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David Farland's "Runelords" fantasy sequence began in 1998 with The Sum of All Men, a career-relaunch novel whose sales far outstripped earlier SF published under his real name Dave Wolverton. Runelords are supermen whose strength, stamina, vision, etc. are multiplied by magical "endowments" transferred from unfortunate donors who are crippled by their loss: the arch-villain is virtually invincible thanks to tens of thousands of endowments. This second book avoids middle-volume doldrums by introducing a vast onslaught of still tougher and memorably unpleasant non-humans which even the villains must oppose. Meanwhile various characters skirmish in different parts of the map, and the hero struggles with unreliable powers conferred on him when he was chosen as Earth King to save the land and humanity--or maybe only a tiny part of each.
Farland maintains a steady flow of new situations, reversals, gambits and surprises...it's a real shock when one chap who has incurred a dreadful penalty for virtuous reasons is not spared (as expected in the normal chivalry of fantasyland) but pays the full, eye-watering price. One small criticism: the writing contains occasional sloppiness and repetition that a copyeditor should have removed. It's still a rousing, painfully gripping story. --David Langford -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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David Farland's "Runelords" fantasy sequence began in 1998 with The Sum of All Men, a career-relaunch novel whose sales far outstripped earlier SF published under his real name Dave Wolverton. Runelords are supermen whose strength, stamina, and vision, and other physical abilities are multiplied by magical "endowments" transferred from unfortunate donors who are crippled by their loss: the archvillain in the story is virtually invincible thanks to tens of thousands of endowments.
This second book avoids middle-volume doldrums by introducing a vast onslaught of still tougher and memorably unpleasant nonhumans who even the villains must oppose. Meanwhile, various characters skirmish on different parts of the map, and the hero struggles with unreliable powers conferred on him when he was chosen as Earth King to save the land and humanity--or maybe only a tiny part of each.
Farland maintains a steady flow of new situations, reversals, gambits, and surprises ... it's a real shock when one chap who has incurred a dreadful penalty for virtuous reasons is not spared (as expected in the normal chivalry of fantasyland) but rather pays the full, eye-watering price. One small criticism: the writing contains occasional sloppiness and repetition. Nonetheless, this is a rousing, painfully gripping story. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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With so many other fine and semi-fine epic fantasy series out there, this is a pale also-ran, a cheap imitation of Eddings, Donaldson, Jordan and even Goodkind with a sick mentality behind it. The writing is trite and one dimensional, the characters [especially the women] are dull and stereotypical. The dialog is wooden, and a lot of things are stolen directly from other fantasy worlds [like the reavers].
Save your money on this one.
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I think this runelord series is the prefect saga to read while waiting for Wheel of Time, Sword of Truth, and A song of Ice and Fire. I don't think it stands up to those, but it is probabally one of the more consistant fantasy I have read in a while, this sequel is just as good as the 1st, if not better, useally authors loose a little something with the sequel, but Farland keeps a consistant pace with his writing, and story line.
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This is my recommendation for the author. This story is so full of holes and what is there is so woefully underdeveloped I don't understand how this book can be praised as a major literary accomplishment. The novel is full of your typical fantasy novel junk.
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Banal
I am totally lost in the quest for a point in this series, and it appears I am not alone; the author joins me on the endless search for the theme here. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. Juli 2000 von Joe Ferrio
Have faith in the tale-teller.
I am constantly amazed at the inventiveness and creativity of the leaders in this genre. This is truly the farthest reaches of human experience, thinly but all-too-cleverly veiled... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. Juni 2000 veröffentlicht
Drops the pace, but still good
Novelty was a key positive for the first book of Farland's series (Runelords) and obviously this novelty of the endowments concept is no longer there for the second book... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Juni 2000 von David Rasquinha
Well crafted fantasy series
The idea behind this fantasy series is creative and inventive. The idea of using Runes and reavers is not something thought up by one particular author so it's not an idea to be... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. April 2000 veröffentlicht
Pulled in even deeper!
In looking for a good book, I found a great adventure! The Sum of All Men pulled me in, in ways that I had not been able to find since Anne Rice and her first vampires. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. März 2000 von Florell
I really loved this book.
First off, I absolutely loved this book. It has all the basic necessary elements of fantasy: magic, heroes, evil wizards, and terrible monsters, and each one of these elements is... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. März 2000 von Kevin White
Didn't enjoy it, couldn't finish it
I tried, but didn't make it past page 100. Same old stuff, a generic fantasy novel full of all the usual cookie-cutter castles, villains & heroes. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Februar 2000 von pullrich
Disappointed of the reviews
First of all after reading all the reviews on this site i was a little sad at the lack of respect for the real issue behind the book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Februar 2000 von Logic
A fine second entry in the Runelords sequence
Unlike some of the other reviewers, I did not find that Farland dwells too much in his second Runelords novel on his fascinating idea of endowments given from vassals to lords. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Dezember 1999 von Nicholas Jong
Creepy stuff
I had no idea when I first was given this book that David Farland was a false name for Dave Wolverton, who wrote and co-wrote so much of L. Ron Hubbard's strange stuff. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
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