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| Title | : | Sheepfarmer's Daughter (The Deed of Paksenarrion #1) |
| Author | : | Elizabeth Moon |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 506 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 2000 by Baen Books (first published June 1988) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. High Fantasy. War. Military Fiction |
Elizabeth Moon
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 506 pages Rating: 4.14 | 11130 Users | 567 Reviews
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Paksenarrion — Paks for short — is somebody special. She knows it, even if nobody else does yet. No way will she follow her father's orders to marry the pig farmer down the road. She's off to join the army, even if it means she can never see her family again.And so her adventure begins... the adventure that transforms her into a hero remembered in songs, chosen by the gods to restore a lost ruler to his throne.
Here is her tale as she lived it.
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| Original Title: | Sheepfarmer's Daughter |
| ISBN: | 0671319647 (ISBN13: 9780671319649) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Deed of Paksenarrion #1, Paksenarrion #3 |
| Characters: | Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (1989), Compton Crook Award (1989) |
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The first book in the Deed of Paksenarrion series (One noun, five sylables, instant red alert).I have to preface this by saying that I found Lord of the Ring's unbearably tedious, and that every time I read -or try to- 80's fantasy (Wheel of Time in particular) I am struck by a profound sadness that Tolkien's ludicrous Middle-England populated by gay midgets, gay elves and gay... men became the template rather than Le Guin's Earthsea.Sheepfarmer's Daughter really is eighties fantasy. A girl withI picked up "The Sheepfarmer's Daughter" because I'd heard many good things about this epic fantasy. It begins very well, establishing Paks's independence, her dedication, passion, her desire to do what is right and good.The story then devolves into a daily account of How to Become a Soldier and, once she's received her training, Paks's story moves into scene after scene of military maneuvers sans any real political groundwork. There are pages of scenery descriptions which, while they are
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.Brilliance Audio has recently been putting together some fine productions of many classic fantasy novels that deserve to be heard and I, as a reader, couldnt be happier. I dont have much free time these days, and most of my reading is now done by audio, so I was thrilled to find that I could finally listen to The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon. The first novel, Sheepfarmers Daughter, has just been released, and the rest are following quickly. (By
...So what does that leave us with. Sheepfarmer's Daughter is essentially five hundred pages of Paks going through the motions of becoming a mercenary and finding out how to be a good soldier, a lot of which is no more interesting that my average day at the office. She does what she is told, never seriously questions what she is doing and turns out to be good at pretty much everything she is required to do. In short, neither Paks, or the events described in the novel really managed captivate me.
This book (the first in a trilogy, which is also collected in an omnibus) is interesting to me primarily for its description of the main character's military training. The author is a former Marine, and as such, her creation of a female warrior has more credibility than most. However, as technically accurate as this series may be in terms of military training and strategy, it is seriously lacking in emotional resonance. The main character, Paksenarrion (Paks), never really connects emotionally
I have read and reviewed the text version of this book. My daughter got me this (and the next 2 parts of the trilogy) for Christmas this year (2010). I want to review this in that a wonderful book can be read by a "not so wonderful reader" and be then in audio form...not so wonderful. That isn't the case here. While not the best reader I've ever heard in an audio book Jennifer Van Dyck does a fine job on the book and only in a couple of places does she miss a cue or fail to carry over the
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