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Seven Princes (Books of the Shaper, #1)

John R. Fultz

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Sep 17, 2012 Joseph rated it really liked it

Epic fantasy filled with wonders and terrors and war and strange magics. Fultz lists as his influences Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee, Darrell Schweitzer and Lord Dunsany, which means he couldn't have aimed this book more directly at me if he'd tried. Highly recommended. ...more

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Jan 21, 2013 S.E. Lindberg rated it really liked it

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Seven Princes by John R. Fultz is Epic, Digestible Dark Fantasy.

The Author Interview was a nice extra in which Fultz acknowledges the authors who inspired him, namely Clark Ashton Smith, Tanith Lee, and Darrell Schweitzer. I found Fultz’s writing to be more accessible than these authors, but less deep/intellectual (in this work); though poetic language is frequent. Seven Princes reads as a Young Adult version of dark fantasy and pays homage to Lovecraft and Howard in many ways. Most characters a ...more

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May 20, 2014 Martin Owton rated it liked it · review of another edition

Seven Princes, vol 1 of Books of the Shaper, is fantasy so high that it is a danger to passing aircraft. The main characters are all Kings, Emperors, Princes or sorcerors or a combination thereof – there’s a princess but she is also a sorcerer. They live in enormous palaces with vast hordes of treasure, eat sumptuous feasts, ride magnificent stallions, wear gleaming breastplates, carry enchanted swords, cross desolate mountains, face dreadful dangers, and sometimes the description goes on a bit. ...more

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Dec 10, 2013 Fletcher Vredenburgh rated it really liked it

Fultz writes crazily over-the-top fantasy. If you're a gamer of a certain age and remember Arduin that's the sort of world he's created. Good, good stuff ...more

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Jun 18, 2019 S.wagenaar rated it really liked it

Just a few words for now, I’ll probably come back to this review and add more thoughts as they occur. First of all, this was a great fantasy novel. I’ll admit it took me too long to read it, but that was due mostly a stretch of busy “life” getting in the way of reading time, not because of any frustration with the story. I don’t read much modern fantasy, but this one had some old-school appeal in the form of colorful writing and grand, sweeping vistas for our characters to adventure in. I detect ...more

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