Stephen R. Donaldson
Paperback | Pages: 654 pages Rating: 3.92 | 12913 Users | 399 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Mirror of Her Dreams |
| ISBN: | 0345459857 (ISBN13: 9780345459855) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Mordant's Need #1 |
| Characters: | Terisa Morgan, Geraden |
| Setting: | Mordant |
| Literary Awards: | Prix Julia Verlanger (1990), SFBC Award (1987) |
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With The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen R. Donaldson changed the face of fantasy fiction forever. In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the astonishing first novel in the two-volume Mordant’s Need series, Donaldson shows us a world of wondrous beauty and seductive illusion, where mirrors hold the deadliest of magics and nothing is what it seems. . . . The daughter of rich but neglectful parents, Terisa Morgan lives alone in a New York City apartment, a young woman who has grown to doubt her own existence. Surrounded by the flat reassurance of mirrors, she leads an unfulfilled life—until the night a strange man named Geraden comes crashing through one of her mirrors, on a quest to find a champion to save his kingdom of Mordant from a pervasive evil that threatens the land. Terisa is no champion. She wields neither magic nor power. And yet, much to her own surprise, when Geraden begs her to come back with him, she agrees. Now, in a culture where women are little more than the playthings of powerful men, in a castle honeycombed with secret passages and clever traps, in a kingdom threatened from without and within by enemies able to appear and vanish out of thin air, Terisa must become more than the pale reflection of a person. For the way back to Earth is closed to her. And the enemies of Mordant will stop at nothing to see her dead.Describe Containing Books The Mirror of Her Dreams (Mordant's Need #1)
| Title | : | The Mirror of Her Dreams (Mordant's Need #1) |
| Author | : | Stephen R. Donaldson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 654 pages |
| Published | : | June 3rd 2003 by Del Rey (first published September 12th 1986) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.92 From 12913 Users | 399 ReviewsNotice Containing Books The Mirror of Her Dreams (Mordant's Need #1)
I chose this book because the author was said to have redefined the Fantasy genre ... and since I write fantasies, I thought it a good idea to check this one out. While the world was compelling and the plot was interesting, I could not get over my dislike for the main character. Teresa was weird at first, and her sense of detachment to the world was a little sympathetic -- but I stress "at first." As the plot continued forward, I grew to hate her. Midway through the book, I wanted to bash myI first read this book about 15 years ago and it's still one of my top favorite fantasy novels today. When the book opens Terisa Morgan is a beautiful girl, living in a busy city but she feels cut off from the rest of humanity. She has no close friends, no family that really care about her, no ties to anyone- and that lack has left a deep impression on her. It's gotten so bad that Terisa has covered her entire apartment in mirrors and she spends hours sitting in front of them, trying to prove to
I loved this 2 book series. As always, the main requirement of crisp well-defined characters has been met. The storyline is unique (to me) and I totally relate to the main character, which as I have read in other reviews totally irritates many of the other readers... explains alot on other peoples irritation for me through the years (I guess). (I also relate to her counterpart lead character) But yet I totally understand the feeling of invisibility... the struggle... the feeling of having
This is one of my favourite two-part series, which is interesting because the main character is not really that likeable of a person. She's indecisive, easily pushed around and a bit of a whiner. That being said, it makes sense that she is these things because of the way she was raised and for some reason, it made me want to see her come into her own.I think it's the universe that is the most interesting to me. To be able to travel between worlds via mirrors was something I always pretended was
One of the most problematic reads I have ever picked up. It ended up in my trash can. Never. Again.
Really enjoyed this. New York girl who is from a wealthy family but leads a nothing life is transported to Mordant - a land being threatened by two neighbour who seek control of the cadre of Imagers who reside there. Is she there by accident or is she really their saviour ?? Aided by the accident prone apprentice Geraden the heroine battles all the intrigues of Court, the assassins sent to silence her, the smooth talking rogue Eremis and tries to fathom why the brilliant King sits idly by whilst
After 11/22/63, I needed a palate cleanser. Something I didn't have to worry about too much. This book--which I first read back in junior high or high school--fit the bill perfectly. It's a fat, fluffy, fantasy novel and you know it's all going to come right in the end. What I didn't remember (this is a recurring theme with books I revisit as an adult) is quite how sexist the whole thing was. I'm not going to complain about Terisa's passivity; he made a good case for why she is the way she is,
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