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The Sword of Shannara
- The Shannara Series, Book 1
- Lu par : Scott Brick
- Durée : 26 h et 21 min
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Description
The Sword of Shannara is the first volume of the classic series that has become one of the most popular fantasy tales of all time.
Long ago, the wars of the ancient Evil ruined the world. In peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knows little of such troubles. But the supposedly dead Warlock Lord is plotting to destroy everything in his wake.
The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness is the Sword of Shannara, which can be used only by a true heir of Shannara. On Shea, last of the bloodline, rests the hope of all the races.
Thus begins the enthralling Shannara epic, a spellbinding tale of adventure, magic, and myth....
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Global5 out of 5 stars
- Nicholas
- 20/04/2004
Finally Unabridged!
Thanks to Audbile.com for getting this to us unabridged. Thank god. There is just no point in listening to a book that should be 20 hours, "trimmed" to 3 hours. If this whole series is released unabridged, I'll buy them all.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
- Hera
- 20/07/2007
Bad Narration of a Good Book
My biggest annoyance was the constant overly dramatic/snotty inflections that Scott Brick would put into each sentance, each word. I couldn't deal with it and often found myself ignoring the story altogether. I can't tell how many times I was forced to rewind and listen again because suddenly something of actual interest was happening, but I didn't know how we got there. I loved the series and have been reading the books faithfully starting from when I was a young girl. I also am a major fan of LOTR, and I didn't notice how similar the stories were when I was younger. It is interesting how many parallels there are between the books, but it was meant to be the first of a long series of stories. The characters change and the narratives evolve and you grow attached to the story line. I am sad to see that many of the unabridged versions are read by Brick because I really want to listen to them, but I'm not sure I can stomach any more of his nauseating accents and unnecessary inflections. The narrative is enough to let me know that something important is happening, I don't need him raising his voice and acting like a bad rendition of shakespearian play to tell me this. I'm sorry to be ragging on him this much, but it was bad! I wish that they had used multiple voices, like the Phillip Pullman series (excellent excellent excellent!) to narrate. It gives it so much more depth. Luckily for this novel, all of the main characters are men, so at least he has that going for him. Bottom line here is that you really have to be a former fan of the Shannara series to deal with the Scott Brick audio book format. I would suggest newcomers read the book rather than listening.
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Global2 out of 5 stars
- Nevermore
- 20/09/2004
Worst Reading in History?
Wow, for the first time ever I've found a reader that I actually hate. He gets the tone of the book entirely wrong in nearly too many ways to explain. Here are a few of the highlights:
Most of the time, during dialogue, every character sounds like some snotty stuck-up rich-kid from the "right side of town" talking down to one of the "average folk". In other words, virtually every line is delivered in a condescending tone. It's unbearable.
There is also a tremendous amount of strange, seemingly unnecessary inflection going on throughout the reading. It seems like, possibly, and attempt to "lighten the mood", although I can't tell for sure because it is so strangely delivered. At any rate, it is completely inappropriate for a novel which is largely dark in tone.
Also, the reader appears to mispronounce "Shannara" and "Eventine" rather horribly. Of course, this open to interpretation, but he pronounces them in a way I've never heard anyone else use in discussing the books, so I have some evidence to support my claim....
All in all, I can barely manage to listen to this, not because of the story, but because of the reader.
About the story:
Yes, it is a relatively blatant rip-off of The Lord of the Rings, but it is still a good tale for the young adult reader. The writing is relatively poor, but the story is fun and truly enjoyable. The rest of Terry Brooks' works are not rip-offs, so don't let that put you off.
But for heaven's sake, READ IT yourself, because this reader destroys it completely.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
- W
- 12/04/2004
Wonderful!
This is a classic. I'm so pleased its been released at last in unabridged format: When Flick Ohmsford and his brother Shea are visited by the mysterious druid Allanon, their lives change for the worse, as they are hunted across the country by the minions of the evil arch druid and his skull-bearing horde of undead.
While many of the elements in this first book in particular, remind me a bit of Tolkein's classic work, the books have plenty of fun characters. I also really liked the narrator's voice. He did an excellent job! A++++
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Global2 out of 5 stars
- Robert
- 02/10/2010
Classic fantasy, horrible narration!
Being the first book the writing is a little off and feels like a Tolkien ripoff, but it gets better and Brooks becomes a great great storyteller.
HOWEVER, the narration is absolutely horrible. Scott Brick uses over the top dramatic inflections. He sounds like a bad bad William Shatner mockery, but he is for real. He sounds really snobbish too, it's completely distracting and really ruined the book for me.
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Global4 out of 5 stars
- Kristoff Eldridge
- 08/06/2004
Great Pace, A Lot of Fun
This book was one of the first fantasy novels I ever read when I was a kid. Listening to it now I find it to be as fun as I remember. Although now that I'm older and wiser, I can't help but notice the blatant Tolkien themes. I'm not talking about stuff found in every fantasy novel but actual parallel story lines. Those who didn't like the book because of this are missing the point that this is simply a great entertaining tale. On another note: Although I thought Scott Brick was an excellent narrator for Robert Littell's "The Company"; he didn't get into the characters for the Sword of Shannara. Roy Dotrice from George RR Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series would have been better. If you haven't read that series your missing out on the best the genre has to offer.
