paul@osu-dbs.UUCP (07/26/83)
I got so bored reading the first three chapters of The Sword of Shannara (which proclaims that it is "epic fantasy") that I quit. I just can't put up with a ripoff work that is so slow. hope our sprinklers work Paul Placeway ...!cbosgd!osu-dbs!paul
gcsherwood@watcgl.UUCP (Geoffrey C. Sherwood) (08/06/83)
Just to keep the record straight, there really are some of us (one, at least) who actually enjoyed "the boring ripoff" entitled Sword of Shannara. Not only that, but I enjoyed the sequel, the Elfstones of Shannara as well. If I got pissed off every time I saw a plot reused, I would have left sf long ago. I rather doubt that Tolkien had the first and only quest for magical powers against a magical enemy, so saying that any other fantasy novel which does the same is a ripoff of it is less than accurate. I mean, if you are in a fantasy situation, what is there to do? Raise crops and quaff ale? - geoff sherwood - - U. of Waterloo -