Terry Brooks

dominions · 07-05-2001, 08:15 AM

What's everyone's opinion on Terry Brooks' style of writing and the stories he tells in those books?

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Kinslayer · 07-05-2001, 09:49 AM

Hi Dominions, try having a look at the "Has anyone Read Ilse witch or Skies of Pern yet?" thread started by Lioness. I wrote a personal opinion of the entire Shannara epic in there. His Magic Kingdom books are quite good and fairly amusing, probably his best works, and his latest series (The one with Angel Fire East as one of the books) is an interesting read but a tad monotonous.

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Dreamer128 · 07-05-2001, 09:57 AM

Im currently reading the first magic kingdom book, its great!
Its one of the most funny fantasy books i read in a long time, i mean all he has is a talking dog, two kobolds, an incompendent mage and a walking tree!

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Lioness · 07-05-2001, 09:28 PM

Hi, I have to say I love Terry Brooks style of writing, cuz he really draws you into the story. Try the Shannara series it is very good. Check out terrybrooks.net

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Albromor · 07-05-2001, 10:41 PM

I really like Brooks' first Shannara trilogy and a good deal of his second trilogy but he seems to do what a lot of writers do a beat a story line until it dies. The third triology was okay and the prequel I totally stayed away from

Djinn Raffo · 07-06-2001, 03:31 AM

Hey Albromor!

Hey everyone!

Well I don't want to spoil the fun...but I will!

I started the first book in the Shannara series...and I hated it!
I could not even finish it...it just seemed so cliched and stale!

But i did only read the first hundred and fifty pages or so...maybe
I should try him again. But not Shannara...maybe this magic kingdoms
one.

dominions · 07-06-2001, 05:01 AM

Hi everyone.

Thanks for the replies!
I have actually read some Terry Brooks, which include the Shannara series (almost all of them), part of Magic Kingdom For Sale Sold, Star Wars Episode I.

I loved every other book he's written, but was decidedly unimpressed with the rest. This is part of the reason I posted here: i.e. I can't seem to make up my mind concerning this author and was wondering what everyone else thought.

The books that I liked:
Elf Stones of Shannara, Elf Queen of Shannara, Druid of Shannara, and the the last one (can't remeber the title) in that series.

The books that I didn't like:
Sword of Shannara, Wishsong of Shannara, Scions of Shannara, Magic Kingdom For Sale Sold, Starwars Episode I.

My main objection to the books that I didn't like was that they seemed, well, boring

.

Anyway! What does everyone else think?

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Lioness · 07-06-2001, 09:10 AM

The last in that series is the Talismans of Shannara.

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Balgin · 07-06-2001, 07:43 PM

I hearby refer you to my previous thread entitled "One ligitimate reason to hate Terry Brooks" which opened as follows:-The worst fantasy writer ever is undisputeably (IMO anyway) Terry Brooks!!!!! His first book The Sword of Shanara was a blatant rip off. Every scene (and I don't just mean the major ones) was taken from The Lord Of The Rings (the monster searches for Shea and his freind in the first chapter: the Black Rider incident on the road to Bree, Hendel distracts the Gnomes to allow the parties passage AND Alanon fights a demon in the boiling rooms beneath the dark lords castle(both are blatant Balrog rip offs) whilst one of the half elves escapes to act out a blatant remake or the Sam fights an Orc on the stairs whilst rescuing Frodo from the Orcish tower(just after Shelob), the gnome that he takes hostage becomes distinctly like Golum, Hendel rushes to the cities defense only suddenly noticing a blatant weak point, only slowly followed by others: Boromir defends Merry and Pippin from Orcs, and many other travesties of literature). Not only this but his second book (can't remember the title), featured another Blatant Balrog scene only a few chapters in and began to look familiar. In addition to this the chap who used to do the book review for White Dwarf (a British gaming mag, now more tabletop than in the eighties) took the liberty of describing a very bad book as "so Terry Brookish" and after that my long enmity for this writer has never allowed me to read another book of his.

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- Now, admitedly having only read his first two books I cannot give a fair opinion of the others but this covers his first two Shanara books quite effectively (and yes, the woman turning into a tree is possably borrowed from something as well, haven't quite caught it yet (apart from the obvious Daphne and Apolo).

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Balgin, the Dwarf

Balgin · 07-06-2001, 07:45 PM

Oh well, we're all entitled to an opinion.

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Balgin, the Dwarf

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07-05-2001, 08:15 AM	#1
dominions Elminster Join Date: March 20, 2001 Location: Hampshire, England Age: 51 Posts: 428	What's everyone's opinion on Terry Brooks' style of writing and the stories he tells in those books? ------------------ Hey! Like RPGs? See the DungeonCraft - RPG Game Maker on the Ironworks Gaming Forum

07-05-2001, 09:49 AM	#2
Kinslayer Drow Warrior Join Date: June 5, 2001 Location: Canvey Island, Essex, England Age: 47 Posts: 252	Hi Dominions, try having a look at the "Has anyone Read Ilse witch or Skies of Pern yet?" thread started by Lioness. I wrote a personal opinion of the entire Shannara epic in there. His Magic Kingdom books are quite good and fairly amusing, probably his best works, and his latest series (The one with Angel Fire East as one of the books) is an interesting read but a tad monotonous. [This message has been edited by Kinslayer (edited 07-05-2001).]