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Global3 out of 5 stars
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- Lore
- 22/06/2012
An overpriced old favorite
Like many others I read the Sword of Shannara and the subsequent books in the series many years ago and was happy to see it available in audio format. I have no problems with the similarities of this story to other works of fantasy because there are enough differences in the overall world created by Terry Brooks for this work to stand on it's own merit.
For certain this is typical fantasy fare, the struggle of a heretofore ordinary individual thrust into fighting against the threat of an eternal evil. Scott Brick is an excellent narrator and I am fine with his representation of the characters. I never expected him to present them to me they way I created them in my head so many years ago and his efforts on this series are typical of his work. What I am not fine with is the fact that this book is nothing extraordinary yet it costs twice as many credits as many far superior works of fantasy.
I actualy enjoyed the next 2 books in the series more than this one because after this book Terry Brooks takes things in a more unique direction and those stories are more original. The Elfstones of Shannara for 1 credit is a much better offering than this book for two.
My advice - pick up two better fantasy books for your 2 credits instead of just this one. I am glad that picking up this book allowed me to spend more time with Shea and Allanon; however, if I did not have the bias of my fond memory of reading this book from long ago then I would not feel like those were 2 credits well spent.
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Global2 out of 5 stars
- Penny Lauritzen
- 20/10/2009
not worth two credits
I went into this book fully aware of its reputation as a Tolkien knock-off. That didn't bother me in the least. And it turns out that I find negative comparison to Tolkien unfair and irrelevant.
What actually makes this audiobook unlistenable has nothing to do with its questionable creative origins. It is a combination of gutwrenchingly bad melodrama, death by self-congratulatory exposition, and a narrator who just feels like he's along for the ride.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
- Douglas R. Moore
- 24/03/2004
One of the best fantasy books of all time
This is finally release as unabridged! I have read 1000 books in the last 4 years and this is one I read every few years - again and again. This book and the prequel (first king) are his best work, then elfstones.
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Global1 out of 5 stars
- M. Bradley
- 19/04/2006
Don't get it
I had to write a review on this book because I disliked it so much. I already knew it stole elements from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but I thought I would like it since I love the Lord of the Rings. Instead, I loathed this book because of how poorly it is written. The characters are so shallow and poorly constructed that I really wished they would die when in the most perilous of circumstances. The plot elements were incredibly artificial and forced. It was too unbelievable, and I don't mean a world where trolls, gnomes and elves live, but rather the way in which the author constructed tension.
When the protagonists are chasing the antagonists, everything stops them from catching the antagonists including miraculous disappearing from a closed room (how does that happen?). And, similarly, when the protagonists are in the most dire of situations, somebody at the last second comes to the miraculous rescue.
I'm not a book snob by any means and I love so many different types of books - even those books that people say are really bad or cliche. But THIS book is the single most frustrating book I have EVER read or listened to. Any emotion was insincere and empty and the characters are such complete idiots. Who rushes into a battle and then, after it's too late, realized they forgot to pick up their sword? Who sits there and watches a ferocious battle between two people you fear above all others after being told to run (along with the rest of the group) and find the object of your long quest? Nobody but the most brainless, idiotic people would do the things that these characters do, and I'm supposed to like them?
A book in the same genre as this is Fred Saberhagen's "Empire of the East". I LOVED that book and would recommend that you get that book instead of this one. For your own health, stay away from the Sword of Shannara series!
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Global4 out of 5 stars
- wildrider
- 01/03/2006
Detailiert
Terry Brooks hat mit der Shannara-Reihe ein Fantasyepos geschaffen, dass mit dem Schwert von Shannara einen sehr guten Einstieg bietet. Der Leser wird mit allen Informationen versorgt die er braucht und die Sicht der Figuren ist auch nicht immer nur auf eine Person festgelegt. Allerdings gibt Terry Brooks nicht sofort alles preis. Es lohnt sich, dieses Buch zu kaufen und zu lesen, selbst wenn man es ein zweites oder drittes Mal liest, fallen einem noch neue Sachen auf, die man vorher nicht bemerkt hat.
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- befree
- 26/01/2018
Disappointing
The story had many points where I felt that a supposedly wise leader acted very foolishly and not in character.
The reader created a constant emotionally charged atmosphere which made it somewhat boring, yet irritating to listen to- it was always the same, even when they were just walking down a path.
There were also frequent and noticeable errors in the words he emphasized, sometimes giving the sentence a whole different meaning than what I felt the author wanted to say.
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- S. McKnight
- 06/09/2019
Lord of the Rings knockoff
I struggled through this book because I've heard the series gets better, but this is a total ripoff of Lord of the Rings. The entire time I was thinking, "Awww they made it through Moria" or "the fellowship is broken" etc. But I'm hoping the next book is better.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Kiruna Stephan
- 24/01/2018
Ein Epos. Einfach super spannend.
Dieses Hörbuch hat einfach spaß gemacht. Ein Epos mit höhen und tiefen, stärken und schwächen der Charaktere. Sehr gut gemacht.
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- Garfield
- 12/05/2017
not easy
it is quite hard to follow the story. The characters and happenings are quite unspecific so that I tended to drift of all the time. Even when focused on the book I found it hard to say what happened the past five minutes at any given point.
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