{"id":758,"date":"2013-09-06T10:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T18:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=758"},"modified":"2017-12-18T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T21:27:35","slug":"review-the-guns-of-avalon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/06\/review-the-guns-of-avalon\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Guns of Avalon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n The Guns of Avalon<\/a> by Roger Zelazny<\/a>
\n My rating: 5 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

Gave myself a few days \u201crest\u201d (read other books) and jumped back into the Chronicles<\/i> with book two, eagerly, a rainy morning fit for nothing else but reading. Finished a few hours later. <\/p>\n

In book one (Nine Princes in Amber<\/i>) Zelazney begins with amnesia, establishes conflict, allows the reader to discover just as the main character recovers his memories. Here in book two, there\u2019s a new mystery, and now the reader is the main character\u2019s partner, along for the ride to figure out what\u2019s going on. <\/p>\n

And what\u2019s going on is that the very fabric with which these tales are told is threatened. The first half of the book is simple fantasy-warfare, fought in a realm of little (seeming) consequence. But the hero\u2019s journey needs this land to persevere, if his soul is to be as noble as his blood. He can\u2019t claim a birth right if he\u2019s not worthy of it. And when he wins, his reward is the tools he needs to fight the real fight\u2026<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s not the fight he thinks it is. Which means, when he wins, he hasn\u2019t won what he thought he\u2019d won. To the victor the spoils? Yes, things have spoiled. By the victor\u2019s own hand. What now, Corwin? How will you keep your victory from being merely pyrrhic?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be deep inside book three in a few days to find out. If I seem a little more cautious than I was<\/a> at the end of book one, that\u2019s only because there\u2019s a lot more at stake here than some swashbuckling through a few hours of reading. The entire series is at risk.<\/p>\n

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The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny My rating: 5 of 5 stars Gave myself a few days \u201crest\u201d (read other books) and jumped back into the Chronicles with book two, eagerly, a rainy morning fit for nothing else but reading. Finished a few hours later. In book one (Nine Princes in Amber) Zelazney begins … <\/p>\n

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