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From: mcq@druxt.UUCP (McQueer)
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Subject: Prince Ombra
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Date: Fri, 30-Dec-83 15:37:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 30 15:37:35 1983
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Just for the record, I had never heard of Roderick MacLeish either, but
one of the critical excerpts on the inside cover tells me that Mr.
Hedrick was either entirely correct, or close; MacLeish apparently is
a commentator on National Public Radio, which may be operated by PBS for
all I know.  'Nuff said?

What I really want to do is put in another reccomendation for this book.

This is one of the better works I've read recently.  I think it qualifies
as something special.  It reminds me of some of the better work of Ursula
K. LeGuin in that it is VERY finely crafted and displays the incredible
ability to capture the correct mood that I associate with LeGuin.
More than anything else, I am impressed by MacLeish's intimacy with his
characters, and how natural and "right" he makes them seem.

This book presents the conflict between mythological good and evil
in a way that makes its appearance in an ordinary setting believable.
It manages to use the stuff of old legends to examine the motivations
of very real characters for their actions.  There are very few fantasy
novels that can be said to provide the feeling for the human condition
that make them "literature".  I find that when this IS done the result
is remarkable, and I include "Prince Ombra" in this very special class.

For anyone who reads this newsgroup with an eye towards anything outside
"hard core" SF (and I don't mean to knock anyone for only wanting to
occupy their time with writers like Hogan - please, not one of these
fights) READ this one.

				Bob McQueer
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