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David McK (3425 KP) rated Sourcery: Discworld: The Unseen University Collection in Books

Nov 27, 2022

One of the earliest Discworld (#5) books by the late, great, Sir Terry Pratchett, and it shows.

At this point the series was still very much in its infancy; very much still a parody of classic 'Sword and Sorcery' (especially where Rincewind is concerned) instead of the exploration of the human character it would later become.

Everybody has their own favourite 'subseries' of Discworld novels - The Witches, Stand-alones, Industrial Revolution, City Guards, Death - for me, personally, the Rincewind series has also fallen towards the bottom of that ranking (although they do get better around about the time of Interesting Times).

Having said that, it's still interesting to see the beginnings of Pratchett's evolution of the Discworld here - like any great symphony, they all need to start somewhere!

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A Sundered Moon (Legends of Elessia - Shadows Over Garm #3)

Luís Falcão de Magalhães

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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When the Blood God rises, two sworn enemies hold the fate of the world in their hands. Lucius has...

Action and Adventure Sword and Sorcery Epic Fantasy

Ross (3284 KP) rated Heirs of the Blade in Books

Sep 13, 2017

Heirs of the Blade

Adrian Tchaikovsky | 2017 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

10.0

(2 Ratings)

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For me this was the standout book of the whole series. It could be that there was more action and mysticism involved (more akin to your common sword and sorcery) or just that it was more self-contained. Tynisa journeys to the Commonweal to ease her conscience and tell of Prince Salme's death and becomes embroiled in his family's battles with other families and royalty. Overall, the book doesn't add a great deal to the series' storyline, other than having the space to explore Tisamon's needs from beyond the grave and Che and the Empress' link and abilities developing.
An excellent piece of fantasy fiction and the best of the whole series.
This marks something of an end to the second phase of the series in my view, the journey from here on being focused on the end-game.

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Mask of the Eternal Moon (Legends of Elessia - Shadows Over Garm: #2)

Luís Falcão de Magalhães

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Lucius and Oskar crossed Elessia’s most ruthless vampire sorceress. Will an ancient artifact be...

Sword and Sorcery Action and Adventure Fantasy

The Book of Swords

Gardner Dozois

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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New epic fantasy in the grand tradition—including a never-before-published Song of Ice and Fire...

Fantasy

Awix (3310 KP) rated Krull (1983) in Movies

Apr 13, 2020

Krull (1983)

1983 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.3

(16 Ratings)

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Daft but charming sword-and-sorcery adventure, one of the more distinctive products of the early 80s fantasy boom. The planet Krull (a generic fantasyland) is invaded by vaguely Giger-esque alien conquerors and rightful king Colwyn must go on a quest in search of a rather unwieldy magic weapon to save the galaxy (or something).

Looks good, and is helped along considerably by a slightly unhinged score from a young James Horner. One of the many fun things about it is the fact that ostensible hero Ken Marshall is, these days, one of the least well-known people in it - the lower reaches of the cast list are stuffed with well-known actors just starting out (Alun Armstrong, Robbie Coltrane, Liam Neeson). In the end the story is nothing very special - the usual quest for plot coupons - but it's played with gusto and very hard to dislike.