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Chargement... The Door Into Shadow: The Tale of the Five #2 (The Tale of the Five) (original 1983; édition 1993)par Diane Duane
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Door Into Shadow par Diane Duane (1983) hypatian_kat to-read (116) Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I keep re-reading this series, and every time am reminded why Duane is one of my favorite authors. Well executed characters, system of magic, and most important of all: A strong feeling of connection to every aspect of the tale. ( ) A recurring theme in The Tale of the Five involves characters overcoming or otherwise acknowledging the flaws in their personality that prevents them from becoming more powerful, and defeating The Shadow (a fallen power created by the Goddess accidentally letting entropy into the universe she created). The primary character of The Door into Shadow is Segnbora, a young swordswoman who has the potential to be one of the most powerful Rodmistresses in the history of the Middle Kingdoms. Her natural ability to use the Blue Flame is so powerful that apparently, she has broken every rod she has tried to focus with. Because of this failure, she has tried to excel at many other professions, and while she keeps acquiring new skills and honors, she is eternally restless and unhappy because the only ability her parents seem to care about is her potential to wield the Blue Flame. Read the rest of this review at A Wicked Convergence of Circumstances. This book is really, really good. So good that I didn't even notice until about my third read-through that there's a human-dragon sex scene in the middle of it. :D It's the story of Segnbora, who's a minor character in the first book in the series and a major character in the third book; this second book is where she -- well, comes of age. Coming-of-age fantasy isn't exactly rare, and I have to admit that my initial reaction to part of it was "blah, blah, strong female charater was raped in her backstory, oh not *again*," but Duane just does it so *well*, as always. Segnbora our heroine is just practical-minded and cynical enough to pull of the storyline, and as always with Duane, the path she takes to get there is just compelling and vivid and real and true and *mythic*, so that I've adopted parts of this story into my personal mythology without even noticing. It's a Duane, so of course it's saving the world from the Darkness by figuring out who you are and surrendering to truth. She's about as formulaic as Andre Norton - amazing what variety you can get from something that can be described with a simple formula! The Doors series is somewhat frustrating - been waiting for the fourth one for...16 years now? Ah well, it's a good re-read anyway. This one is largely Segnbora's (sp?) story - she's already done some major changing in Fire, now she really blossoms. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"Second of Diane Duane's "Middle Kingdoms" sequence, sequel to THE DOOR INTO FIRE. The quest of Freelorn Ferrant's son, exiled prince of Arlen, continues as he and his people push eastward across the Middle Kingdoms in pursuit of his lost throne. But his companion, the warrior and sorceress Segnbora, brings her own possibly deadly agenda to the search..."-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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