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diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971.md index 1ac4524..539a10e 100644 --- a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971.md +++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/guns-of-avalon-1971.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ draft = false weight = 3002 image_dir = "brain-rot/screenshots" image_max_width = 765 -abstract = "My short revoew" +abstract = "My short review" rating = 4 image = "brain-rot/covers/guns-of-avalon.jpg" [menu] diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/hand-of-oberon-1976.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/hand-of-oberon-1976.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0fe60f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/hand-of-oberon-1976.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ ++++ +title = "Hand of Oberon (Roger Zelazny, 1976)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +categories = ["brainrot"] +draft = false +weight = 3004 +image_dir = "brain-rot/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "My short revoew" +rating = 4 +image = "brain-rot/covers/hand-of-oberon.jpg" +[menu] + [menu.brain-rot-fantasy-amber] + weight = 3004 + identifier = "hand-of-oberon-roger-zelazny-1976" ++++ + +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. diff --git a/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/sign-of-the-unicorn-1975.md b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/sign-of-the-unicorn-1975.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c26f596 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/brain-rot/fantasy/chronicles-of-amber/sign-of-the-unicorn-1975.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ ++++ +title = "Sign of the Unicorn (Roger Zelazny, 1975)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +categories = ["brainrot"] +draft = true +weight = 3003 +image_dir = "brain-rot/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "My short review" +rating = 4 +image = "brain-rot/covers/sign-of-the-unicorn.jpg" +[menu] + [menu.brain-rot-fantasy-amber] + weight = 3003 + identifier = "sign-of-the-unicorn-roger-zelazny-1975" ++++ + +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! |