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Summary: An Awesome Begining to a Spectacular Series
Review: Quite possibly one of the best series of books ever written.
Mr. Rosenberg has created a believable fantasy world. The story flows so well that you'll look up to find that hours have passed and you've become so engrossed that you really don't mind the missing time.
With this omnibus you begin a sweeping saga of character growth. You will see how each character is given time to grow and become an integral part of the story.
You will follow Karl and his companions- Walter, Doria, Andrea, Ahira, Lou, Ellegon, Tennetty, and Chak- as they travel the Eren Regions. You will find yourself cheering out loud and crying along with them.
Don't forget to read the other Guardian's novels. Also look for Mr. Rosenberg's fans on the net, we're waiting to meet you.
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Summary: A Must Read for fantasy fans!
Review: This book is the 1st of a great fantasy saga. My freind let me borrow it.It is still,after 2 years,in my bookcase! The plot,condenced,is a bunch of collage students are in a AD&D(advanced dungeons & dragons)club. they go into the game as their charicters (sorry, im doing this quik) and have adventures. The characters develip fast and good. It feels like you are in the book!!
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Summary: Wow!!!
Review: This is a terrific book. Rosenberg's characters seem to jump right off the page and into my mind. You'll never forget Karl Cullinane, or Ellegon.
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Summary: Wow!!!
Review: This is a terrific book. Rosenberg's characters seem to jump right off the page and into my mind. You'll never forget Karl Cullinane, or Ellegon.
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Summary: A book I've read many times
Review: This is one of those books that you can pick up and read over and over again. I am about to enter college and can identify with Rosenberg's life-like characters. His fantasy world is so realistic I can smell the trees of the Healing Hand Tabernacle and felt the heat of the Waste of Elrood. I've read this book at least a dozen times since my dad introduced it to me and I have to order a new copy to take with me to school.
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Summary: A book I've read many times
Review: This is one of those books that you can pick up and read over and over again. I am about to enter college and can identify with Rosenberg's life-like characters. His fantasy world is so realistic I can smell the trees of the Healing Hand Tabernacle and felt the heat of the Waste of Elrood. I've read this book at least a dozen times since my dad introduced it to me and I have to order a new copy to take with me to school.
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Summary: Great series!
Review: This omnibus edition of the popular fantasy series written in the 1980s wast just re-released. Guardians of the Flame is the story of a group of college students who, while playing a game of Dungeons and Dragons (or its fictional equivalent), are transported to the world in which their game is played, and are trapped there until they find the Gate Between the Worlds.What can I say, I have fallen in love with this series! It is the novel every RPG geek has dreamed about. The characters are funny - though some are slightly more one-dimensional than others - and the adventures the group has are action-packed. I'm currently reading book 4 and, while the action is a bit bogged down by some political situations the characters have gotten in to, I can tell the series is going to become one of my favorites.
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Summary: Role players fantasy
Review: This was a great book. I read it several times the first week I got it. The world of role playing comes alive and interesting in this book. The characters were highly developed and the setting and events were wonderful.
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Summary: This has been a great novel of worth beyond compare.
Review: Upon reading "Guardians of the Flame," it was my attention that it was about some characters being pulled into their fantasy game. Many people who enjoy role-playing games (e.g. AD&D) would understand that being in the real thing (a medieval fantasy world) is and would truly be a great adventure...for about a week or so. But going further I see that the characters stay there for life, some even losing theirs along the way. Joel Rosenberg implemented this use of crossing reality with fiction (a real world with a fantasy world) and made a swashbuckling drama, if that is possible. Some times, the characters themselves evolved and learned from their mistakes, slowly maturing as the novel took its course. This is extremely hard to do when one considers the many aspects of life. With some lessons being taught to characters, the novel its self is also that captivating that the reader can also learn from it. Compared to other fantasy novels, "Guardians of the Flame" is a novel that can be read over and over without getting tired of the plot or losing any of its meaning. This is a must read for anyone who has ever been exposed to authors such as Tolkien, Jordan, or Salvatore. The plot its self is so grippling that one will not be able to put the book down to even drink dare drink upon going to the next chapter. Rosenberg's use of description upgrades the fighting scenes with necessary macabre when needed, or even lightens the mood of a moment that is sad in total regard towards the reader's emotions. That is another aspect of Rosenberg, his tendency to supply important moments with so much life that a reader can actually sense any of the character's feelings and emotions. "Guardians of the Flame" is and will be the best novel for hard-core fantasy readers, and the first novel they should read.
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Summary: Possibly the Greatest series I've read
Review: Years ago in high school and college when I still played these role playing games I read the Guardian of the Flames series. It was then, and still is now, my favorite storyline. One of the things I most enjoyed was the realism of the characters and their relationships. Unlike many a science fiction series, this one dealt with characters facing death, torture, marriage, children and everything else that life has to throw at people. I was extremely disapppointed when the series came to an end and am pleased to see a new book out now. I hope it continues with the tradition of the ones that came before it.
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