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Title: First King of Shannara by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0-345-39653-7 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 29 January, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.34 (122 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Refreshingly intense fantasy novel
Comment: This is the first Shannara novel I have read in about 14 years. In that time I was surprised to see how graphic and violent the novel was. Most fantasy books I have read simply gloss over the fact that people die. Brooks makes sure you know that there was a loss and you feel it more. Another refreshing change was one of the main characters dies. I did not want to see the character pass, but it was nice to see that sometimes heroes fail. After being halfway through this book, I started looking at the Shannara series to see which "Trilogy" I should read next and I found out that this book contains a spoiler in reference to the Heritage of Shannnara series. Oops. I guess I will have to just act surprised. All in all I would recommend this book to any fan of fantasy, It was truly enjoyable.
Rating: 4
Summary: my look on shannara
Comment: The First King of Shannara is the prelude to The Sword of Shannara and I think it is a great book. First King of Shannara is like the Lord of the Rings in many ways. The Warlock Lord (The Evil Wizard) has Skull Bearers, Gnomes, and Trolls under his control.
There are four races: Humans, Dwarfs, Elves, and Druids. None of them are powerful enough to defeat the army that the Warlock Lord commands, and if one race were to fall it would be nearly impossible to beat him. They could use spells, but fear the most of them too much to use. For every spell there is a consequence. The more powerful the spell the worse the consequence.
I liked this book because it has to do with the old world and magic, which are two things we don't have and never will. I also like that there are a lot of encounters they are a little confusing, but should make more sense if you read it for yourselves. I hope that you like this book as much as I did.
Rating: 2
Summary: Very disappointing
Comment: I remember from earlier years of my life when Sword of Shannara, and the others of the well known series, were held in high regard and still are. However, if Terry Brooks keeps adding on to his fantasy universe with episodes like First King, the Shannara world will soon be tainted. I am almost discouraged to read the older ones again because First King of Shannara was so badly written and predictable. It ruined almost everything for me. The characters were all mirror images of eachother with different occupations. Race, in this installment at least, made no difference to personality. All Brooks's characters seem to be one size fits all. The magic was over used. If i hear the phrase "druid fire" one more time in my life i will personally burn the book. Such all powerful druids should have a much wider variety of magic then intuition and the all powerful "druid fire." Please, not all of us are fantasy freaks and will take whatever is fed too us. We need orignality, we need surprise. We need to feel like the world is really in peril. The bad guys in this novel were like a really stupid ogre who was saying "uhhhh what do i do next" the whole extent of the tale. I say, stay with the first few Brooks novels and stay away from First King. A waste of time.
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Title: The Talismans of Shannara by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0345386744 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 31 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Elf Queen of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, Book 3) by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0345375580 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 23 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0345370740 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 13 February, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Druid of Shannara by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0345375599 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 22 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Morgawr (The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, Book 3) by Terry Brooks ISBN: 0345435753 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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