Wishing Season
by Esther M. Friesner
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This is really a short comic fantasy novel and its sequel. At the halfway point, most plot threads are resolved, there's a jump in time, a major shift in character focus, etc. The comedy is very broad, and the plot positively Wodehousian at times. The first story gets 3 stars with its convoluted tale of starcrossed lovers, but the second gets just 1 star. It has too many pauses for explanations and backstories, too much reliance on comic stereotypes rather than characters, and a plot resolution that was last viable, if at all, in the 1950's. Read the first story. Feel free to move on to better Friesner books at the midpoint.
A light romp in the world of genies and magic. There can be such a thing as too many wishes — but you should always be careful what you wish for. Fun read.
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- Canonical title
- Wishing Season
- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters
- Haroun; Khalid; Tamar; Nur; Boabdil; Rashid (show all 7); Masud
- Dedication
- To all my cats, past and present:
Benny, Cutesella I and II,
Paddington, Oliver James, and Nero. - First words
- Horrible in power, terrifying in face and form, mightier than all the armies of the earth, the genie Ishmael streamed from the gem of King Soloman's ring and hung the sky behind his awful person with curtains of fire and ligh... (show all)tning.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Who could wish for more?"
- Blurbers
- D'Ammassa, Don; Bunnell, John
- Disambiguation notice
- This is a different work from Wishing Season (Dragonflight) [ISBN 0689315740]. This book contains Wishing Season (Dragonflight) and a sequel story.
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- English, German
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