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11-24-2014, 06:42 PM | #1 |
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The Complete Zimiamvia (Zimiamvia) to be released - Great and difficult fantasy
Finally, these are being formally released as ebooks:
The Complete Zimiamvia (Zimiamvia) - This is supposed be released Dec. 4. I've read two of them - one being "The Worm Ouroboros" twice. These are great, ornate, difficult, challenging fantasy novels. "The Worm Ourorboros" is one of the most delicious fantasy novels I've ever read, but the other 3 novels are very, very challenging. You may wish to give only that one a try. They were all released as part of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. The editor of the series was Lin Carter, a man who introduced some of the most incredible fantasy works to the general public and to lovers of fantasy way back in the late 1960s. Last edited by Dr. Drib; 11-24-2014 at 06:47 PM. |
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Not PD (yet) certainly as he died in 1945. The book is available for pre-order at Kobo for $29.99 which seems a bit steep to me. I mean it's not a new series.
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"The Worm Ouroboros" is not difficult at all, as yo mention. It's written in an ornate and beautiful writing style, and was a joy to read.
The other three ARE difficult, in my opinion. I plan to buy this entire omnibus set when it is released. |
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"The Worm Ouroboros" is available in our library, by the way.
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I have a paper copy of The Worm Ourobouros, and I must admit I bounced off it, in the one attempt I have made. I guess I just wasn't in the mood for that style.
Eddison will be out of copyright here in Europe in a little over a year, so I'm not sure I'm in a rush to part with any money. |
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I own these in the Adult Fantasy Series.
I have an almost complete set of the entire Adult Fantasy Series, and all are in Excellent condition, since I'm also a collector. |
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I don't have them all, but I have quite a few of them. That's how I found such classics as Anderson's The Broken Sword, Walton's books, Kurtz's Deryni series and such authors as Lord Dunsany and William Morris. I don't collect per se, I just buy books to read and never throw them away. A lot of those books are slowly coming out as ebooks - Evangeline Walton's Mabinogion Tetralogy came out about a year ago, for example.
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Looking at the covers I have to wonder if they inspired Michael Ende when he wrote "The Neverending Story."
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I read all four years ago. The Worm Ourobouros is definitely an order of magnitude easier to read than the trilogy, but I enjoyed them all.
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