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Title: Door into Fire by Diane Duane ISBN: 0-8125-3671-1 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: August, 1985 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best First-Novel Ever!
Comment: "Door into Fire" is one of the best first-novels I've come across--and there have been many since the time I picked up a battered copy at a used-bookstore many years ago. Just reading David Gerrold's "Overture" introducing the book was a treat. He lets you know that this novel is uniquely special. Diane Duane conjures up a believable world that is a little brighter--and better-- than ours, complete with a Goddess who appears in different guises (when you least expect), impossible (or are they?)quests, enduring love, and plenty of magical derring-do. Above all, this book has its heart and soul in the right place--you care deeply about each character throughout the series in their search of self, and you yearn to visit time and again the realm of the Middle Kingdoms. To my delight, she has long since turned the story into a series. Ms. Duane, if you're out there, I hope you will decide write the fourth book someday. I will be looking forward to it!
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Fantasy Novel I've Ever Read
Comment: This novel is one that I've read and reread in both the editions I have -- the original paperback and the Bluejay books edition. It is a story of enduring love, the triumph of love over fear and hate, and most of all, the best truly different fantasy world I've ever seen made up. It is culturally, historically, and religiously different without being dry, like some science-fiction books that try to portray another really different culture get.
It's main character is Herewiss, a man who has the potential to wield great magic but cannot break through to connect with it and manifest his magic. He joins forces with Freelorn, the exiled heir of a neighboring kingdom and his lifelong love, Segnbora, a mysterious troubled woman, and some of Freelorn's faithful friends (Harald, Moris, and Dritt) in an adventure that leads them to the edges of their world, and involves door into other worlds and the mastering of a fire elemental whose favored form is that of a horse!
The next two books in the series are The Door into Shadow and The Door into Sunset. At last, I hear news that Ms. Duane has written the fourth (The Door into Twilight) that I have hounded the bookstores about now for years, diligently searching in the "Du" section of fantasy and science fiction with every trip.
For those who really love the world of the Middle Kingdoms, there's a little-known short story by Diane Duane published in Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers (edited by Lin Carter, Nelson Doubleday 1981) called "Parting Gifts." It is about an older rodmistress, the Shadow, an young swashbuckler, and a kitten. It features a wild hunt and facing down the Shadow in his lair. I cry whenever I finish it. If you can find it, read it and add it to your knowledge of the world setting.
I've used Ms. Duane's Middle Kingdoms setting as the basis for my personal D&D campaign for years now. Sure, my campaign is by no means her books, but she provided such a rich tapestry (and map!) that I didn't have to go far to have a solid foundation for a whole world.
Rating: 2
Summary: not very unique
Comment: i was a fan of duane's first few wizard books, so i picked this up. i guess i'm in a minority here, but i wasn't very impressed w/ this book. granted, it was one of duane's earliest efforts, but the plot is predictable and book lays on the mythology really thick. also, duane's dialogue feels out of place with its constant, very american-sounding vernacular. there are just a few interesting twists. the most interesting is the way she explores sex and sexuality, and the ideas of open relationships, bisexuality, and sex in relation to religion. it's also nice to see a (mostly) homosexual character in the main role, but the last herald mage series by mercedes lackey is much more poignant. be aware that this edition (1984) is a revised edition and slightly diff. from the original 1979 edition.
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Title: The Door into Sunset (The Tale of the Five, Vol 3) by Diane Duane ISBN: 0812514319 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: August, 1994 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Stealing the Elf-King's Roses by Diane Duane ISBN: 0446609838 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Tale of the Five: The Sword and the Dragon by Diane Duane ISBN: 1892065517 Publisher: Meisha Merlin Publishing Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: A Wizard Alone: The Sixth Book in the Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane ISBN: 0152049118 Publisher: Magic Carpet Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Door into Shadow (Epic Tales of the Five ; V. 2) by Diane Duane ISBN: 0312941102 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: May, 1984 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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