![]() Symbolism in fantasy runs so deep, touches those things ago far below our surfaces, that the only thing a good writer can do its to let it take over the story and make it its own. And it cannot be deliberately manipulated or scripted. Symbolism, in Mt book, is what makes any fantasy story worth reading. Brooks clearly recognizes the importance of symbolism in his stories-perhaps more so than most other writers i have read. But then,i think, why keep reading? Two utterly redeeming qualities: within the story line there are always surprises in either imaginative elements or how those elements are combined, and, what its probably even more important,mr. And the story line is almost blatantly predictable. His characters tend to be - well, not one dimensional, but not three either. His language is archaic in a cumbersome (rather than beautiful) way. Every time i reread sword of Shannarra i realize, yet again, that Terry Brooks writing is not, actually, that good. He is doing things with this new Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy that he's never done before - and the Four Lands will NEVER be the same again! Great characters, a plot that is fast-paced, and a battle at Paranor one has to read to believe! Definitely a great read for fantasy fans! But when a diary bearing cryptic information about the lost multiple-colored sets of Elfstones from Faerie is found in the Elven archives, the Ard Rhys must gather a group of powerful questors to search out the lost Stones at all costs - before the prevailing science of the Federation swallows the Four Lands whole. She has taken up the mantle once carried by Grianne Ohmsford a century earlier. Set 120 years after the events of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, Terry introduces us to the Fourth Druid Order, led by Ard Rhys Khyber Elessedil. Terry rarely disappoints but sometimes he hits a double home run. Overall, I was left with the feeling that the Shannara series has just lasted for too long and the author had better look for new stories, rather than making more money on his past successes, deeply harming the world he has created. (won't spoil this one, although you may be disappointed) Oh, and the usual monsters are coming back from the world were they were banished, and oh, the druids end up with almost the same issues to deal with as the previous books. So be it, although it sounds like a pretext. So, let's go on another adventure to find more Elfstones. It felt more like bits and pieces from the previous ones, gathered to make a new book. Although well written, I found absolutely no novelty in the story. ![]() I could not find the magic that stuck me to the previous books of Shannara. I started this new Shannara book with only one concern: that I would be frustrated not to be able to read the next 2 books right away to know the end of the story. It became the first work of fiction ever to appear on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list, where it remained for over five months. ![]() ![]() He then wrote The Sword of Shannara, the seven year grand result retaining sanity while studying at Washington & Lee University and practicing law. That moment changed Terry's life forever, because in Tolkien's great work he found all the elements needed to fully explore his writing combined in one genre. He went to college and received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College, where he majored in English Literature, and he received his graduate degree from the School of Law at Washington & Lee University.Ī writer since high school, he wrote many stories within the genres of science fiction, western, fiction, and non-fiction, until one semester early in his college years he was given The Lord of the Rings to read. Terry Brooks was born in Illinois in 1944, where he spent a great deal of his childhood and early adulthood dreaming up stories in and around Sinnissippi Park, the very same park that would eventually become the setting for his bestselling Word & Void trilogy.
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