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The Door Into Fire The Tale of the Five #1 Diane Duane 9780812536713 Books

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The Door Into Fire The Tale of the Five #1 Diane Duane 9780812536713 Books

(I am not a native speaker, please overlook my style)

If you just love action-packed, breathtaking sword and sorcery, this is not a book you might be willing to buy, going through the trouble of digging in second hand book stores.

The plot itself is rather thin and would barely fill the first three chapters of any other book; it is not original and therefore easy to guess in advance.

What makes this book worth reading is the author's attempt at establishing a very different kind of world animated by its own, highly original, rules.

In this world, created by a powerful but fallible (and therefore very endearing) goddess who loves her creation but is aware of its flaws, magic is the ultimate result of harmony: that between the sorcerer/ess 's will and nature. Only through real understanding can a person achieve real power.

This concept and many other throughout the book may sound very wiccan, but just take a short look at the original publishing date to realize that Ms Duane follows no literary fashion but establishes her own.

Herewiss' (the main hero) quest for his birthright blue fire magic is a phylosophical journey to awareness: though charming and beautiful, he is also self willed and sometimes even dense.

The other characters of this first volume are more functional than really well rounded, with the possible exception of Sunspark, who is deeply entertaining.

Ms Duane's writing is never easy and not always proficient: some theoretical pages tend to be a bit convolute and dull, but generally speaking she manages to express her idea(l)s in clear, challenging paragraphs. Some are even lyrical, deeply moving: one really feels the depth of her motives even if one does not share them.

A word of caution for touchy people: there is a lot of sex in this book, never graphic, but it is not only essential in the author's Weltanschauung but for the plot too.

Every single character (even the goddess) has a very no nonsense attitude regarding any kind of mating: Herewiss is deeply in love with another man, a childhood friend, but both of them "share" with other people following their instincts.

In Ms Duane's world this is perfectly allright because the goddess encourages any kind of love and once in a while she descends among her creatures to share her love with them.

An interesting book, worth reading because of its depth. Therefore the four stars.


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The Door Into Fire The Tale of the Five #1 Diane Duane 9780812536713 Books Reviews

As the Tale of the Five continues, Duane takes readers to the dotted line between Good and Evil, and leaves the matter squarely where it should be both sides of the coin are what you make of them or believe them to be.
I was unable to get this book from the library and am so glad that I own it.
This universe is complex and interesting.
i was a fan of duane's first few wizard books, so i picked this up. i guess i'm in a minority here, but i wasn't very impressed w/ this book. granted, it was one of duane's earliest efforts, but the plot is predictable and book lays on the mythology really thick. also, duane's dialogue feels out of place with its constant, very american-sounding vernacular. there are just a few interesting twists. the most interesting is the way she explores sex and sexuality, and the ideas of open relationships, bisexuality, and sex in relation to religion. it's also nice to see a (mostly) homosexual character in the main role, but the last herald mage series by mercedes lackey is much more poignant. be aware that this edition (1984) is a revised edition and slightly diff. from the original 1979 edition.
great book
Everything I wrote in my review of the Door into Fire (pls. see) can be repeated for the second part of this most atypical fantasy serial.

Its main strength lies in the fascinating world created by Ms Duane, its main charm in the detailed depiction of characters who think much more than they act.

In this second part the author seems to concentrate on Segnbora, a multilayered, faceted woman very different from the usual she-warrior; Ms Duane uses her to let us into a much deeper insight of her personal phylosophy (weltanschauung) and manages to keep the reader's interest high.

On the other hand she neglects all the others, even the lovely Sunspark, whose wit was one of the main asset of the first part. The loss is painful, especially because the "others" were so endearing in the first volume. As a consequence every time Segnbora is not involved the story becomes slow, sometimes it even drags.

Hardly an excusable mistake considering the years Ms Duane allowed herself to write the three volumes (the fourth is at the time still unpublished).
(I am not a native speaker, please overlook my style)

If you just love action-packed, breathtaking sword and sorcery, this is not a book you might be willing to buy, going through the trouble of digging in second hand book stores.

The plot itself is rather thin and would barely fill the first three chapters of any other book; it is not original and therefore easy to guess in advance.

What makes this book worth reading is the author's attempt at establishing a very different kind of world animated by its own, highly original, rules.

In this world, created by a powerful but fallible (and therefore very endearing) goddess who loves her creation but is aware of its flaws, magic is the ultimate result of harmony that between the sorcerer/ess 's will and nature. Only through real understanding can a person achieve real power.

This concept and many other throughout the book may sound very wiccan, but just take a short look at the original publishing date to realize that Ms Duane follows no literary fashion but establishes her own.

Herewiss' (the main hero) quest for his birthright blue fire magic is a phylosophical journey to awareness though charming and beautiful, he is also self willed and sometimes even dense.

The other characters of this first volume are more functional than really well rounded, with the possible exception of Sunspark, who is deeply entertaining.

Ms Duane's writing is never easy and not always proficient some theoretical pages tend to be a bit convolute and dull, but generally speaking she manages to express her idea(l)s in clear, challenging paragraphs. Some are even lyrical, deeply moving one really feels the depth of her motives even if one does not share them.

A word of caution for touchy people there is a lot of sex in this book, never graphic, but it is not only essential in the author's Weltanschauung but for the plot too.

Every single character (even the goddess) has a very no nonsense attitude regarding any kind of mating Herewiss is deeply in love with another man, a childhood friend, but both of them "share" with other people following their instincts.

In Ms Duane's world this is perfectly allright because the goddess encourages any kind of love and once in a while she descends among her creatures to share her love with them.

An interesting book, worth reading because of its depth. Therefore the four stars.