Wyvern [Paperback]

A A Attanasio (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: New York, Ticknor & Fields, 1988 (1988)
• ASIN: B000HZ0S5A
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,482,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I love fantasy fiction. I love the courage of the human spirit to invest with real emotion experiences we know are entirely imaginary. And I love all of what 'fantasy' means to poetic thinkers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional. Unforgettable., June 22, 2005

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Kerryah (Port Adelaide, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wyvern (Hardcover)

This was the first Attanasio book I ever read, but certainly not the last. However, nothing has ever eclipsed the magnificence of Wyvern. I've never found anything else (by any author) that quite matches this in its sweeping scope. The setting is also wonderfully exotic and refreshingly different from most books in the historical fantasy genre.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the two greatest adventure books of all time, January 8, 2002

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Randall J. Crook (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wyvern (Hardcover)

When I first read Tolkien's trilogy in 1971 I never thought that I would find any adventure that I liked as well until I read Wyvern while on a backpacking trip. I have since reread it twice and find it as facinating as the first read. I can't believe that it is so difficult to find. I cannot recommend this adventure story highly enough.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A devastating culmination, September 4, 2000

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Bob Satori (the end of the world) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wyvern (Hardcover)

If you are a fan of Mr. Attanasio's earlier works this seems to be the point where his theme of human potential and suffering finally concludes with a subtle but tragic realization.

If you have never read Atanasio's work this would be a fine place to start.

Wyvern is perhaps the most consistently violent tale I've ever seen from the author, but it is never gratuitous. This is a terribly moving story that will stay with you for many years, no mere work of light fiction for an evening's entertainment.