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E.R. Edison’s The Worm Ouroboros inspired the epic-fantasy writers that followed him. This production is of the first edition (1922).
The Lords of Demonland are celebrating Lord Juss's birthday when an envoy arrives from Witchland. He brings demands from King Gorice XI of Witchland that the Lords of Demonland "kiss his toe, and acknowledge him to be their King and they, his ill-conditioned, disobedient children". The Lords of Demonland reject this utterly and, to settle the matter, they challenge King Gorice to a wrestling match against their champion, Lord Goldry Bluszco.
But the situation is worsened by the result of that match and ultimately, war is declared. A war that includes dark magic, sorcery, quests, mystical lands, and heroic high-adventure. Ursula K. Le Guin called it "An eccentric masterpiece", C. S. Lewis said it represented "A new climate of the imagination", Orville Prescott said it was "A literary event of the first order."
Critics compared Tolkien’s writing to it when he first published The Lord of the Rings and he freely acknowledged its influence. Eddison writes his narrative in a lyrical, medieval style and in the tradition of Norse mythology, Arthurian myths, and Greek tragedy. In his short dedication he says, "It is neither allegory nor fable but a story to be read for its own sake", however, the theme of repetition (the cyclical nature of life, history, and war), is undeniable. The "worm (serpent or dragon) Ouroboros" is, after all, “The serpent which eats its own tail”.
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De: Mervyn Peake
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The Worm Ouroboros
- De: E. R. Eddison
- Narrado por: Ritchard Milton
- Duración: 15 h y 11 m
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"The Worm Ouroboros" is a heroic high fantasy novel. It starts with the description of the prolonged war between the domineering King Gorice of Witchland and the Lords of Demonland. The framing story having introduced the chief lords of Demonland - the brothers Juss, Spitfire, and Goldry Bluszco, and their cousin Brandoch Daha - the story begins in earnest with a dwarf ambassador from Witchland arriving in Demonland to demand that the Demons recognize King Gorice XI of Witchland as their overlord.
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- De Kegan en 03-29-18
De: E. R. Eddison
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The King of Elfland's Daughter
- De: Lord Dunsany
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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It is said that Lord Dunsany wrote his stories with a handmade quill in a single draft, and The King of Elfland’s Daughter is widely regarded as one of his greatest works. A fantasy classic which has influenced some of the most popular fantasy writers of all time, including J. R. R. Tolkien and Neil Gaiman, and one of the landmark pre-Tolkien fantasy stories written. It is noteworthy not only for its poetic literature and picturesque imagery, but also its exploration of Elfland, a land of fancy, immortality, and forbidden love.
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- De Knaveheartt en 04-27-23
De: Lord Dunsany
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Lud-in-the-Mist
- De: Hope Mirrlees
- Narrado por: Stacey Lind
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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In the land of Dorimare, on the shores of the Dapple and the Dawl, the law-abiding residents of Lud-in-the-Mist are plagued by an illegal influx of fairy fruit enticing people to acts of poetry, dancing, and other dangerous flights of fancy. When respectable Mayor Nathaniel Chanticleer finds his family entangled in the scandal, he must call upon both his sharp legal mind and his unacknowledged creative spirit to craft a reconciliation with the Faerie. Dare to embrace your wild side in this classic fantasy. Suitable for ages eight and up.
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A classic for a reason
- De Kai en 06-13-23
De: Hope Mirrlees
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The Wood Beyond the World
- De: William Morris
- Narrado por: Cori Samuel
- Duración: 5 h y 18 m
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"The Wood Beyond the World" is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present day fantasy literature. It was first published in hardcover by Morris' Kelmscott Press in 1894.
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Beautiful Symbolism
- De Mars Villion en 08-06-18
De: William Morris
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JR
- De: William Gaddis
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 37 h y 41 m
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Absurdly logical, mercilessly real, gathering it's own tumultuous momentum for the ultimate brush with commodity training, JR captures the listener in the cacophony of voices that revolves around this young captive of his own myths. The disturbing clarity with which this finished writer captures the ways in which we deal, dissemble, and stumble through our words - through our lives - while the real plans are being made elsewhere makes JR the extraordinary novel that it is.
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Possibly superior as an audio book
- De Peregrine en 12-12-10
De: William Gaddis
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Titus Groan
- The Gormenghast Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Mervyn Peake
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 5 h y 8 m
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Deep in the labyrinthine corridors of Gormenghast Castle, a child is born. Titus, 77th Earl of Groan, is heir to arcane and all-embracing rituals that determine the activities of everyone from Lord Sepulchrave, his father, to the vast cook, Swelter, and the irrepressible Dr Prunesquallor. But not the steely and devious Steerpike, who will lie, cheat and even murder to get on. One of the greatest feats of sustained imaginative writing, the world of Gormenghast Castle is brilliantly realised in this darkly fantastic novel.
