- Paperback: 268 pages
- Publisher: Orbit (1 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841490776
- ISBN-13: 978-1841490779
- Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 17.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 671,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Blindingly funny, deeply subversive' THE GUARDIAN 'A pulp fiction hero par excellence' SFX 'Funny and engaging. I laughed aloud' STARBURST 'Wonderful plotting, and the jokes come thick and fast ... This is funny. Really funny' BLACK TEARS 'A fantastic read. I really, really enjoyed this book ... Definitely one to watch out for' THE ALIEN HAS LANDED
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'A pulp fiction hero par excellence'
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As usual with a Thraxas book, this one starts slow and then rockets headlong to a terrific climax.
This time Thraxas has been given the task of Officiating at the election of a new head Sorcerer. His task is to prevent anything ontoward happening to Turai's local candidate. What his main objective is however, is to make sure the candidate wins by any means necessary.
What follows is a manic ride as dirty senators and drunken sorcerers (and the occasional murder) all attempt to distract him from his task.
This book was even funnier than the last and has one of the funniest drinking contests in print..
Bravo.
This time Thraxas has been given the task of Officiating at the election of a new head Sorcerer. His task is to prevent anything ontoward happening to Turai's local candidate. What his main objective is however, is to make sure the candidate wins by any means necessary.
What follows is a manic ride as dirty senators and drunken sorcerers (and the occasional murder) all attempt to distract him from his task.
This book was even funnier than the last and has one of the funniest drinking contests in print..
Bravo.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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"Thraxas and the Sorcerers" makes it an even five for chronicler Martin Millar, employing his *nom de plume* Martin Scott. Once again, it's Thraxas, our reliably obese, cynical and philosophical pulp fiction hero eking a living down these mean streets, etc...in magical, politically demented fantasy metropolis Turai, home of corruption, and an almost successor to Ankh-Morpork.
Nonetheless, "Thraxas and the Sorcerers" is the standard Thraxas fair; the intriguing, diplomatically-steeped intertwining mysteries (disappointingly, only two this time...); the recurring characters with complex personalities and confusingly similar names; the satiric jabs at both contemporary Earth, the stereotypic Fantasyland, and a convoluted alternate history on ancient Rome; witty, sardonic, dry one-liners; and Thraxas's persistent requirment of a bloodstream of perpetually effervescing alcohol... Yes, it's enough to make you grasp the pages grimly, and hold tight to see how the brilliantly quirky Sherlockian makes it out alive, once again. Disdainfully, however, the Thracas tomes are becoming increasingly similar (refer to "Thraxas" and "Thraxas and the Races" for confirmation after reading this one); there are the duplicitous politics, the bizarre characterisations, the similar antagonists, the almost uneventful over-use of sorcery and magic ("majick" for bonafide users), and the embittered soliloquizing of the series' champion. After five novels, it might be becoming, seemingly, vaguely stale. Still, Thraxas is to the rescue, and if you permit yourself the luxury of burying yourself in the novel's complexities, than perhaps you'll come out beaming...just like I did.
Nonetheless, "Thraxas and the Sorcerers" is the standard Thraxas fair; the intriguing, diplomatically-steeped intertwining mysteries (disappointingly, only two this time...); the recurring characters with complex personalities and confusingly similar names; the satiric jabs at both contemporary Earth, the stereotypic Fantasyland, and a convoluted alternate history on ancient Rome; witty, sardonic, dry one-liners; and Thraxas's persistent requirment of a bloodstream of perpetually effervescing alcohol... Yes, it's enough to make you grasp the pages grimly, and hold tight to see how the brilliantly quirky Sherlockian makes it out alive, once again. Disdainfully, however, the Thracas tomes are becoming increasingly similar (refer to "Thraxas" and "Thraxas and the Races" for confirmation after reading this one); there are the duplicitous politics, the bizarre characterisations, the similar antagonists, the almost uneventful over-use of sorcery and magic ("majick" for bonafide users), and the embittered soliloquizing of the series' champion. After five novels, it might be becoming, seemingly, vaguely stale. Still, Thraxas is to the rescue, and if you permit yourself the luxury of burying yourself in the novel's complexities, than perhaps you'll come out beaming...just like I did.
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And very enjoyable too. Martin Scott's original blend of humour and fantasy works very well for me. Quirky, and with a human touch.
And very enjoyable too. Martin Scott's original blend of humour and fantasy works very well for me. Quirky, and with a human touch.
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