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Title: The Moons of Mirrodin by Will McDermott ISBN: 0-7869-2995-2 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 14 September, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Greatest Sci-Fi ever written
Comment: I bought this book because I collect the Magic the Gathering cards. I expected the books to be nothing but fighting. However although it is action packed, it also has an amazing plot. This book follows Glissa, an orphaned elf, seeking to avenge her slaughtered parents. She joins a goblin, Slobad, who has always had a hard life. Now because of a careless error on her part, Slobad must leave his home. As she makes her quest she raelizes that she is going to play a much bigger role in the world of Mirrodin. She must also stop a foe, who if succeeds, will destroy the entire world. With the help of a mage, giant metal man, goblin, and entire race of cat people, she must succeed. This is one of the greatest books I have ever read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Moons of Mirrodin Review
Comment: Lately our teacher told us to get a novel mainly for free reading; I chose the novel ¡°The Moons of Mirrodin¡± as my free-reading novel. This novel, Mirrodin, is an unpopular book ( I thought), because not many people know Magic: the Gathering. If you do not know the Magic: the Gathering (a trading card game) storyline, then you will be obfuscated, and will not have a clue about the things I am going to present; (warning: this report is not meant to be meaningful, you still have a chance to stop if you prefer). The plot of the Moon of Mirrodin marks the start of another Magic storyline. Everything is new in this novel and dissonant from the original Magic storyline.
The novel is set in an exotic world very different from our world; the entire world of Mirrodin is made up of mythological creatures such as elves, trolls, dwarves, zombies, myrs, dragons, and many more unfamiliar beings. In the world of Mirrodin, everything is made of metal; even humans are partly mechanical. This is a world ¡°where forests of metal overwhelm the sky¡±; ¡°where razor-sharp metallic grasses stretch across the plains¡±; and, ¡°where vast oceans of quicksilver conceal predators planning for the unwary¡±. One other thing interesting about this metallic world is that there are five suns above the sky of Mirrodin, each having its own special path for rotations.
The whole story is centered on a young elf, and her quest seeking the unknown secret of her past, while meanwhile dealing with the hazards of her present. The novel starts off by having the readers learn about the world of Mirrodin. A young elf named Glissa for some reason is having bizarre dreams, with herself in a world without metals, but full of natural settings she has never seen before in her whole life. One day she is suddenly brought (or kidnapped) to the Tree of Tales (the oldest tree in the forest of Mirrodin ), by ancient trolls, and this is where it all begins¡.
Her talk with the troll elder whets her animosity and her curiosity. Glissa is determined to find out what¡¯s happening to her and to the World of Mirrodin. In her quest to find the secret, she meets these two companions: Slobad, a smart goblin mechanic and Bosh, an inscrutable Golem suffering loss of memory. Through out the journey, Glissa ascertains¡.
This novel can be intriguing to those who know about Magic the Gathering and hope to learn more about the world of Mirrodin. I liked this novel because mainly, I was already engrossed in Magic: the Gathering storyline, and was curious about this novel. The novel the Moon of Mirrodin was the start of a totally fresh and different storyline, and I thought it might be interesting to read this novel and discern more of the world of Mirrodin.
Rating: 3
Summary: Looks good only in comparison to Onslaught cycle
Comment: Coming-of-age story meets Magic mutliverse. Classic teenage-angst, rebellion against authority, headstrong belligerence used to solve every problem, youth-as-hero with establishment-as-villain . . . I could go on, but you know the plot. It could hardly be more cliche or more orthodox to Joseph Campbell's formulation of mythology. It isn't that I dislike the story, it just seems tired. "Moons of Mirrodin" could just as easily be "Star Wars" or "The Matrix" or any other post-modern formulation of the classic myth. Maybe you young turks will resonate with it.
On the plus side, McDermott seems to know how to draw out the suspense. I'm genuinely curious to see what direction the story will move in next (although McDermott is not writing the next novel, Darksteel Eye).
And some of us will read this novel and the next one for no other reason than WotC controls our minds and pocketbooks. Oh well.
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Title: The Darksteel Eye (Magic the Gathering: Mirrodin Cycle, Book 2) by Jess Lebow ISBN: 078693140X Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Scourge by J. Robert King ISBN: 0786929561 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 18 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Legions by J. Robert King ISBN: 0786929146 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 20 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Onslaught by Robert J. King ISBN: 0786928018 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 16 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Monsters of Magic by J. Robert King ISBN: 0786929839 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 18 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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