Libriomancer
by:
Jim C. Hines (author)
Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach into books and draw forth objects. When Isaac is attacked by vampires that leaked from the pages of books into our...
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Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach into books and draw forth objects. When Isaac is attacked by vampires that leaked from the pages of books into our world, he barely manages to escape. To his horror he discovers that vampires have been attacking other magic-users as well, and Gutenberg has been kidnapped. With the help of a motorcycle-riding dryad who packs a pair of oak cudgels, Isaac finds himself hunting the unknown dark power that has been manipulating humans and vampires alike. And his search will uncover dangerous secrets about Libriomancy, Gutenberg, and the history of magic. . . .
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780756407391 (0756407397)
Publish date: August 7th 2012
Publisher: DAW
Pages no: 308
Edition language: English
For me this is one of those "it's really good but..." reads. Fantastically written, edited and plotted. Smudge, of course, rules the pages and steals the scenes. Great characterisations too. I was able to lose myself in the story and forget for brief moments the back pain that has left me hobbl...
Review: Oh, I just loved this book, weaknesses notwithstanding! "Libriomancy was in many ways a lazy man’s magic. There were no wands, no fancy spells, no ancient incantations. No hand-waving or runes. Nothing but the words on the page, the collective belief of the readers, and the libriomancer’...
Series: Magic Ex Libris #1 This book definitely breaks the fourth wall. Smudge, Isaac’s pet fire-spider, originates in another book by Hines from which he is pulled into the “real world” using libriomancy. Overall I’d say the book was entertaining although I didn’t find the story absorbing. The...
Libriomancer is a great book. Note that this is my opinion. It introduces a fabulous and (to me) new way to use magic, and it deals with (how surprising) books and people who do wonderful stuff with them. And people who do less than wonderful stuff too. Books, vampires, dryads and automatons, anyo...
Book One in the Magic Ex Libris series. Let me begin by saying that I will need to get Book Two. I really enjoyed my read. Isaac Vainio is a libriomancer forbidden to practice his craft unless it's a dire emergency. Needless to say, the book starts off with a dire emergency. :) So what's ...
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