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| Original Title: | The Magic of Recluce |
| ISBN: | 0812505182 (ISBN13: 9780812505184) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://us.macmillan.com/themagicofrecluce/LModesitt |
| Series: | The Saga of Recluce #1, Recluce Zyklus #1, The Saga of Recluce (Chronological) , more |
L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 501 pages Rating: 3.85 | 22395 Users | 632 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce #1) |
| Author | : | L.E. Modesitt Jr. |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 501 pages |
| Published | : | May 15th 1992 by Tor Books (first published April 1991) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. Magic. High Fantasy |
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Young Lerris is dissatisfied with his life and trade, and yearns to find a place in the world better suited to his skills and temperament. But in Recluce a change in circumstances means taking one of two options: permanent exile from Recluce or the dangergeld, a complex, rule-laden wanderjahr in the lands beyond Recluce, with the aim of learning how the world works and what his place in it might be. Many do not survive. Lerris chooses dangergeld. When Lerris is sent into intensive training for his quest, it soon becomes clear that he has a natural talent for magic. And he will need magic in the lands beyond, where the power of the Chaos Wizards reigns unchecked. Though it goes against all of his instincts, Lerris must learn to use his powers in an orderly way before his wanderjahr, or fall prey to Chaos.Rating Regarding Books The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce #1)
Ratings: 3.85 From 22395 Users | 632 ReviewsDiscuss Regarding Books The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce #1)
Read with the #MagicalModesitt group-read organised by Jacob."Chaos is concentrated anarchy, if you will. Order is diffused by nature. They have to balance."Wow. What an interesting magic system. Yin/Yang balance, Order vs Chaos, Black vs White, philosophy of mind, consequences, Newton' 3rd law... and all the gray in between! I like it! Recluce will now be added to my #FinishTheSeries TBR. When I have time to update it. Lol.[Pending Review]I dont DNF books very often, but... Eesh, I have to for the first Recluce book. Read to 8% and couldnt stand the writing style, main character, or intolerable repetition anymore. I burnt myself out on order/chaos/balance stories a decade ago, and reading the series Wikipedia page to see how it ends up killed any possible enthusiasm I had for it. When Wikipedias Plot section covers an entire essay on the setting alone before a single character is named, its not a good sign. Undoubtedly, its well
This book is what I would refer to as a traditional, coming of age fantasy story. Misfit teenager destined to become a great hero etc. Personally I don't find anything wrong with this approach when there is sufficient world building and interesting story to back it up.In this case the author met most of those goals. The world is quite well thought out and the magic system has some interesting ideas that conflict with our preconceived notions of good/evil, black/white, order/chaos. In this sense
Be on your way, boy. Just remember, you can always come back, once you discover who you are. In a time when readers are demanding for fast-paced, action-packed, non-stop entertaining, easy quick reads - this should have been a safe haven; a resting stop. A recluse.There's nothing worse than unfulfilled potential.
Mixed feelings about this one. I enjoyed the worldbuilding and the story, but there were definitely some annoying aspects of the book that kept my rating at three stars. I generally am not a fan of first-person narration, unless it's done really well (Robin Hobb is a master, for example), and Modesitt's writing is passable but nothing special. One of the limitations of first person narratives is, of course, that the reader only can know what the narrator knows; Modesitt got around this by
The first in a series about the battle between two opposing forces: chaos and order. Recluce is a city of almost pure order, where people who compromise that order are exiled. The main character, Lerris, is dissatisfied with never getting straight answers and hopelessly bored. I was reminded a bit of Milo from A Phantom Tollbooth. such a person. But, like any good heroic fantasy, this reluctant, unlikely hero does save the day.The book started very slowly, until Lerris is sent for training,
Sometimes I worry I've become too cynical in my old age (says the nineteen-year-old). When I read The Magic of Recluce for the first time, I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread, and I went on to devour the next several books of the Recluce saga before promptly breaking for lunch.... (Well, OK, the span of several months may have elapsed sometime among all that, but you get the idea.) Now I feel less charitable toward this book. The Magic of Recluce has a couple of problems, none of
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