The Moons of Mirrodin

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Summary: The world rules, but the chase never ends...
Review: "The Moons of Mirrodin" was a good read. The world of Mirrodin is extremely facinating and very surreal in comparison to the other Magic: the Gathering worlds. Everything is made of metal, everything. The main character, Glissa, an elf, has metal arms and legs. This creates very interesting dynamics during battles and other scenes when she takes damage on her arms.

The story is pretty good, but extremely vague. I can only imagine that as the next two books come out, they will further develop the questions surrounding Mirrodin. There is a lot of action throughout the book because the whole book is basically a big long search and chase sequence. Glissa is searching for who killed her family and attacked her home in the opening chapters.

The problem with this book is that it covers what seems like all of Mirrodin in such a short amount of time. Cycles (the equivelant of days I think) pass while they are on the road and nothing happens, but then they reach the mountains, the sea, the forest, and back. They go everywhere, and someplaces twice. I got really annoyed with Glissa's constant whining about what she wants to know to everybody she meets and battles. I will not go into more detail as to not spoil anything. It is also annoying how everybody they meet or battle only gives a small piece of information before something happens that prevents further knowledge, which then in turn sends them to the mountains, or back to the forest, or to wherever.

This book does a nice job of setting up the whole Mirrodin cycle, and I am very excited to read the next two books. I'm glad they are already out because if I had to wait to read them, I think I woiuld be very upset about the relative lack of knowledge and insights the characters uncover.

Bosh, the Golem is by far my favorite character. I fear, though, that he is going to play an intergral role in the next books, and one I might not particularly approve of.

I am not as famililar with the Mirrodin block of cards but I am aware of a few, and they make the storyline. I assume that the sword Glissa uses is the Sword of Kaldara and some of the equpiment and creatures are definately from the storyline. So if you are a fan of the cards, you will enjoy the book on this level, but not as much as some of the other books.

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Summary: Moons of Mirrodin is out of this world!
Review: A great book! The descriptions are very detailed, and the adventure breathtaking. I LOOVED it. Form the antics of Glissa Sunseeker to Bosh's re-animating, it is a book i couldn't put down till i was done!

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Summary: Looks good only in comparison to Onslaught cycle
Review: Coming-of-age story meets Magic mutliverse. Classic teenage-angst, rebellion against authority, headstrong belligerence used to solve every problem, youth-as-hero with establishment-as-villain . . . I could go on, but you know the plot. It could hardly be more cliche or more orthodox to Joseph Campbell's formulation of mythology. It isn't that I dislike the story, it just seems tired. "Moons of Mirrodin" could just as easily be "Star Wars" or "The Matrix" or any other post-modern formulation of the classic myth. Maybe you young turks will resonate with it.

On the plus side, McDermott seems to know how to draw out the suspense. I'm genuinely curious to see what direction the story will move in next (although McDermott is not writing the next novel, Darksteel Eye).

And some of us will read this novel and the next one for no other reason than WotC controls our minds and pocketbooks. Oh well.

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Summary: Looks good only in comparison to Onslaught cycle
Review: Coming-of-age story meets Magic mutliverse. Classic teenage-angst, rebellion against authority, headstrong belligerence used to solve every problem, youth-as-hero with establishment-as-villain . . . I could go on, but you know the plot. It could hardly be more cliche or more orthodox to Joseph Campbell's formulation of mythology. It isn't that I dislike the story, it just seems tired. "Moons of Mirrodin" could just as easily be "Star Wars" or "The Matrix" or any other post-modern formulation of the classic myth. Maybe you young turks will resonate with it.

On the plus side, McDermott seems to know how to draw out the suspense. I'm genuinely curious to see what direction the story will move in next (although McDermott is not writing the next novel, Darksteel Eye).

And some of us will read this novel and the next one for no other reason than WotC controls our minds and pocketbooks. Oh well.

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Summary: The Greatest Sci-Fi ever written
Review: I bought this book because I collect the Magic the Gathering cards. I expected the books to be nothing but fighting. However although it is action packed, it also has an amazing plot. This book follows Glissa, an orphaned elf, seeking to avenge her slaughtered parents. She joins a goblin, Slobad, who has always had a hard life. Now because of a careless error on her part, Slobad must leave his home. As she makes her quest she raelizes that she is going to play a much bigger role in the world of Mirrodin. She must also stop a foe, who if succeeds, will destroy the entire world. With the help of a mage, giant metal man, goblin, and entire race of cat people, she must succeed. This is one of the greatest books I have ever read.

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Summary: MAGIC has come alive
Review: I play the card game and thought this book would be all about the cards but it actually had a great plot. Glissa an elf who had her parents murdered seeks to avenge them but in doing so she realizes she is part of a much bigger picture. I think that the story ends a little abrubtly but in doing so makes you dream about the sequal until you find it and get reading.

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Summary: perhaps im biased, but
Review: i read this about... a month ago and at the same time i read odyssey. however, this was my first magic book experience so therefore, perhaps i am biased.

regardless, i enjoyed this book very much. there were a few minor things i disliked, but overall i would give it a five just the same. simply because i had fun reading it. one thing i liked is that the chapters seemed fairly short and organized. so there was a nice consistent flow joining all the bits together. i dont know if you are attracted to 'short and neat' in a novel but i liked it. it gave me a sense of ..progress, i suppose.
even with that, i didnt find it predictable. one of the other reviewers expresses that the book is riddled with cliches, and that's sort of true, but i didnt realize it when i first picked it up so that might have also affected my view.
either way i would say its an interesting read if you're into magic/fantasy because of the concept.

