Her Majesty's Wizard

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Summary: A witty rollicking romp.
Review: Stasheff shows his skill in an unusual plot and witty dialogue. Even with the underlying moral messages the book is just plain fun to read.

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Summary: No good
Review: The basic idea is clever enough, but that's about the best I can say for it. The plot is far too easy - any kind of rhyme works exactly what the guy wanted to happen, except in one case, when the oversight he made *helped* him. Convenient, eh? Then there's the cheesy and poorly developed romance subplot. If you could suspend disbelief to ignore all the easy solutions and plot oversights, the book would be interesting enough, but I would definitely not recommend this book to anyone who likes *real* fantasy novels.

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Summary: Spellbinding
Review: This book catches the reader from the beginning. You do not want to put it down. The plot is unique and interesting. The best part about this book is that it is NOT predictable. You never know what will happen next. Excellent

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Summary: Max, the spirt of perversity
Review: This book is bueatiful. adding the spirt of perversity was a brillent move and to me is what made this book worth passing around. STRONGLY recomended

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Summary: A very good book, highly reccomended.
Review: This book is simply grand. The characters are rich and lively, and the plot touches the soul. The story provides insights into the human mind. I love this book

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Summary: FANTASTIO!!! ABSOLUTE GENIUS!!!
Review: This book is sooo great! After a couple of pages, I couldn't believe that I didn't find this book earlier! I've read his three other books on this saga and they're really great!!! If you haven't read those other three, then I suggest that you do... I just can't wait 'till he comes up with the next book!

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Summary: Absolutely The Bomb!!!
Review: This book restored my faith in fantasy. Up until I read this book, I had thought that fantasy had devolved into either boring epics or empty-headed fluff. This book is a must for anyone who likes fantasy.

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Summary: Cross the Void of Time and Space!
Review: This book was indeed, an inspiration to me. If you like fantasy, you got it all wrapped up into one book. If you like science, math, theology, puzzles, and really cute one liners, this book has it all.

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Summary: A GREAT READ~
Review: This is a very entertaining book, and the characters were great! The magic, and the poems! Terrific.The Dragons, wow. I really liked this book and this is the only book I have read by this author, I myself thought the ending was pretty stupid, but that was my opinion, other then that! I liked it!

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Summary: The "Wizard in Rhyme" series starts here...
Review: This is one of the best "formulaic" fantasy books written. As a "hero-gets-transported-to-a-fantasy-realm" book, it is a common premise. Since the hero incidentally has some great power of his own, also fairly common in escapist fantasy. This is not EPIC fantasy. The world is not so foreign that we cannot recognise elements of our own world in it... that is the point here. By making many of the elements VERY common, and, in fact, archaic, we readers already have a good starting point. We get dragons, witches, dark powers, and the princess in distress. Sounds good to me!
The main distinction here is that the protagonist is a career student with no real direction for his studies... a true gen-x'er. He is transported to a realm that he cannot take very seriously, until his life is threatened. What starts off as an ironic joke puts him at the center of a power struggle that has both political and religious powers coming to bear. Magic is real, and basic physical laws don't seem to work quite right. Religion is less ambiguous, there is no grey area. Much of the hero's time is spent trying to understand the new rules, and almost a reluctance to believe what he seems to already know.
The story of the power struggle is incidental to the lead character's need to understand and accept both his newfound role as a true power in the coming struggle, and his true value as a friend to those around him, his self worth. In short "Her Majesty's Wizard" is a Love story, a Wizard tale, a Growing-Up story, and a Good vs Evil tale... with happy and sad endings.
I can say without a doubt that this is a great book, whether or not one continues further with the series. Stasheff's other work, "The Warlock in Spite of Himself", is also a great read with a more Science-Fantasy bent... also the start of a series, but a good stand-alone as well.