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Title: Black Unicorn by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0345335287 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 August, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0345362276 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 17 July, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Tangle Box by TERRY BROOKS ISBN: 0345387007 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Witches' Brew (The Magic Kingdom of Landover, Book 5) by TERRY BROOKS ISBN: 0345387023 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Running With the Demon (The Word and the Void Trilogy, Book 1) by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0345422589 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 27 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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