A Name to Conjure With [Paperback]

Donald Aamodt (Author)

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An elevator shaft becomes a portal to another world for Sandy MacGregor as a goddess uses mortal pawns to play out a cosmic game of wits against her evil nemesis. Bound by his summoners to a quest for treasure from an evil shrine, Sandy accompanies a greedy wizard into a world where his survival depends on the unknown, uncontrollable power of his magical "name." This fast-moving tale of sword-and-sorcery, a first novel, is recommended for fantasy collections.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (July 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380751372
• ISBN-13: 978-0380751372
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,429,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A shame to read this book, May 11, 2004

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R. E. Geiger "madduke64" (Morris, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Name to Conjure With (Paperback)

This book had an interesting idea (human summoned by wizard into another world as a demon), but I think it's been done before and done better. Some of the characters were interesting and the author has a great imagination. But the story was slow and the writing was just awful.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual allies take down a god!!!, September 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Name to Conjure With (Paperback)

The story is great i found that the use of characters as unusual allies was outstanding. The distrust factor was unusual and that the book is out of print just makes it more unique and hard for people to find! i found the book to be hard to put down and read it from cover to cover.-B. Street

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars He should've kept his name to himself, May 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A Name to Conjure With (Paperback)

As if stock characters, stock plot, and a plodding pace weren't enough, Mr. Aamodt's amateurish style makes this paperback a long, long, long 265 pages that should have been about 30. Mr. Aamodt takes no interest in such piddling matters as relevance, consistency, point-of-view, or tone. There are long passages that do nothing to advance what little story there is; the main character has a "sixth sense" that follows no rules other than the author's whim; and the style is so riddled with cute cliches and tired expressions it makes one long for the fresh witticisms of a high school detention hall. There's a cover blurb from Craig Shaw Gardner, but Mr. Gardner seems to have taken the Stephen King route: supply the blurb, cash the check, and thank God he didn't actually have to read the thing. The only good I can say about "A Name to Conjure With" is that it is better than its sequel.