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I had forgotten how comprehensive and detailed this story is, and how the base premise blossoms out into an array of consequences, implications, derivations, and plot hooks. You consider the idea of "matriarchy, magic powers require virginity" and see how this plays off a nearby machismo-based society, or how it affects political relations with neighbors either jealous or fearful of their power, or even showing how the idea of "women with power will probably not have children" will affect popula
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Φανταστείτε Ούρσουλα ΛεΓκεν να προσπαθεί να αντιγράψει Ρόμπερτ Χάουαρντ. Το έχετε; Ναι, τόσο μέτρο.
Το βιβίο είναι παλιό και το δείχνει κάθε δεύτερη γραμμή. Κομμάντο το σκάει από δολοφόνους τηλεμεταφερόμενος σε έναν φάνταζυ κόσμο όπου υπάρχουν μάγισσες-γυναίκες (αλλά για να παραμέινουν μάγισσές πρέπει άντρας να μην της έχει πάρει, γιατί 1960 και φεμινιστικοί συμβολισμοί). Ε, εκεί σκάνε κάτι μυστήριοι εισβολείς που έχουν περίεργη μαγεία (δηλαδή τεχνολογία) και γίνονται διάφορα αλλά δεν τα παρακολο ...more
Το βιβίο είναι παλιό και το δείχνει κάθε δεύτερη γραμμή. Κομμάντο το σκάει από δολοφόνους τηλεμεταφερόμενος σε έναν φάνταζυ κόσμο όπου υπάρχουν μάγισσες-γυναίκες (αλλά για να παραμέινουν μάγισσές πρέπει άντρας να μην της έχει πάρει, γιατί 1960 και φεμινιστικοί συμβολισμοί). Ε, εκεί σκάνε κάτι μυστήριοι εισβολείς που έχουν περίεργη μαγεία (δηλαδή τεχνολογία) και γίνονται διάφορα αλλά δεν τα παρακολο ...more

I really enjoyed this book, though I was severely distracted by various life events while I was reading it, so I kept getting thrown out of the writer's world due to having to deal with the mundane. I enjoyed the writing, and the setting is marvelous. I like the planet and sorcery style, all the hints of ancient technology in a world that has become mostly medieval with the presence of witchcraft and psychic powers. It is a lot of fun and much better than some of the later Witch World stories th
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Andre Norton é uma escritora citada apenas pelo nome no Apêndice N. Ela escondeu seu gênero pois a editora achava que meninas não liam fantasia e que garotos não comprariam algo escrito por uma mulher, tipo aquela escritora do tal menino bruxo. Foi pioneira em livros para o público YA (jovem adulto) e hoje nomeia um importante prêmio para livros do gênero.
Não temos como saber o que exatamente influenciou na criação do D&D, então escolhi a obra que iniciou uma bem-sucedida série: Witch World (alg
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