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Oliver Brackenbury
This was my first Andre Norton read and I think I lucked out. Like most Appendix N literature it moves fast, which helps paper over some coincidences and handwaves a more ponderous pace might have made stand out like a sore thumb. What I enjoyed most about this story was a portrayal of gender, world-building that hinted at greater depths while still being satisfying in what it showed, and how this was an author clearly setting the stage for a series while remembering not to cheat the reader of a ...more
Μιχάλης
May 14, 2017 rated it liked it
Shelves: fantasy
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
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Joseph
Jun 21, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own
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 ...more
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Shelves: fantasy, 3-stars
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Oct 29, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Shelves: fantasy-high
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Shelves: norton
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Severius
Jul 21, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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John
Sep 10, 2024 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: witch-world
Jeremy Maddux
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Stuart
Jan 29, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fantasy
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Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"