Ian E.S. Adler
Autor(a) de The Last War
Séries
Obras por Ian E.S. Adler
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1993-09-11
- Sexo
- male
- Ocupações
- M.Ed and bachelor's degree in History
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- I am Ian E.S. Adler, the son of librarians and born and bred in Cambridge Massachusetts (despite many people thinking I have an accent). I got into Fantasy when my Dad read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to me and became perpetually hooked after reading Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, Garth Nix's Abhorsen series, and Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle. It is to Le Guin whom I owe my debut world and series, The Cynnahu Saga, for her Archipelago inspired me to create my own.
As I have been a Fantasy reader (and gamer) all my life, and a blogger since 2016 (see http://www.starsuncounted.com/), I know the common (and uncommon but still recognizable) tropes and tricks of the genre and so do my best in my own work to either move past them or give them a new coat of paint so as to make them fresh, enjoyable, and unpredictable. Cynnahu is an Archipelago because I noted while reading Earthsea that few other Fantasies feature them, and none in the way Ursula K. Le Guin did. I write Epic Fantasy, yes, but not with the Tolkienesque approach seeing as Middle-earth is perfect.
With an M.Ed and bachelor's degree in History, my writing reflects an optimism regarding the human potential for peace and goodness despite of and acknowledging history's grimmest, bloodiest moments. The pen is mightier the sword, but swords guided by pens have the power to win the world from the clenched fists of war. Notice the plural for swords and pens, as I avoid the by now over-used Chosen One archetype. Being Chosen is fine, but the One leaves little authorial room to maneuver.
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Críticas
The Last War: Book One of the Cynnahu Saga por Ian E. S. Adler
Esta crítica foi escrita no âmbito dos Primeiros Críticos do LibraryThing.The archipelago of Cynnahu was just waiting for me. Having read Ursula LeGuin "The Earthsea Cycle", I was intrigued by another series that might flow along the same lines. I was not disappointed. Another group of adventurers out to save the world. Volcan, Sakura, Myrriden and the rest of the group all get fleshed out well in the book and as the story progresses with each member of the team doing their part, the reader gets dragged deeper into a wonderful story. Fighting, magic and the Naga adversary all combine to make the story flow well and keep the reader intrigued. I finished this part of the story wishing the next book was already in my hands. Grab this book and read about the "Team of Five"; the Traveler, Orphan, Survivor, Student and Lord will all create a wonderful adventure for you. Kudos - looking forward to the rest of the story.… (mais)
½Esta crítica foi escrita pelo autor.
I mean, obviously I love my own book. So instead of writing a review - which an author cannot (for obvious reasons) do - I will just say that I owe The Cynnahu Saga to the late Ursula K. Le Guin whose Archipelago (in her Earthsea Cycle) inspired me to create my own.
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Membros
- 4
- Popularidade
- #1,536,815
- Avaliação
- 4.3
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 1
