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Imaginary Lands

Robin McKinley, Patricia McKillip, Joan Vinge

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great Author 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 36 people found this review helpful.

This is one of the best books I have read. Robin McKinley paints such beautiful pictures with her words. I started reading her books for a book report, but now I read them every chance I get! If you need a book to keep you occupied, this is the one for you!

A good find 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I have never seen this book in a store, and as a collector of Robin McKinley's many works, I had to have this anthology. It is a fairly quick read, as it keeps you turning pages. Of course, some of the stories are to be preferred above others, based on the tastes of the reader. McKinley's story in particular was haunting, much darker than her usual stories. I found this a great opportunity to find other fantasy and sci-fi authors to read.

Imaginary Lands 2 out of 5 stars.
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Imaginary Lands is a collection of Fantasy stories . I think that it was a dull book, the sentence fluency was choppy and some of the words used I couldn't understand at all. I only read three stories which were kind of interesting, the first one that I read was about a man named Arram who helps an old woman see the inner beauty in herself with magic. I thought it was a nice story but there was too much information that was a waste of time to read and had no relation to the story line. The next story was a little better, it was Evian Steel. Evian Steel was about a girl named Elaine who is sent to become a magic sword forger and is befriended by a girl named Veree who is about to make her first sword. Veree knows a secret about the sword that Elaine hasn't learned yet, Veree has to cut herself and make her vein bleed into a basin, the blood gives the sword its uniqueness. Will Veree be able to do it? The third story I enjoyed quite a bit, it was the curse of Igamor. The story starts with a legend of a horse who steels children and evil, greedy adults, like the lord of Aigues Mortes, his Chancellor, and constable. Is Igamor as mean as he sounds?

The Riddle-master of Hed Collector's Edition

Patricia A. McKILLIP

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Masterspiece of Fantasy bound in Geniue leather

Cygnet And Firebird

Patricia A. McKillip

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Mckillip wins again!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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My, my, my. What are publishers thinking when they reprint a sequel but not the first installment? When I brought this book home I was literally scorched by the words "Mckillip returns to the world she created in The Sorceress and the Cygnet" Not that I wouldn't have bought it anyway.(Trust me, if you ever see ANYTHING by Mckillip, buy it!) But I decided right then and there that I wouldn't read this book until I found the first installment. I thought it would be years but luckily it only took a couple of months until I found The Sorceress and the Cygnet buried in the back of a used book store.
To those of you who will read this novel without reading it's predecessor first: you have my pity. She explains nothing, but OH what a payoff!
Although two distictively different stories, this series serves as a literary one two punch. Some of Mckillip's most magical and entertaining work can be found here, and I recommend both books to readers of every age. Once I started reading I was stuck. The rest of the world did not exist for me. (A warning for students: don't read these books around the time you should start studying for Finals. You will fail miserably!)
Even if not all can be as lucky as I have in finding the first book, you should definitely read The Cygnet and the Firebird. It is a story unto itself. Sorceress... adds more texture and history to the story, but is not needed to make this novel a success. Either way, this is one book not to be missed!!