F/SF

This came back to me as I read it (30 years and a plethora of books intbe meantime are reason enough for a little literary amnesia), and I remembered enjoying it even as I enjoyed it this time. Very fun. Someday, I hope to run across a copy of the original...Stasheff says it's not the same story and I'm curious as to the differences.

Nice piece in the canon. ( )

So our beloved High Warlock is now the (very) proud Papa of a bouncing, blinking, levitating little baby warlock. The kid's kinda cute, but I'm disappointed that the kid's presence saves the day at the end of the book. I'm getting Star Wars Episode 1 flashbacks...

It looks like we got an introduction to the two most powerful espers on the planet (Agatha and Galen) and an example of how the witch-moss works. So not too bad at filling in some world details and adding a little depth.

I thought the dialog went downhill a little in this outing and about the only interesting banter involved the Neanderthal, Yorik. Alas, poor Yorik, I don't know why he gave you the name he did...

Read 6/2007 ( )