- Mass Market Paperback: 307 pages
- Publisher: Del Rey Books; First THUS edition (12 Sep 1982)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345301870
- ISBN-13: 978-0345301871
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 799,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Smash, himself, was part ogre. Although ogres were considered so stupid they coud hardly speak, and spent their time eating young girls, seven assorted females had suddenly turned to him for guidance and saftety? In Xanth, one visit to the Good Magician Humfrey worked wonders....
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In this novel, Smash Ogre(who is really half ogre and half human), goes to see the Good Magician Humphrey to ask him a question he can't really put into words. Humphrey has an answer, anyway, which is to go to where the other ogres are. Smash's service (as payment for the answer) is to take care of Tandy (who is half nymph and half human), who has been having problems with a demon and needs protection. Thus, Smash and Tandy set of together, not without misgivings. During their journey, they meet lots of other females in need and manage to solve everyone's problems by and by. All in all, this is a very upbeat book, and still my favourite out of all the Xanth novels. It just has everything: romance, adventure and a smart ogre to boot! Anyone who enjoyed other Xanths novel, and anyone who enjoys unconventional fantasy novels, is bound to like this one.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This book is hilarious. Great puns. Smash is an ogre. They love to fight, the uglier the better and brains is something to be avoided. It has some great fights which shiows the strength of an ogre. Smash runs into an Eye Queue (IQ) vine and becomes smart. He regards it as a curse, as ogres are proud of their stupidity. Ogres are also soulless, emotionless creatures, and Smash is not; over the course of the adventure he becomes more and more of what we would call humanlike. Though Smash knows he is an Ogre. His adventure triggers new feelings, which at first he doesn't understand, and eventually becomes comfortable with the idea of being a soulful human being while maintaining the ability to bash someone's brain in at need. When you remeber Smash's speach panterens, you forget how horrible Ogres' are suppose to be. A must read.
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This book is the best book of all the Xanth books and should definetly be read by Xanth lovers.
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