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From the Ministry of Silly Voices
- De C. Paget en 03-04-11
De: Mervyn Peake
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The King of Elfland's Daughter
- De: Lord Dunsany
- Narrado por: Malk Williams
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
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Sent forth on a quest to bring magic to the Vale of Erl, the young lord Alveric obtains a sword of thunderbolt iron, and crosses the twilight border into Elfland, returning with the beautiful Princess Lirazel as his bride. But, for two people from different worlds, however much in love, happiness is not guaranteed, and in the fields, we know, where all things are subject to the remorseless march of time, nothing truly lives happily ever after.
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When Worlds and Magic Collide
- De AudioBookReviewer en 11-23-21
De: Lord Dunsany
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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
- De: Patricia A. McKillip
- Narrado por: Dina Pearlman
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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Sixteen when a baby is brought to her to raise, Sybel has grown up on Eld Mountain. Her only playmates are the creatures of a fantastic menagerie called there by wizardry. Sybel has cared nothing for humans, until the baby awakens emotions previously unknown to her. And when Coren--the man who brought this child--returns, Sybel's world is again turned upside down.
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- De Ljsc en 03-05-12
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Ada, or Ardor
- A Family Chronicle
- De: Vladimir Nabokov
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 20 h y 46 m
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Published two weeks after Vladimir Nabokov’s seventieth birthday, Ada, or Ardor is one of his greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist. It tells a love story troubled by incest, but it is also at once a fairy tale, epic, philosophical treatise on the nature of time, parody of the history of the novel, and erotic catalogue. Ada, or Ardor is no less than the supreme work of an imagination at white heat. This is the first American edition to include the extensive and ingeniously sardonic appendix by the author, written under the anagrammatic pseudonym Vivian Darkbloom.
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Incest, a game the Whole Family Can Play
- De Darwin8u en 08-12-13
De: Vladimir Nabokov
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Litany of the Long Sun
- Book of the Long Sun, Books 1 and 2
- De: Gene Wolfe
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 22 h y 18 m
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Litany of the Long Sun contains the full texts of Nightside the Long Sun and Lake of the Long Sun that together make up the first half of The Book of the Long Sun. This great work is set on a huge generation starship in the same future as the classic Book of the New Sun (also available in two volumes from Orb).
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Utterly brilliant in it’s tedium
- De John en 04-14-22
De: Gene Wolfe
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Ilium
- De: Dan Simmons
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 29 h y 41 m
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From the towering heights of Olympos Mons on Mars, the mighty Zeus and his immortal family of gods, goddesses, and demigods look down upon a momentous battle, observing - and often influencing - the legendary exploits of Paris, Achilles, Hector, Odysseus, and the clashing armies of Greece and Troy. Thomas Hockenberry, former 21st-century professor and Iliad scholar, watches as well. It is Hockenberry's duty to observe and report on the Trojan War's progress to the so-called deities who saw fit to return him from the dead.
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Achaeans and robots and post-humans, oh my
- De Ryan en 04-11-14
De: Dan Simmons
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Red Planet
- De: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrado por: Zach Villa
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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Jim Marlowe and his strange-looking Martian friend, Willis, are allowed to travel only so far. But one day Willis unwittingly tunes in to a treacherous plot that threatens all the colonists on Mars, and it sets Jim off on a terrifying adventure that could save - or destroy - them all.
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RED PLANET--- by Robert A. Heinlein
- De Stephen Hickman en 12-29-16
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Lord of Light
- De: Roger Zelazny
- Narrado por: Matt Godfrey
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rule their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons, Lord of Light.
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- De 1st World Problems en 05-29-22
De: Roger Zelazny
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The Shadow of the Torturer
- The Book of the New Sun, Book 1
- De: Gene Wolfe
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume epic, the tale of a young Severian, an apprentice to the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession - showing mercy towards his victim.
Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun" is one of speculative fiction's most-honored series. In a 1998 poll, Locus Magazine rated the series behind only "The Lord of the Rings" and The Hobbit as the greatest fantasy work of all time.
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great writing, won't appeal to everyone
- De Ryan en 03-20-10
De: Gene Wolfe
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Elric of Melniboné
- Volume 1: Elric of Melnibone, The Fortress of the Pearl, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, and The Weird of the White Wolf
- De: Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 24 h y 12 m
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When Michael Moorcock began chronicling the adventures of the albino sorcerer Elric, last king of decadent Melniboné, and his sentient vampiric sword, Stormbringer, he set out to create a new kind of fantasy adventure, one that broke with tradition and reflected a more up-to-date sophistication of theme and style. The result was a bold and unique hero: a rock-and-roll antihero who would channel all the violent excesses of the '60s into one enduring archetype.
