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Mayer Alan Brenner

Teoksen Catastrophe's Spell tekijä

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Catastrophe's Spell (1989) 108 kappaletta
Spell of Intrigue (1990) 66 kappaletta
Spell of Apocalypse (1994) 52 kappaletta
Spell of Fate (1992) 47 kappaletta

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Syntymäaika
1956
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male
Kansalaisuus
USA

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A fan of Terry Prachett and all things fantasy, I was hooked by the 3rd page of Catastrophe's Spell. A great fantasy story with fun fantasy elements, lots of magic (lots of 'pulsing'), gods, and characters with mysterious lives before the beginning of the series. We follow Max the Vaguely Disreputable who doesn't like gods, Shaa who is under some sort of curse, and the detective who gets pulled into everything but does so with a calm, clever attitude.
The language is easy to read and often whacky, the dialog is great. When the characters do in fact call each other things like nincompoop, how can you go wrong?… (lisätietoja)
 
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Ignolopi | 1 muu arvostelu | Feb 24, 2011 |
Incredibly disappointing last installment. The last quarter of the book is one unsatisfying anti-climax after another. While the world-changing cataclysm itself is not disappointing, everything just falls flat afterward.
 
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dogrover | Aug 24, 2010 |
The third in the Brenner's "Dance of the Gods" series, and the best of the bunch so far.After a couple brief slow spots near the beginning, the plot starts picking up quickly, reaching breakneck speed in the last few chapters. Plenty of twists and revelations, spiced up with some newly-revealed personal vendettas, dissension in the ranks, master plotters, mysterious archives and serious emotional complications.These books are just flat-out fun to read.
 
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dogrover | Aug 24, 2010 |
While still very enjoyable and fast-paced, "Intrigue" didn't grab me as hard as [book: Catastrophe's Spell]. Much like Brust's [book: Yendi], the complications and resolutions feel forced, causing the book to lose some of the appeal of its MacGyver-like spontaneity.Still, sarcasm, sword fights, spell-casting, spies, and subversives make for a pretty good second book in the series.EDIT: Forgot to mention that the books are freely downloadable from target="_top">http://www.mayerbrenner.com/… (lisätietoja)
 
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dogrover | 1 muu arvostelu | Aug 24, 2010 |

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#84,854
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