Terry Brooks in general

Terry Brooks, Boring Books? (434 words)
by andyoz - written on 27/07/09 (Very useful, 40 readings)
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of Shanara was a big hit and was the first fantasy book to make it into the New York Times best sellers list. This was a big deal for Terry Brooks! Brooks has writen several different series of books, most are trilogys although some of his series are longer. Many overlap and come back to world where earlier series were set. I have not read all his books, but I have read The Vogage of the Jerle Shanara trilogy and also the High Druids of Shanara Trilogy. I enjoyed the books but am not really a huge fan of Brooks. There was just something lacking for me in his writing style. There is lots of action in Brooks books but for me they are to quick to get into the ...

Wishsong of Shannara - Terry Brooks

Wishsong Of Shannara (348 words)
by UnrepentantCelt - written on 09/12/03, updated on 09/12/03 (Useful, 120 readings)
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Gnomes and Dwarfs, to battling Mord Wraiths and ancient Jachyra, each must sruggle with their own magic gifts, Brin must reach her goal or the world will fall into shadow, Jair must reach his, or Brin will fall to hers. As a small footnote, there is a short story titled `Indomitable` by Terry Brooks in the compendium Legends II, that serves as an epilogue to this tale, tying up a few lose ends. ...

Wishsong of Shannara - Terry Brooks

Classic... mid-80s tosh (1637 words)
by calypte - written on 19/04/04, updated on 20/09/05 (Very useful, 663 readings)
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Great Wars. In their place was reborn the magic of a world older still, a world in which only faerie creatures had existed." Such is the premise behind Terry Brooks bestselling Shannara series. Of course, it might have been nice to learn that a little quicker, but there you go. Here I am at book three and I found that quote - and all of a sudden things seem a lot more interesting. Now, I just have to wait for the stories to catch up with the background! The problem, as I see it, is that the links with a world like our own are in the far and distant past. I still hope the series continues to play with these ideas, but in the meantime what we have here is pretty ...