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Skip the first chapter, it's not Moorcock.
- De Ted C. en 02-17-22
De: Michael Moorcock, y otros
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The Black Company
- Chronicles of The Black Company, Book 1
- De: Glen Cook
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
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Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hardbitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead - until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her....
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Hard Boiled Morally Ambiguous Epic Fantasy
- De Jefferson en 03-18-11
De: Glen Cook
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Cyteen
- Cyteen, Books 1-3
- De: C. J. Cherryh
- Narrado por: Gabra Zackman, Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 36 h y 47 m
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The saga of two young friends trapped in an endless nightmare of suspicion and surveillance, of cyber-programmed servants and a ruling class with century-long lives – and the enigmatic woman who dominates them all.
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This is a Heavy Book (lovely too)
- De troy en 05-20-12
De: C. J. Cherryh
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The Dying Earth
- Tales of the Dying Earth, Book 1
- De: Jack Vance
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 6 h y 41 m
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The stories in The Dying Earth introduce dozens of seekers of wisom and beauty, lovely lost women, wizards of every shade of eccentricity with their runic amulets and spells. We meet the melancholy deodands, who feed on human flesh and the twk-men, who ride dragonflies and trade information for salt. There are monsters and demons. Each being is morally ambiguous: The evil are charming, the good are dangerous. All are at home.
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A Decadent and Hopeful Dying Earth
- De Jefferson en 06-27-10
De: Jack Vance
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- Alex Garrett
- 06-22-18
Lacking for me.
For me the story was lacking and felt like I kept stopping and picking back up at a later date. just didn't pull me in. just took to long to finish.
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- Grant Smith
- 05-21-18
Perfect performance by Chris MacDonnell
Chris gives a stellar performance to this classic that includes Shakespearean like English, songs and poems. Chris breathed life into this epic novel bringing each character to life in my mind. This narration of The Worm of Ouroboros is not as easy feat and not one most narrators can achieve, but Chris nailed it. The story was good but Chris MacDonnell made this story epic. Well done.
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- Robert W. McGlotten III
- 07-06-18
Divine intentions.
The depth of intentional fantasy. A classic, in its inclusion of fairytale norms while holding to a backdrop of exoticism that endears this fantasy realm as reminder that the natural world was never meant to be a playground for the ideas and technologies of mankind but rather as the proving ground for the divine. This book and this series describes the concept of eternity as Divinity originally intended... from waxing to waxing.
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- 06-18-18
Epic Tale Told in Archaic Language
Witchland and Demonland shared a common peace for many years until Witchland arrives and begins making unpopular and humiliating demands. Peace becomes nothing more than a memory and war ensues. Juss and Spitfire send their brother Goldry to defeat the witch king, King Gorice, and exact revenge. Goldry’s success is short lived as he must be rescued. There are manipulations and using magic and deception, the quest to overcome the evil doers of Witchland begins.
This is not a book one can listen to in one setting for several reasons – first, it is an epic length audiobook; second, it is spoken in archaic English; and third, there are several things at the beginning that are distracting – I had to listen to the first couple of chapters two times just to be able to follow the plot. This is not necessarily bad, I found I had to do this with many medieval based stories. The language is difficult to understand at times but once the listener gets into the flow of things, it becomes easier. It is well worth the listen.
Chris MacDonnell, the narrator, did a magnificent job! His voice flowed without error. His voice was very relaxing but engaging as well. His reading was smooth and seemed almost effortless. An amazing feat given the use of the ancient style of language. MacDonnell saved the book for me – his voice kept me interested.
If you are a fan of JR Tolkien – Lord of the Rings series, this book is perfect for you. There are light moments as well as dark ones, but the style follows Tolkien.
Although I enjoy medieval style writing – Shakespeare, Tolkien, Chaucer, etc. this one was difficult for me because it is not something I am used to hearing. The distracting bit – the man in the beginning who then just fades away … that bothered me throughout most of the book. I don’t like loose ends, and this was a major one for me.
There were no issues with the quality or production of this audiobook.
Audiobook was provided for review by the author/narrator/publisher.
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- Deedra
- 07-19-18
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I found this to be a good but LONG read.Great writing.Really good narration by Chris MacDonnell.I was given this book by the narrator,author or publisher free for an honest review.
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- Michael
- 03-09-19
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I really love Tolkien, and enjoy C.S. Lewis, but did not enjoy this book.
The language is dense middle English, the gods are Greek, the society is a combo of Norse and middle age English, the names are not related to anything else.
