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The Great Anthology of Short Novels by the Masters of Modern FantasyTerry Goodkind tells of the origin of the Border between the lands in the world of The Sword of Truth, in "Debt of Bones."George R. R. Martin sets his piece a generation before his epic, A Song of Ice and Fire, in the adventure of "The Hedge Knight."Anne McCaffrey, the poet of Pern, returns once again to her world of romance and adventure in "Runner of Pern."And look for Legends 1 (featuring Stephen King, Robert Silverberg, Orson Scott Card, Raymond E. Feist) and Legends 3 (featuring Robert Jordan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tad Williams, Terry Pratchett) at your local bookstore!At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.… (más)
There are three novellas in this book. I enjoyed all of them.
"Debt of Bones" by Terry Goodkind is set in his Sword of Truth world. I never read any of those books, but upon starting the story, I realized that is the world that the TV show "Legend of the Seeker" was set in. I enjoyed the world-building and the characters. I'd be interested in reading the books. I had enjoyed the TV show too. There are twists at the end that are a bit contrived. So they all live happily ever after. It felt like there was more the author wanted to write bt ran out of time/space and had to condense the ending.
"The Hedge Knight" by GRRM is obviously set in the world of ice and fire and takes place about 100 years before the books. The fight scenes were incredible. The characters were well fleshed out. I'd like to read more about Dunk and Egg.
The third story "Runner of Pern" by Anne McCaffery is part of the Dragonriders of Pern stories. There are no dragons in this one, although a few are sighted briefly flying high above. This story is about a runner. They are long-distance messengers that use special trails that crisscross the continent. The runners are an interesting group and a world with them minus dragons would be interesting on its own. This one has a meet-cute, or a meet-angry to tie the information about the world and the runners together. A runner is nearly run off the road by someone on a beast who shouldn't be using the runner trails. They meet later at a gathering and there's chemistry after he apologizes profusely. The author went on and on about how pretty Tenna is, which bothered me. Because everyone kept saying how people (read: Men) pay more attention to pretty women. So when she speaks to the local lord about being run off the trail, he'll listen to her when he didn't pay attention to others. Or that the wild boy Halogan would be more inclined to stop using the runner trails on his beast if pretty Tenna gave him "what-for." Her falling into a sticklebush and needing three days to heal when she should have been courioring more mail should have been enough. That she was prettyshouldn't have been such a big deal except for Halogan to want to spend more time with with her. Although the fact that she was an excellent dancer, could have made him more interested. ( )
Includes : Sword of Truth: Debt of Bones / Terry Goodkind ; Song of Ice and Fire: the Hedge Knight / George R. R. Martin ; Pern: Runner of Pern / Anne McCaffrey. ( )
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FOR MARTY AND RALPH
who certainly know why
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Here is a book of visions and miracles - the second volume in a set of three containing eleven rich, robust new stories by the best-known and most accomplished modern creators of fantasy fiction, each one set in a special universe of the imagination that made that writer famous throughout the world.
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But maybe raising runners- both kinds, four-legged and two - in the west wasn't a bad idea at all.
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This book is the 2nd Volume of the first book of the Legends series. In the US it was split into 3 books when it was published in paperback. Legends II is a separate book and the second book in the series. It was published in 2004. The difference between 2 and II is that 2 starts with "Short Novels", II starts with "NEW Short Novels". Volume 2 of the first book has a publication date before 2004. It also has TOR as a publisher. In the UK it looks like Amazon has the paperback version of II listed as 2. Amazon in the US has both 2 & II intermixed and is incorrect.
It is also not the same as the 2nd part of the 2way UK split of legends 1. Be very careful when combining!
The Great Anthology of Short Novels by the Masters of Modern FantasyTerry Goodkind tells of the origin of the Border between the lands in the world of The Sword of Truth, in "Debt of Bones."George R. R. Martin sets his piece a generation before his epic, A Song of Ice and Fire, in the adventure of "The Hedge Knight."Anne McCaffrey, the poet of Pern, returns once again to her world of romance and adventure in "Runner of Pern."And look for Legends 1 (featuring Stephen King, Robert Silverberg, Orson Scott Card, Raymond E. Feist) and Legends 3 (featuring Robert Jordan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tad Williams, Terry Pratchett) at your local bookstore!At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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"Debt of Bones" by Terry Goodkind is set in his Sword of Truth world. I never read any of those books, but upon starting the story, I realized that is the world that the TV show "Legend of the Seeker" was set in. I enjoyed the world-building and the characters. I'd be interested in reading the books. I had enjoyed the TV show too. There are twists at the end that are a bit contrived. So they all live happily ever after. It felt like there was more the author wanted to write bt ran out of time/space and had to condense the ending.
"The Hedge Knight" by GRRM is obviously set in the world of ice and fire and takes place about 100 years before the books. The fight scenes were incredible. The characters were well fleshed out. I'd like to read more about Dunk and Egg.
The third story "Runner of Pern" by Anne McCaffery is part of the Dragonriders of Pern stories. There are no dragons in this one, although a few are sighted briefly flying high above. This story is about a runner. They are long-distance messengers that use special trails that crisscross the continent. The runners are an interesting group and a world with them minus dragons would be interesting on its own. This one has a meet-cute, or a meet-angry to tie the information about the world and the runners together. A runner is nearly run off the road by someone on a beast who shouldn't be using the runner trails. They meet later at a gathering and there's chemistry after he apologizes profusely. The author went on and on about how pretty Tenna is, which bothered me. Because everyone kept saying how people (read: Men) pay more attention to pretty women. So when she speaks to the local lord about being run off the trail, he'll listen to her when he didn't pay attention to others. Or that the wild boy Halogan would be more inclined to stop using the runner trails on his beast if pretty Tenna gave him "what-for." Her falling into a sticklebush and needing three days to heal when she should have been courioring more mail should have been enough. That she was prettyshouldn't have been such a big deal except for Halogan to want to spend more time with with her. Although the fact that she was an excellent dancer, could have made him more interested. (