false 189783 37 Ancient Evil threatens the Elves: The ancient tree created by long-lost Elven magic, is dying. When Wil Ohmsford is summoned to guard the Amberle on a perilous quest to gather a new seed for a new tree, he is faced with the Reaper, the most fearsome of all Demons. And Wil is without power to control them.... 2121201 book 1982 The Elfstones of Shannara (Shannara, #2) total:4334|5:43|4:69|3:45|2:11|1:2| 4334 16837 5203 164 1 5 false true Wed Feb 20 06:14:24 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 06:36:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Mon Aug 06 12:42:50 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 12:45:27 -0700 2007
I bet far more people prefer to sit down with some Dean Koonz or a bodice ripper. So I'm going to stand up and say: I like fantasy. I read it. And I ...more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Mon Sep 22 07:32:06 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 07:38:51 -0700 2008
Picture it: I was nine years old. We were at this massive used book sale, and I was bored silly of all the books at the children's table. I wandered around a bit, and ended up in adult SF/F. And ther...more...]]> 2 0 false true Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 10:16:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 13:43:57 -0700 2009
The plot of Elfstones is intriguing, the characters of the book are likable and pretty, and the world of the elves is a captivating one filled with races of men and magic of a forgotten world.
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I now understand why they're making this movie first, as this story surpasses the first one. I'll probably read the third...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 11 07:49:50 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 07:51:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jun 17 14:38:50 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 21:51:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1987 Tue Oct 27 13:06:23 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 13:10:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Thu Aug 20 05:48:12 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 06:04:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 12:34:05 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 06:45:17 -0700 2008 the Lord of the Rings are numerous, but no disrespect to Tolkien, I think I like this series better (see my review of The Sword of Shannara.) A very good and captivating story, I was definitely not bored with ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 27 23:57:32 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 00:00:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Tue Nov 03 18:42:26 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 18:44:34 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Mon Mar 30 19:13:15 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 19:23:36 -0700 2009
The actual story was really good though. Was a nice departure from the cookie cutter
Lord of the Rings story that Sword of Shannara was.

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