Riddle-Master (Riddle-Master, #1-3)

578 pages

English language

Published 1999

ISBN:
978-0-441-00596-3
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4 stars (1 review)

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4 stars

Beautiful story. I've read lots of McKillip's later works, but for some reason this original masterpiece of her has been evading me, even though I've had the book in my shelf for couple of years.

McKillip has created an intriguing world, with riddles, land-law, harpists and the elusive High One. McKillip says she was inspired by Tolkien's work, yet there is very little of Tolkien in this story. It is epic in scale, and has interesting twists and turns for a story that's about fate, written in stars long before our protagonist is even born.

Wonderful, and well worth reading.

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Riddle-Master on kokoomateos, joka kerää yksiin kansiin Patricia A. McKillipin päätyönä pidetyn Riddle-Master-trilogian. Vuosina 1976–1979 ilmestyneet The Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire ja Harpist in the Wind kertovat omaperäisestä maailmasta. Esipuheessaan McKillip kertoo saaneensa inspiraation Tolkienilta, mutta toisin kuin monissa Tolkienin inspiroimissa fantasiatarinoissa, tässä on lopulta …