About this title: There was fire on Earth before the fire god came. There has always been fire.What the fire god, gave to mankind was madness ...They burned the city when Whandall Placehold was two. And then again when he was seven. The fire god possessed one of the lordkin, the lust for fire took hold and the burning began. Whandall was himself one of the lordkin, but his insatiable curiosity about the hostile natural world and about the different peoples who surrounded him, allied to his intelligence and courage, marked him out for something more than burning down his own city. And when he felt the fire god ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria Books
Date Published: 03/2000
ISBN-13:9780671036607ISBN:0671036602
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 512 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780671036607ISBN:0671036602
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780671036614ISBN:0671036610
Description: Very Good. 0671036610 Mass market paperback, previously read used book in very good condition, may have slight worn corners and varying degre..._ read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780671036614ISBN:0671036610
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine creases and cover wear. A good reading copy. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 609 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780671036607ISBN:0671036602
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Like new book and jacket. Remainder mark bottom edge. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 512 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atria
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780671036607ISBN:0671036602
Description: Good in Good jacket. First Edition. 283-Z-Add Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780671036614ISBN:0671036610
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. cover wear. all pages very readable. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 609 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Set in Larry Niven's world of The Magic Goes Away, story follows Whandall Placehold as he grows up in Tep's Town, a city where the fire-god Yangin-Atep rules and alternately protects the city's denizens and allows his followers to go on a massive arson-spree called "the Burning".
The characters are well thought out and the plot is very engaging - you really get into the mind of Whandall and feel like you know him. The class structure set up with Lords, Lordkin, and Kinless is interesting and the historical derivation of the structure gets explained as the story progresses.
The fantasy plotline is believable, innovative, and keeps you reading. I've read this a couple times and am planning to keep it around for a future read or two."
"I think I'm just not a Larry Niven fan. This book like the other two I've read was just okay. So much of it seems absolutely boring to me and it takes me ages to get through the book because I'm just not jazzed up to read it.
The climax of the book really wasn't that climatic, sort of like the rest of the book."
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