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You wish you could invide them over for lunch!, June 1, 2004
This review is from: The Silicon Mage (Windrose Chronicles, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)
OK. You pick up a book. You open it. The first sentence is: "The worst thing about knowing Gary was dead was seeing him every day at work." You want to know a little bit more, don't ya? Of course you have to read the Silent Tower first, but you won't be bored.
Barbara Hambly is an excellent writer; she creates these Technicolor characters. They're priceless, detailed, 3-D and believable; I'd love to invite them over for lunch. (Especially Antryg; he's a corker. I can just see him waving his fork and expounding on turtle shells and Unreal Tournament and the Punic Wars and pretty much everything. I'd listen until my ears fell off.) In general, this is an exciting espionage-ish book; they're wrecked, lost, captured, escaped, imprisoned, etcetera--you certainly won't be bored. It's a complex, highly plotted book, with lots of twists and surprises. She creates some very Lovecraftian monsters as well, so you can get some exercize by letting your flesh crawl. And you *have* to meet NineTenTwo, who looks like an H.R. Giger Alien but talks like a cardigan-wearing physics prof.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Stunning., January 9, 1999
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This review is from: The Silicon Mage (Windrose Chronicles, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)
The sequel to The Silent Tower is extremely powerful, filled with emotions--fear, love, hate. This is the best book of Barbara Hambly's that I have read yet. Conflicts bring the characters to life. Suraklin himself is one of the most interesting characters, in his desire to live forever--and his forgetting why. Joanna takes it on herself to rescue Antryg, knowing that failure could mean the death of not only his universe, but all universes. Tension keeps suspense and anticipation high. Incredible writing. As a certified bookworm, I give this book five stars.
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Why Would a Wizard Want to Program Himself into a Computer?, May 7, 2011
This book has the most chilling opening sentence I have ever read:
"The worst thing about knowing that Gary Fairchild had been dead for a month was seeing him every day at work."
No, it isn't a vampire story. The situation is a whole lot worse than an ordinary vampire, who can be killed with a wooden stake. Joanna stakes her life on finding Antryg Windrose alive, getting his help, and killing the wizard Suraklin--who supposedly has been dead for years.
A brush with the Inquisition doesn't make matters better.
But between Aunt Min, the Dead God, and Antryg--and Suraklin's sudden realization of WHY he wanted to program himself into a computer and live forever--Joanna is victorious, but at a horrendous price.
Recommended for all fantasy fans.
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