- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: I Books; Reprint edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0743458192
- ISBN-13: 978-0743458191
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Read me before buying!,
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This review is from: Changeling (Paperback)
Before I go ahead, a caveat: This is NOT a compilation of both Changeling and Madwand. It is only Changeling. That said, you'll probably be better served buying the two from a used-book store (the good Mr. Zelazny is passed away, so I don't much care about enriching whomever owns the copyrights at this point). It's unfortunate iBooks has decided to start milking the great man's work for every dollar by no longer offering compilations of at least two novels.This is perhaps the most fun for any fan of Zelazny to read; it lacks the density and breakneck pace of Creatures of Light and Darkness and Lord of Light or the tiresome rehashing of his later Amber books. The blend of science and technology is never done better. Hand this to a kid who thinks there's nothing in wizardry beyond Harry Potter.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Read me before buying!,
By Brandon B. Alspaugh - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Changeling (Paperback)
Before I go ahead, a caveat: This is NOT a compilation of both Changeling and Madwand. It is only Changeling. That said, you'll probably be better served buying the two from a used-book store (the good Mr. Zelazny is passed away, so I don't much care about enriching whomever owns the copyrights at this point). It's unfortunate iBooks has decided to start milking the great man's work for every dollar by no longer offering compilations of at least two novels.This is perhaps the most fun for any fan of Zelazny to read; it lacks the density and breakneck pace of Creatures of Light and Darkness and Lord of Light or the tiresome rehashing of his later Amber books. The blend of science and technology is never done better. Hand this to a kid who thinks there's nothing in wizardry beyond Harry Potter. 11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Zelazny lets a potential masterpiece slip away,
By Dave Deubler - Published on Amazon.com
This is a modest fantasy/adventure featuring a burgeoning sorcerer and an overachieving master of technology who have been switched at birth. Pol Det is the inheritor of Randoval, the lordly castle of a magical kingdom in another dimension, and Mark Marakson is the genius of engineering and technology. Old Mor, a wizard from the magical realm, switches these two as babies, hoping to avert a recurrence of the cataclysm that has so often ravaged his world. In the technological realm, Pol is a guitarist, a detached dreamer who never seems to fit in. In the magical world, Mark's mechanical inventions frighten and anger a community that associates science with destruction. Only the beautiful Nora seems to understand Mark's passion, skill, and frustration. Will these two young men ever discover the secret of their linked destinies? If so, will they become fast friends or mortal enemies? And what role will be played by the mysterious thief who has purloined some valuable figurines, and the hidden caverns full of sleeping dragons?Overall, this is a modest entertainment with a fascinating setup that too-quickly deteriorates into just another tale of spells and dragons and talismans and so on. Zelazny's fiction is notable for its experiments in form as well as substance, and this book shows every promise of being much more than it finally turns out to be. He effectively defines the process used to work magic spells, he creates characters with a little more than just one flat dimension, he pits his magician against technological forces that go well past swords and catapults, and manages to surprise us more than once, but still doesn't quite deliver the kind of masterpiece we feel the story merited. We expect more from Zelazny, and we almost think we are going to get it, but around page 80 or so, he abandons subtleties like character study and opts instead for the more prosaic quest-for-powerful-weapons-to-defeat-the-bad-guy material. From that point 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book - If you know what you're getting into,
By Linda Wang - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Changeling (Paperback)
This is the story of Pol Detson, the evil wizard's son who was sent to Earth of prevent him going in the footsteps of his father - an evil wizard who was killed when the whole populance rose against him.Now the inheritance of Castle Rondoval - with its secrets and the monster army slumbering underneath - is waiting for the right wizard. However, the baby who was brought into the world instead of Pol, Mark, is a champion of forces far removed - the forces of mechanical progress. And though he is no wizard, still he enslaves the people and holds them in a mechanical grip of death. Now Pol is returned to this world to come into his inheritance and fight for the spirit of his world ... Zelazny's book is the first part of the Wizardworld book, so be warned. That aside, this is a great book, both symbolic and filled with action and even a little drama. I would say however, that as one of Zelanzy's early works it is quite different to the Amber series - more subdued perhaps - as if Zelazny was still searching for the right way of writing. |
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