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Go Quest, Young Man

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This reminds me of some of Terry Pratchett's books, especially the Rincewind series. While our hero here is better at magic than Pratchett's famously inept wizard, it's not by much, and the jokes come fast and furious. There's some fairly good action as well. The finale is a bit open-ended and begs for a sequel.

Usually when planning to lend this book to someone, I first ask if I can be mean. If the say yes, I give them the book and say no more. A few days later when they return it and ask for the next book I ask if they remember my earlier question. Well the mean part is that there are no squeals! (if they say no, I still give em the book but with the warning)

This is an excellent fantasy novel that pokes fun at itself and the genre in general. Puns abound, and it traverses with at a fairly quick pace, but the end is abrupt and screams for a follow up (or 3 since he is traveling for 4 years total).

Just wish it hadn't taken me 4 years to give up hope of a sequel ever coming up.

In my search to find humorous fantasy this is one of the gems of my collection. Bogen writes a great misadventure of a young magician thrist out into the world to find his own way. The book read very quickly, though it was in part because of my enthusiasm to see what was in store for the "hero" in the next chapter. It is a shame that more books did not come out in this series, but if you can find this one, grab it and add it to your collection.

This may be K. B. Bogen's first book...but I really hope it isn't her last! Her characters are a colorful blend of reality and fantasy. I couldn't put the book down! There's alot of fun and adventure...of course the fact that the main character would like nothing even close to adventure makes it even better! My son read the book after me and wanted me to go out and buy the next one! I only hope that there will be more of them... The honesty with a strong dose of attitude is fantastic. Even though some of the characters are walk-ins, it's ending has you eager to read more. I want more of the story! So someone tell the author & publishers to wake up! This is a great fantasy book and as the title says...GO QUEST,YOUNG MAN...go find this book for a great read! With everyone going crazy about HARRY - This is something to give those done with the fourth book. It's right up there with evil spells, danger, humor and it even has a dragon in it! I really liked it alot...and I "am" a writer! So what you sitting there for? Go get a copy already!

The reason why this book's ending isn't really an ending is because there were sequels planned, but TSR decided not to buy them because they didn't get enough reorders.

This is one of the best books I have ever read. The way the Story unfolds is Like waiting to take your next breath. K.B.Bogen has taken the fantasy of a TSR book and skillfully mixed it with the Humor of Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Triology). I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants. This book will become glued to your hands until you finish reading it. The only Thing I can Say bad about the book is that in Describes Erwyn's First Year as a Journeysmanship But The Author Never Goes and writes a Second Book. The Journeymanship is a Four Year Plan. So where is books 2-4? Hope They come soon. :-)

Erwyn is a journeyman sorcerer. He does not REALLY want to have adventures. Adventures follow him around though. Damsels in distress, YUCK! City under the rule of misogynist males, let NOW handle it. Dragons? How about some poker? This is really funny. All the archetypes are deflated. No sacred cow left ungored.

The major problems with this book are three fold. First off, the author does not seem to be able to stick to the idea of writing a comedy adventure. She continually throws in plot twists that would, in a serious book, be interesting and usefull. In this book however, she puts these twists and turns up for display and then does nothing with them. Second is that it is too short. It is my opinion that had the book been longer she would have been able to develop better characters and therefore, funnier situations. Lastly the major plot of the book has a rather confusing end which makes me think there were misunderstandings between author and editor. On the good side the book is fun and somewhat funny. Like I said before, it is a good book for a short read, but could be so much better. (please excuse my bad spelling)