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Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn #01: The Dragonbone Chair

by Tad Williams

Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn #01: The Dragonbone Chair Cover

ISBN13: 9780886773847
ISBN10: 0886773849
Condition: Standard
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"The Dragonbone Chair" is the story of Simon, a young kitchen boy and magician's apprentice whose dreams of great deeds and heroic wars come all too shockingly true when his world is torn apart by a terrifying civil war fueled by ancient hatreds, immortal enemies, and the dark powers of sorcery.
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crowyhead, September 15, 2006 (view all comments by crowyhead)
I really loved this series when I was in highschool, and I figured it was time for a re-read. Excellent high fantasy -- Williams knows his stuff, and he makes the conventions of the genre feel exciting and fresh. His characters and the cultures they come from are intriguing, and he's built a very believable history for Osten Ard and the surrounding lands. The weak point, at least in this volume, is really the "quest for the magical object" aspect of the whole thing -- it seems like it comes in a little late, and feels a bit flat after so much creativity. But of course, this is the first book in a very long trilogy, which gives Williams time to build things up a little more.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780886773847
Foreword:
Ercestres, Morgenes
Author:
Ercestres, Morgenes
Author:
Williams, Tad
Publisher:
Daw Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fantastic fiction
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Fantasy
Subject:
Fantasy - Epic
Subject:
Fantasy - General
Subject:
Magic
Subject:
Civil war
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Copyright:
c198
Edition Number:
1st pbk. print.
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn
Series Volume:
01
Publication Date:
November 1989
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
783
Dimensions:
6.89x4.15x1.28 in. .82 lbs.
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