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Summary: Moons of Mirrodin Review
Review: Lately our teacher told us to get a novel mainly for free reading; I chose the novel ¡°The Moons of Mirrodin¡± as my free-reading novel. This novel, Mirrodin, is an unpopular book ( I thought), because not many people know Magic: the Gathering. If you do not know the Magic: the Gathering (a trading card game) storyline, then you will be obfuscated, and will not have a clue about the things I am going to present; (warning: this report is not meant to be meaningful, you still have a chance to stop if you prefer). The plot of the Moon of Mirrodin marks the start of another Magic storyline. Everything is new in this novel and dissonant from the original Magic storyline.
The novel is set in an exotic world very different from our world; the entire world of Mirrodin is made up of mythological creatures such as elves, trolls, dwarves, zombies, myrs, dragons, and many more unfamiliar beings. In the world of Mirrodin, everything is made of metal; even humans are partly mechanical. This is a world ¡°where forests of metal overwhelm the sky¡±; ¡°where razor-sharp metallic grasses stretch across the plains¡±; and, ¡°where vast oceans of quicksilver conceal predators planning for the unwary¡±. One other thing interesting about this metallic world is that there are five suns above the sky of Mirrodin, each having its own special path for rotations.
The whole story is centered on a young elf, and her quest seeking the unknown secret of her past, while meanwhile dealing with the hazards of her present. The novel starts off by having the readers learn about the world of Mirrodin. A young elf named Glissa for some reason is having bizarre dreams, with herself in a world without metals, but full of natural settings she has never seen before in her whole life. One day she is suddenly brought (or kidnapped) to the Tree of Tales (the oldest tree in the forest of Mirrodin ), by ancient trolls, and this is where it all begins¡­.
Her talk with the troll elder whets her animosity and her curiosity. Glissa is determined to find out what¡¯s happening to her and to the World of Mirrodin. In her quest to find the secret, she meets these two companions: Slobad, a smart goblin mechanic and Bosh, an inscrutable Golem suffering loss of memory. Through out the journey, Glissa ascertains¡­.
This novel can be intriguing to those who know about Magic the Gathering and hope to learn more about the world of Mirrodin. I liked this novel because mainly, I was already engrossed in Magic: the Gathering storyline, and was curious about this novel. The novel the Moon of Mirrodin was the start of a totally fresh and different storyline, and I thought it might be interesting to read this novel and discern more of the world of Mirrodin.

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Summary: Moons of Mirrodin Review
Review: Lately our teacher told us to get a novel mainly for free reading; I chose the novel ¡°The Moons of Mirrodin¡± as my free-reading novel. This novel, Mirrodin, is an unpopular book ( I thought), because not many people know Magic: the Gathering. If you do not know the Magic: the Gathering (a trading card game) storyline, then you will be obfuscated, and will not have a clue about the things I am going to present; (warning: this report is not meant to be meaningful, you still have a chance to stop if you prefer). The plot of the Moon of Mirrodin marks the start of another Magic storyline. Everything is new in this novel and dissonant from the original Magic storyline.
The novel is set in an exotic world very different from our world; the entire world of Mirrodin is made up of mythological creatures such as elves, trolls, dwarves, zombies, myrs, dragons, and many more unfamiliar beings. In the world of Mirrodin, everything is made of metal; even humans are partly mechanical. This is a world ¡°where forests of metal overwhelm the sky¡±; ¡°where razor-sharp metallic grasses stretch across the plains¡±; and, ¡°where vast oceans of quicksilver conceal predators planning for the unwary¡±. One other thing interesting about this metallic world is that there are five suns above the sky of Mirrodin, each having its own special path for rotations.
The whole story is centered on a young elf, and her quest seeking the unknown secret of her past, while meanwhile dealing with the hazards of her present. The novel starts off by having the readers learn about the world of Mirrodin. A young elf named Glissa for some reason is having bizarre dreams, with herself in a world without metals, but full of natural settings she has never seen before in her whole life. One day she is suddenly brought (or kidnapped) to the Tree of Tales (the oldest tree in the forest of Mirrodin ), by ancient trolls, and this is where it all begins¡­.
Her talk with the troll elder whets her animosity and her curiosity. Glissa is determined to find out what¡¯s happening to her and to the World of Mirrodin. In her quest to find the secret, she meets these two companions: Slobad, a smart goblin mechanic and Bosh, an inscrutable Golem suffering loss of memory. Through out the journey, Glissa ascertains¡­.
This novel can be intriguing to those who know about Magic the Gathering and hope to learn more about the world of Mirrodin. I liked this novel because mainly, I was already engrossed in Magic: the Gathering storyline, and was curious about this novel. The novel the Moon of Mirrodin was the start of a totally fresh and different storyline, and I thought it might be interesting to read this novel and discern more of the world of Mirrodin.

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Summary: A Lukewarm Magic novel at best
Review: Moons of Mirrodin falls drastically short of McDermotts previous work in Judgement, and even more drastically short of the preceding Onslaught cycle. While it deals with an interesting world it just doesn't "feel" like fantasy. For a long time Magic novels have proudly combined fantasy with scifi, but this clearly felt to much like scifi. In addition he got characteristics of the colors wrong, lacked much character development, and refused to give any sense of politics to it forgetting a long tradition of MTG politics involving many points of view that in this novel have been traded in for just Glissa's.