For me the story lacks the basics of great fantasy, the mapping of our real world onto an alternate reality that allows a fresh examination of our challenges and ourselves. Instead this is rather one dimensional heroic epic that describes only events and actions with almost zero internal states, with, for me, a completely unbelievable and unsatisfying ending.
There are several inclusions of historical, including Shakespeare, poetry, which instantly stands out favorably from the rest of the text.
The narrator does an excellent job with the very difficult material.
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- 06-05-22
The Wyrm
I will revisit The Worm Ouroboros again. Outstanding adventure and the basis of Fantasy the came here after ✨❣️💫
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- 05-05-18
Heavy in language but light in heart
The first thing I am going to do is lay out a warning. The language here is pretty thick, and I do not mean vulgarity or swearing. No, I am talking about an ancient almost shakespearian prose that can be a little difficult to follow. It may take you sometime to get used to it, and being able to follow along. I suspect that the written word might not present as much of a challenge, but I think that once you have it, you will have it, but it does take some getting used to before you can just follow along without deciphering.
If I am disclosing that, I must also let you know that the first bit of the book revolves around a character, who, once things get going just kind of vanishes into the background. It reminded me of Moby Dick in that aspect.
Also, this book preceded the creations of Tolkien, and may not resemble a fantasy world that you are used to seeing. That's OK, because I never feel like all fantasy worlds should look or feel the same. And, man does this one step far and away from JRR's world.
The story takes place on a world in which the people live in "lands". For example, there are realms known as Witchland, Golinland, Impland, Ghoulland, and Demonland. Witchland is filled with troublemakers, as they pull off a kidnapping in Demonland, and set off a flurry of events that causes the people of Demonland to try to get back their man.
This almost comes off like a round of haves vs have nots, as the aristocracy can be both noble and thoughtful for their underlings or completely uncaring. The book is also scarce on magic, but this is because of the dangers inherent in its usage, and only risk takers would dare to employ it.
The story is about honor, friendship, and integrity and is very well written for the time period that it comes from. As I said, it does have a few flaws (or not, maybe you like having to learn an odd speech pattern or starting off with an irrelevant character), but it is well worth the listen.
BTW, can I say what an amazing job MacDonnell did in the narration? Seriously, getting a good patter down for the language style used here had to be a bear. At least with some of Shakespeare's stuff you know to use Iambic pentameter when talking. So, lacking that I really can't say how he made it sound so flawless and natural, but he did it! I am not a fan of the cover art, I think it does nothing to sell you on what the story is about. Even though I did receive a promo code for this review it in no way influenced my considerations of the material, and in fact, inspired me to be more honest. In fact, getting a code generally makes me harsher as a reviewer as I am more often concerned what someone like Me will decide based on my review.
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- Nicole
- 11-02-23
Oh, THAT'S the ouroboros!
Language: 5/5. Delicious. The style is like Milton, and it imbues the story with an epic grandeur. A short sample:
“Nay, against all sound judgement; and this folly I enact in that very season when by patience and courage and my politic wisdom I had won that in despite of fortune's teeth which obstinately hitherto she had denied me: when after the brunts of divers tragical fortunes I had marvellously gained the favour and grace of the King…”
Chris MacDonnell reads all this stuff with perfect fluency and gravity.
Story: 3/5. The first four chapters are riveting, but it drags after the two kingdoms start warring. It’s like the Iliad. We follow (only) a handful of nobles from both sides as they battle and have war councils. Many macho words flow from gilded tongues, in gilded halls over gilded chalices. At one point two of them go on a long perilous mountain-climbing quest to rescue a third.
Characterization: 2/5. The characters’ motives are mainly Valor and Ambition. Their lofty words adhere to a strict chivalric script, and rarely could I discern any subtler underlying motives. So I found the characters to be remote and sort of interchangeable. It’s tough to avoid comparing with Tolkien here (who was influenced by this book). I can imagine walking in Bilbo’s shoes. Lord Juss is as inaccessible as Mercury.
Concept: 5/5. The ouroboros became clear to me only at the (brilliant) ending. No spoilers, but the concept of the book is especially thought-provoking in light of being written in the wake of WWI. Very glad I read it.
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- Greyson Neipp
- 09-07-19
Victorian Language is hard to follow
I thought the narrators performance was great! However, I struggled with following the story in people's motives. I found it easier and more enjoyable during portions where the author describes actions but when it came to characters talking to one another or dialoguing aloud it was harder for me to casually listen because of the Victorian language the Author chose to use. Therefore, there are sections of this book I totally didn't grasp while listening to the audiobook in the car on my way to work.
That being said, if you're more familiar with Victorian language and you listen to this kind of stuff often then you probably would enjoy this book a lot more than I did.
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