- Fantasy fiction, American Authors, Biography, Authorship
In 1977, the New York Times Trade Paperback Bestseller list--back then the exclusive province of self-help guides, cartoon collections, and any number of cat books--played host to its very first work of fiction: The Sword of Shannara, an epic quest through a mythical land, by first-time author Terry Brooks.
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Warm, resolved, classical in form and spare.
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- resolvedopen-ended
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- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Terry Brooks
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 203
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Del Rey
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345465511
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Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers.
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