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Title: Once a Hero by Michael A. Stackpole ISBN: 0-553-76279-6 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Stackpole can write fantasy, too.
Comment: This book is Mike Stackpole's efforts to move into fantasy as well as science fiction. Already a big fan of his Battletech novels, i completely fell in love with this book-- it has an excellent mix of battle, sorcery, romance, and tragedy. The ending is somewhat half-hearted, but I'd put this on the top shelf of fantasy books I have ever read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Possibly still Stackpole's best...
Comment: This was -- as far as I can remember -- Michael Stackpole's first non-series (Battletech or Star Wars) novel, and still probably my favorite novel of his.
The basic form of the book consists of two seperate time periods and arcs -- one in the past, centering around "the hero" Neal Elfward -- the other in the present, centering around Genevera, an elvish lass. The two inevitably converge, a technique Stackpole also uses to good effect in Talion: Revenant.
In terms of characterization, many of Stackpole's characters do represent archetypes, but they're executed well and with with enough individuality to be believable and interesting. The setting is similar -- it's the sort of setting that will be fairly familiar to most fantasy readers -- but Stackpole gives the standard archetypes he uses believability, and adds his own spin to it, using it for the book's "theme" of racial tolerance.
Overall, this book has enough action, adventure, and magic for any fan of the epic fantasy genre, plus interesting characters, and even a bit of romance.
Rating: 4
Summary: Giving it a 2nd try...
Comment: I got this book a couple yaers ago after I finished Talion but for some I sold the friggin' thing before I finished it. This book was written with a first person narrative which is unusual for fantasy but makes it an intresting read. Stackpole is one of the few authors with the ability to pull something like that off.
If you like this try Across the Nightingale Floor or A Hero Born.
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Title: The Grand Crusade (The DragonCrown War Cycle, Book 3) by MICHAEL A. STACKPOLE ISBN: 0553379216 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Hero Born (Realms of Chaos: The First Book) by Michael A. Stackpole ISBN: 0061056804 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Eyes of Silver by Michael A. Stackpole, Michael A. Stackpole ISBN: 0553561138 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Talion : Revenant by Michael A. Stackpole ISBN: 0553576569 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 31 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Fortress Draconis (The DragonCrown War Cycle, Book 1) by MICHAEL A. STACKPOLE ISBN: 0553379194 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 27 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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