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A walker between worlds exchanges a son of a master magician for one that is from no magic, but the magic of machines. Each grow in their new homes with their abilities intact and soon the draw of the magical world calls back it's own for confrontation with the rise of the power of the machines. Follow on book to this one is "Madwand".
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Roger Zelazny
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Ace Book, Presses pocket, I Books
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780441102563
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Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ...And Call Me Conrad (1965), subsequently published under the title This Immortal (1966), and the novel Lord of Light (1967).
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