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-:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My short revoew
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My short review
 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 4
 :EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image brain-rot/covers/guns-of-avalon.jpg
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@@ -3463,3 +3463,53 @@ This series like a creation of some D&D infused teen, and yet I can't put it awa
 
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+*** TODO Sign of the Unicorn (Roger Zelazny, 1975)
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: sign-of-the-unicorn-1975
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My short review
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 4
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image brain-rot/covers/sign-of-the-unicorn.jpg
+:END:
+We are halfay through the Corwin saga and Zelazny decides to step up.
+The first book were a linear sprint to the end.
+Sign of the Unicorn is much slower for one.
+But it also marks the point when Roger finally convinced me the he understands the word he creates.
+
+After the battle with his brother, Corwin is faced with a murder of /another/ brother.
+This does not lead to yeat another run through the Shadows to buy nukes.
+In fact most of this volume is spend talking.
+We have a mystery, the family secrets are comming out.
+
+We've got intrigue, we've got drama, we've got betrayal.
+We even learn who stands behind Corwin's accident which happen before the start of /Nine Princess/.
+
+This is the best part of /Chronicles of Amber/ yet, because Zelazny seems to address most of downided the earlier boks had.
+Characters now became actual persons, with motivation and aspirations.
+The world building is sidestepping for character bulding, and I for one am fully for this.
+
+As a result, the stakes are also different.
+We assumed that all the Black Road problems resulted from Corwin's curse - but there are multiple layers bellow that.
+In fact a lot of what we though we knew turns out to be wrong.
+
+The only downside, at this point, is that everyone important is Corwin's relative or aquaitance.
+I get that if you got your position of power purerly from the family, the same family will be the center of your life, but /come on!/.
+I want to get to know someone else!
+
+*** Hand of Oberon (Roger Zelazny, 1976) 
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: hand-of-oberon-1976
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My short revoew
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 4
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image brain-rot/covers/hand-of-oberon.jpg
+:END:
+
+The plot tickens!
+We end where we left of: turns out that Amber is the home of the original Pattern, which is badily damaged and we need to fix it.
+
+I think I start to understand why I find /Chronicles/ so particular, yet I can't put it away.
+The volumes here are not volumes with and beggining and end.
+It's closer to modern day TV, where you get an interesting hook at the end, the middle is ok-ish but the end makes you hungry for the next episode.
+As much as I hate that /binge-watching/ formula, I have nothing against it here.
+Fantasy books rarely make anyone rich, but a man's gotta eat.
+The length of each volume here also doesn't make it any worse, as they all about 200 pages long.
+Brandon Sanderson's signature is longer than that.