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|name=Magda
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|comment= If not a parody, then a pastiche, perhaps? Or being very, er, post-modern? I think I would have probably liked it better (I read fantasy and s-f mainly for the multitude of world visions) but I also think that what seems to be a requirement to make all fantasy books now 500+ pages (and a minimum of a trilogy) is a very double-edged thing.
I think I would have probably liked it better (I read fantasy and s-f mainly for the multitude of world visions) but I also think that what seems to be a requirement to make all fantasy books now 500+ pages (and a minimum of a trilogy) is a very double-edged thing.
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|comment= One saving grace of this book is that it really does seem to be self-contained, and not part of a strict trilogy. But there is scope for more fiction set in the same world.
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''The Court of the Air'' is a Friday night curry ruined by too many different spices. Had Mr Hunt restricted himself to a mere two or three genres, then I think the result would have been far more enjoyable. Certainly he has some wonderful ideas, and his writing is better than many authors I have read, but in this case the whole is less than the sum of its parts.
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