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petrea_mitchell) wrote2023-09-24 03:47 pm
petrea_mitchell) wrote2023-09-24 03:47 pm
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Books: The World and Thorinn
This is the first Damon Knight book I've ever read. It's been sitting on my TBR shelf for years.
I had a vague notion that it was fantasy, but while it's told in a fantastical mode it is clear within the first couple of paragraphs that the setting is some kind of spaceborne habitat. So the main entertainment for the reader is seeing the language of fantasy used for a sfnal story.
It's very slow at times, as it can take pages for the protagonist to just walk around a cavern or climb a tree, but I can appreciate the craftsmanship of the writing. I liked it right up until the very end, when the author suddenly has to revert to using the divine right of kings to pull out a happy ending. Oh well.
I had a vague notion that it was fantasy, but while it's told in a fantastical mode it is clear within the first couple of paragraphs that the setting is some kind of spaceborne habitat. So the main entertainment for the reader is seeing the language of fantasy used for a sfnal story.
It's very slow at times, as it can take pages for the protagonist to just walk around a cavern or climb a tree, but I can appreciate the craftsmanship of the writing. I liked it right up until the very end, when the author suddenly has to revert to using the divine right of kings to pull out a happy ending. Oh well.