[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by Patricia

I am beginning to find most wizards rather tiresome, too.

I'm starting to feel some scifi/fantasy bloat myself, but I'm enjoying Joe Swope's Need for Magic. It got off to a slow start because there is a large cast of characters and they had to be introduced, but at about page 400 of 1150 on my reader, it started picking up steam and is becoming hard to put down. There are wizards here, but the story, symbolism, and underlying message is what is compelling.