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A Name to Conjure With

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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.

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

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.

I love this book and I cannot believe that it is out of print. If you see this book snatch it up.