Some accused Brooks of lifting the entire plot and many of his characters directly from Tolkien's work others praised its execution despite the lack of originality. Critics derided the novel for being derivative of J. The Sword of Shannara 's success significantly boosted the commercial prospects of the fantasy literary genre.

Ballantine Books published the novel and used it to launch the company's new subsidiary Del Rey Books. The novel contains themes of mundane heroism and nuclear holocaust throughout.īrooks wrote The Sword of Shannara over seven years, during which time he also attended law school. The other plot shadows Prince Balinor Buckhannah's attempt to oust his insane brother Palance from the throne of Callahorn while the country and its capital (Tyrsis) come under attack from overwhelming armies of the Warlock Lord. One follows the protagonist Shea Ohmsford on his quest to gain the Sword of Shannara and use it to confront the Warlock Lord (the antagonist). The novel interweaves two major plots into a fictional world called The Four Lands. It is the first book in a titular trilogy. OL5683445W Page_number_confidence 98.11 Pages 742 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.19 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 References Wilson's Senior High School Wilson's Fiction School Library Journal Republisher_date 20220823003310 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 2371 Scandate 20220811125237 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780329051167 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 5.The Sword of Shannara is a 1977 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks.

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