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Summary: "Warlock" combines Fantasy and SF with talent and style.
Review: "The Warlock In Spite of Himself" is one of the best books I've ever read. Combining elements of fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction has never seemed so easy, or been so entertaining.The book follows the adventures of Rod Gallowglass (nee D'Armand) and his struggle to free the planet of Gramarye (a lost world of colonists from Terra) from the clutches of a dictator. What follows has some of the best elements of fantasy swashbuckling and futuristic hocus-pocus of any book in existence. What clinches the book for me, though, is the inclusion of my favorite Fantasy/SF topic: psychic powers! That's right! Gramarye (whose society has reverted to a medieval setting) has it's own set of "witches" and "warlocks," each with psychic powers of varying degrees. How Rod gains their trust and friendship, and eventualy enlists their help in his crusade to bring Democracy to the land, makes for a most interesting part of the story. This is the first book of a rather lengthy series. I urge everyone to read it, but I offer this note of warning: if you read "The Warlock In Spite of Himself," you'll want to read *all* of the "Warlock" series... and you won't regret a second of it
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Summary: "Warlock" combines Fantasy and SF with talent and style.
Review: "The Warlock In Spite of Himself" is one of the best books I've ever read. Combining elements of fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction has never seemed so easy, or been so entertaining.
The book follows the adventures of Rod Gallowglass (nee D'Armand) and his struggle to free the planet of Gramarye (a lost world of colonists from Terra) from the clutches of a dictator.
What follows has some of the best elements of fantasy swashbuckling and futuristic hocus-pocus of any book in existence. What clinches the book for me, though, is the inclusion of my favorite Fantasy/SF topic: psychic powers!
That's right! Gramarye (whose society has reverted to a medieval setting) has it's own set of "witches" and "warlocks," each with psychic powers of varying degrees.
How Rod gains their trust and friendship, and eventualy enlists their help in his crusade to bring Democracy to the land, makes for a most interesting part of the story.
This is the first book of a rather lengthy series. I urge everyone to read it, but I offer this note of warning: if you read "The Warlock In Spite of Himself," you'll want to read *all* of the "Warlock" series... and you won't regret a second of it
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Summary: Philosophy, Fantasy, Psychology, and Fun...
Review: A good humored fantasy that teaches you when you're not looking. It was this book that made me realize that Desedarious Erasmus of Rotterdam was an extremely brave man, and not the wishy-washy person I stated he was in one of my college term papers. If you are fascinated by people, and you enjoy fantasy, this is a great series...
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Summary: Weak plot, poor attempt at been homorous
Review: Before buying a book I often check the reviews here in Amazon. Since this book had good reviews I went ahead and bought it; big mistake, this book is terrible. For the following reasons I recommend that you don't waste your time reading it:
- Very dated technology. He keeps on talking about a bad capacitor in his robot.
- Half of every page are wise cracks by the hero, which gets very tiresome after a couple of pages.
- All the dialogue is in old english using words such as: hast, thou, nay, etc. This is really painful
- This is supposed to be an action book with lots of sword fighting, but no one gets killed until the very end. When finally the good guys kill a bad guy, they all become very sad.
- The main characters are such wimps that they make the characters by Mercedes Lackey look manly. Rod wouldn't do the queen because he was in love with her
- There are a lot of absurds things in this book. Why did the witch all of the sudden fell in love with the main character and followed him every where? Why didn't anyone noticed that all the councilors looked the same? The most absurd thing of all was the reason why that planet was so important: "Because in the future psichic witches could replace communication electronics". Watch out Motorola and Cisco, Miss Cleo is going to replace you.
Don't waste your time with this lousy dated book. If you want to read good S.F. that mixes technology and magic try the Amber saga by Zelasny.
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Summary: A light, fun read!
Review: I definitely enjoyed reading this novel, it is a fun read and worthy of recommendation. It is not as engaging of a style as I normally prefer -- I did not feel as compelled to keep reading when I knew I had to put it down for awhile -- but the story is definitely entertaining.
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Summary: freewheeling fantasy!
Review: I first read this book and met this author many years ago. To my dismay, I lost the book and couldn't remember the author! When I found them again, I couldn't let go. The whole concept of escaping an oppressive, unimaginative society, also stagnant! and being able to set up your own version of reality was exciting. Rod G.'s efforts to absorb magic! real magic! along with his logical companion's reactions were realistic and funny. The different twists, touches of myth and legend, (love that witchmoss), history,Finagle and Murphy,overall the sense of HUMOR was too much fun! I've continued to read his books, good and not-so, and recommend them highly.
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Summary: A good book, provided you are not too critical.
Review: I found this book to be interesting for several reasons. First of all, it deals with the Medieval element, of which I am personally very fond. Secondly, it presented this element in a new light, being that the society in question was not on Earth, but a distant planet called Gramarye. The plot was simple and straightforward, and while it was not exceptionally complex or verbose, it did leave me a bit unsatisfied in the sense that I prefer a bit more intrigue. Aside from the fact that a reasonably intelligent person could puzzle out the end of the book halfway through, there were a few twists that I did not see coming. Overall, it made for good, light entertainment. I recommend this book for younger readers and people not willing to read some of the longer series fantasy has to offer, such as The Wheel Of Time which, while excellently written, is extremely long ( >7,000 pgs and counting).
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Summary: Fun Read!
Review: I love this book. I could not put it down, read when I was in High School. And I worote a paper on why "Rod Gallowglass", the hero in the book, which actually won me a scholarship to college. It combine Sci-fi and fantasy in a semi-medieval planet. Thsi is light entertainment and a good bopok to introduce someone into the world of Sci-fi/fantasy.
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Summary: Fun Read!
Review: I love this book. I could not put it down, read when I was in High School. And I worote a paper on why "Rod Gallowglass", the hero in the book, which actually won me a scholarship to college. It combine Sci-fi and fantasy in a semi-medieval planet. Thsi is light entertainment and a good bopok to introduce someone into the world of Sci-fi/fantasy.
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Summary: Really bad series
Review: If you enjoy being constantly bombarded with attempts to convert you to Catholicism, then this book and the series is definitely for you. If not, read at your peril! What's more, if you enjoy books that follow a formula that is repeated over and over and over again throughout the series, then this book is for you. After book one in the series, the stories are situations rather than plots. In one book, the hero realizes that he is hallucinating and he can stop at any time he wants. What does he do? Does he return to reality and his family? Of course not! He rides around the countryside talking to heroes from books that he read as a child. There is no antagonist, nor a point in this book.
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