And I thought Christopher Paolini stole plotlines, the first book of this series is essentially a Tolkien rewrite. And not a very good one. It continues for that vein for quite some time; the only books I enjoyed was The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy.
My overall summary of a completely biased review: The main series is pretty bad, but it gets better as it goes. Eventually, you might even find yourself interested while reading.
Agree? Disagree? Want to saw my head off with a rusty spoon? Reply.
The Shannara Series
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Maelstrom75
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The Shannara Series
The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed.
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TwoBuy
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Re: The Shannara Series
Yup. Read one and a half books and gave up on it. Complete crap. Like most fantasy series sadly.
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Hey girl whats up
A drunk driver hit my blind, 12-yo sister on her way home from school. Im @ the funeral
hahaha
That wasnt a joke dick-hole
Oh
Sooooo... my gf will be out of town Wednesday. U gunna be back by then?
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NZAndyB
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Re: The Shannara Series
Ah come-on it's like light reading for the Tolkien fan.... plus, I found it riveting when I was eleven.
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mountainmage
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Re: The Shannara Series
I found plenty of books riveting when I was 11. Doesn't mean they're any good.
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Laneth
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Re: The Shannara Series
Heh, I got the omnibus edition of the original trilogy since ye apparently can't get the singles anymore here in Australia :/ unless it's just a crappy bookstore that was pushing their shit on me...
Either way, I got about 50 pages in and haven't picked it up again. It was sooooo slow moving at the start that I just couldn't be bothered.
One of my fantasy storylines will now have an ELDERLY hero and a young person has to come and tell them all the important information they need to complete their quest.
Or not. Maybe.
Either way, I got about 50 pages in and haven't picked it up again. It was sooooo slow moving at the start that I just couldn't be bothered.
One of my fantasy storylines will now have an ELDERLY hero and a young person has to come and tell them all the important information they need to complete their quest.
Or not. Maybe.
Laneth Sffarlenn
Almost like a memory, this phantasm has reappeared...
Almost like a memory, this phantasm has reappeared...