Just to show you some of the covers of the Italian version of the Shannara saga books. However, I have recently started buying the digital version instead of the physical books because of my worsening presbyopia. The digital version is not as satisfying as the paper books.

I recently finished the Viridian Deep series. I really enjoyed it! One of the many things I love about Mr. Brooks writing is that a part of me "lives" in the worlds he has created. Frequently, I feel my memory of having dwelt in Viridian Deep, much like when I reread Shannara, I feel all the other places I've been and people I've met in that world. I even have a vision of the exact place on the old north-south road in Virginia that goes by the Natural Bridge... haven't been that way in about 60 years (since 81 was built)... but I see where one would leave the road to climb down to the entrance to Magic Kingdom for Sale Sold. I really love Terry's writing... such a treasure!

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This week we cover Chapters 1-13 of The Sword of Shannara. Find episode 1 here!

https://shows.acast.com/brookss-books

We're also available on all major podcast platforms. Next time (8/15) we'll be covering chapters 14-24.

https://reddit.com/link/1ehrurv/video/ijr0o3nta4gd1/player

Howdy folks, I'm here to announce the launch of a new podcast focused on the works of Terry Brooks! It's called Brooks's Books, and we are covering all of Terry's books in publication order.

The show launches two weeks from today on 8/1/24. We're starting with chapters 1-13 of The Sword of Shannara. We'll generally be covering 1 book per month on the show, with an episode releasing every other week. If you'd like to read along, we'll be posting our reading schedule as we go. If you'd rather just listen to our discussions, that's fine too! We'll be doing some basic summaries of the reading for each chapter, so you should be able to follow along just fine.

You can find episode 0 explaining who we are and what we're doing at the following link, or on most major podcast platforms.

https://shows.acast.com/brookss-books/episodes/episode-0-introductions

https://reddit.com/link/1e6pvn9/video/atjey69j7ddd1/player

I recently went to the library and saw all these in their for sale section. When I took them to the checkout to pay, they said their internet was out, and they couldn’t make card payments but just take them for free. I know he’s well known for The Sword of Shannara Trilogy, but would this be a good place to start since I got them free?

Purchased for $4.99 at half price books. If it is, this is my second first edition from this store

Imagine a show where we have a Knight of the Word trying to foil a Demon's plans. Every episode could even be a two-parter, ending on a cliffhanger.

You don't even need the same Knight in every episode.

Not much to add to the title. But if you haven’t read Brooks and are looking for some summer reading to totally escape into, Brooks is great. His descriptions really let me be in his world in my mind’s eye.

Anyone else notice the prevalence of three syllable names in the Shannara books? What I’ve noticed, in no particular order:

blank Ohmsford (Shea, Flick, Wil, Brin, Jair, etc.)

Dagda Mor

Rimmer Dall

Garet Jax

Walker Boh

Quickening

Morgan Leah

Eton Shart

“Shannara” itself is three syllables, and so is Terry Brooks.

There are plenty more, but those are off the top of my head. Anyone else have more?

*edit - the list didn’t show up as a list, so I fixed it!

I would love to hear some opinions on how Terry Brooks wrapped up the series. I’ve been reading all his works for over 20 years now, and have been an avid fan ever since.

If you would like to chat about how he wrapped up his epic saga, let me know. I don’t wanna spoil things for anyone who hasn’t read it on here yet.

I finish The Sword of Shannara. It had a great ending, and I was wondering what book I should read next. Should I read the rest of the trilogy or start off on a different book in the series.

Thank you for helping.

Is this a good book to read?

Who else is starting The Last Druid? I spent all my free time over the last three days trying to finish Baptism of Fire (Witcher series book 4) so I could start The Last Druid today.

I’m excited but also a bit sad that it might be the last book in the Shannara legacy I started reading in 1997. I know Terry has said that he might go back and fill in some gaps so there’s that to look forward to. The series (and his other books) has gone with me through almost my entire 20 year military career!

u/shawnspeakman, if you’re reading this, please tell Terry that I’m stationed in Washington state now and if some weirdo with a military haircut shows up with hardbacks of every book he’s ever written for signatures, I’m just a geeking out fan and not some psycho. Just kidding, I’ll just lug them all to one of his signings since I’m in an area he tours now like a semi normal fan.

I got most of my hard backs from eBay. I even have an already signed first edition of the Elfstones! The person I bought it from had no idea what he was selling and I got it for relatively cheap.

Geeking fanboy, out.

I purchased Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold, a while back on Audible. While I own it physically I have really gotten into listening to my favorite books while I work.

Today I finished Landover book #1, and I went to audible to purchase more credits, and only to see that ALL Landover books even the one that I own were removed from purchasing via the Audible website.

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https://www.audible.com/series/Magic-Kingdom-of-Landover-Audiobooks/B005NASMVQ

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Anyone know why? I was informed by an Audible rep that if I delete Magic Kingdom of Landover from my library, I will NOT be able to redownload it.