07-05-2001, 09:57 AM	#3
Dreamer128 Dracolisk Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Europe Age: 40 Posts: 6,136	Im currently reading the first magic kingdom book, its great! Its one of the most funny fantasy books i read in a long time, i mean all he has is a talking dog, two kobolds, an incompendent mage and a walking tree! ------------------ Those who watch their backs meet death from the front- Dreamer128 paladin of the order of the holy flame.

07-05-2001, 09:28 PM	#4
Lioness Jack Burton Join Date: June 3, 2001 Location: Among the Stars Age: 37 Posts: 5,837	Hi, I have to say I love Terry Brooks style of writing, cuz he really draws you into the story. Try the Shannara series it is very good. Check out terrybrooks.net ------------------ Official teaser and ranger of the HADB Clan "Evil round every corner...careful not to step in any."-Minsc "Gimme a sword, I'll win this war for you!"-Mad Martigan

07-05-2001, 10:41 PM	#5
Albromor Mephistopheles Join Date: June 13, 2001 Location: Northfield, NJ USA Posts: 1,417	I really like Brooks' first Shannara trilogy and a good deal of his second trilogy but he seems to do what a lot of writers do a beat a story line until it dies. The third triology was okay and the prequel I totally stayed away from

07-06-2001, 03:31 AM	#6
Djinn Raffo Ra Join Date: March 11, 2001 Location: Ant Hill Age: 50 Posts: 2,397	Hey Albromor! Hey everyone! Well I don't want to spoil the fun...but I will! I started the first book in the Shannara series...and I hated it! I could not even finish it...it just seemed so cliched and stale! But i did only read the first hundred and fifty pages or so...maybe I should try him again. But not Shannara...maybe this magic kingdoms one.

07-06-2001, 05:01 AM	#7
dominions Elminster Join Date: March 20, 2001 Location: Hampshire, England Age: 51 Posts: 428	Hi everyone. Thanks for the replies! I have actually read some Terry Brooks, which include the Shannara series (almost all of them), part of Magic Kingdom For Sale Sold, Star Wars Episode I. I loved every other book he's written, but was decidedly unimpressed with the rest. This is part of the reason I posted here: i.e. I can't seem to make up my mind concerning this author and was wondering what everyone else thought. The books that I liked: Elf Stones of Shannara, Elf Queen of Shannara, Druid of Shannara, and the the last one (can't remeber the title) in that series. The books that I didn't like: Sword of Shannara, Wishsong of Shannara, Scions of Shannara, Magic Kingdom For Sale Sold, Starwars Episode I. My main objection to the books that I didn't like was that they seemed, well, boring . Anyway! What does everyone else think? ------------------ Hey! Like RPGs? See the DungeonCraft - RPG Game Maker on the Ironworks Gaming Forum

07-06-2001, 09:10 AM	#8
Lioness Jack Burton Join Date: June 3, 2001 Location: Among the Stars Age: 37 Posts: 5,837	The last in that series is the Talismans of Shannara. ------------------ Official teaser and ranger of the HADB Clan "Evil round every corner...careful not to step in any."-Minsc "Gimme a sword, I'll win this war for you!"-Mad Martigan

07-06-2001, 07:43 PM	#9
Balgin Elminster Join Date: March 4, 2001 Location: Bournemouth,Hampshire,England Posts: 443	I hearby refer you to my previous thread entitled "One ligitimate reason to hate Terry Brooks" which opened as follows:-The worst fantasy writer ever is undisputeably (IMO anyway) Terry Brooks!!!!! His first book The Sword of Shanara was a blatant rip off. Every scene (and I don't just mean the major ones) was taken from The Lord Of The Rings (the monster searches for Shea and his freind in the first chapter: the Black Rider incident on the road to Bree, Hendel distracts the Gnomes to allow the parties passage AND Alanon fights a demon in the boiling rooms beneath the dark lords castle(both are blatant Balrog rip offs) whilst one of the half elves escapes to act out a blatant remake or the Sam fights an Orc on the stairs whilst rescuing Frodo from the Orcish tower(just after Shelob), the gnome that he takes hostage becomes distinctly like Golum, Hendel rushes to the cities defense only suddenly noticing a blatant weak point, only slowly followed by others: Boromir defends Merry and Pippin from Orcs, and many other travesties of literature). Not only this but his second book (can't remember the title), featured another Blatant Balrog scene only a few chapters in and began to look familiar. In addition to this the chap who used to do the book review for White Dwarf (a British gaming mag, now more tabletop than in the eighties) took the liberty of describing a very bad book as "so Terry Brookish" and after that my long enmity for this writer has never allowed me to read another book of his. ------------------ Balgin, the Dwarf - Now, admitedly having only read his first two books I cannot give a fair opinion of the others but this covers his first two Shanara books quite effectively (and yes, the woman turning into a tree is possably borrowed from something as well, haven't quite caught it yet (apart from the obvious Daphne and Apolo). ------------------ Balgin, the Dwarf

07-06-2001, 07:45 PM	#10
Balgin Elminster Join Date: March 4, 2001 Location: Bournemouth,Hampshire,England Posts: 443	Oh well, we're all entitled to an opinion. ------------------ Balgin, the Dwarf

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