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A review by gianlucafiore
The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. McKillip
5.0
TIL: me at 8 years old had more taste than many at 40 (or 60).
This book held the passing of time from when I first read it at the above mentioned age. It is magical, with a sense of depth that is not given by the size of the world nor by the number of characters, as in many more recent fantasy series, but by the mystery enveloping the history of the world. This pretty much puts this book in its era, mid 70s. Which is not bad at all.
It is much more well written than a lot of modern fantasy. It is far from perfect, with the main negative being the actions of Morgon being too mechanical, yet it's leaps and bounds ahead of a lot of fantasy I've been reading in my 30+ years history as a reader of the genre. A classic.
This book held the passing of time from when I first read it at the above mentioned age. It is magical, with a sense of depth that is not given by the size of the world nor by the number of characters, as in many more recent fantasy series, but by the mystery enveloping the history of the world. This pretty much puts this book in its era, mid 70s. Which is not bad at all.
It is much more well written than a lot of modern fantasy. It is far from perfect, with the main negative being the actions of Morgon being too mechanical, yet it's leaps and bounds ahead of a lot of fantasy I've been reading in my 30+ years history as a reader of the genre. A classic.