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Slaves of Volcano God (Cineverse Cycle) Paperback – August 14, 1989

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3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 37 ratings
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  1. Language
    English
  2. Publisher
    Headline
  3. Publication date
    August 14, 1989
  4. ISBN-10
    0747232830
  5. ISBN-13
    978-0747232834
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Headline (August 14, 1989)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0747232830
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0747232834
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.2 ounces
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 37 ratings

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Craig Shaw Gardner

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Craig Shaw Gardner has written bunches of books, beginning with a number of funny fantasies with names like A MALADY OF MAGICKS, SLAVES OF THE VOLCANO GOD, and THE OTHER SINBAD. His somewhat more serious books include the Dragon Circle (beginning with DRAGON SLEEPING) and the Changeling Saga (starting with THE CHANGELING WAR). He has also collected a bunch of his horror stories into a book called A COLD WIND IN JULY.

Craig is slowly but surely releasing all his old titles as e-books. He also has a new, exclusive-to-e-book series, TEMPORARY MAGIC, about the temporary employment agency that secretly controls the world. We're back in funny fantasy territory here, with books featuring ghosts, vampires, a werevole, and a somewhat annoying pooka named Bob the horse. Titles in this series include TEMPORARY MONSTERS, TEMPORARY HAUNTINGS and TEMPORARY HUMAN.

Craig has also done a whole bunch of media tie-in projects over the years, the most popular of which was the New York Times bestselling novelization of BATMAN (the Tim Burton version). As a part of this project, Craig actually got to walk around Gotham City (or at least the set at the movie studio.) Alas, they would not let him sit in the Batmobile.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cinematic Triumph
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2019
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I like Craig Shaw Gardener. His imaginative take on old tales is quite entertaining. If a snicker and a wry smile are good medicine, then Gardener is my MD!
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Nancy Sampson-Bach
4.0 out of 5 stars A great, fun romp through the tropes of movie-dom
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2014
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Re-read this after years and years and the humor and wit still hold up. The three books in the series are real gems. A great, fun romp through the tropes of movie-dom! Highly recommend these.
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Cucuburr
2.0 out of 5 stars Is it possible to have too much tropes?
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2019
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Over the top with tropes? Yep. Like adding hot peppers and concrete to a cake recipe. Crunchy and hard to swallow.
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Trace
5.0 out of 5 stars I love Mr. Gardner's writing style
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2016
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I love Mr. Gardner's writing style. I found this first book in the Cineverse cycle many years ago. This just completes my collection.
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Daniel Firli
4.0 out of 5 stars See You In The Funny Pages![....]
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2002
Join Roger and his mighty Captain Crusader Decoder Ring as it takes his for a journey to the Cineverse in search of his kidnapped love, Delores. The Cineverse is the home of all the B-Movies where the laws of 'Movie Magic' apply. See Roger at his heroically sidekick best as he runs from Cowboys, Pirates, Jungle Natives and the really evil Dr Dread. The first in a series, this book is great fun to read, it's not side-splittingly funny, but is really amusing. Now i'm going to have to track down the next in the series. Well recommended.
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Austenparker
1.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2005
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This isn't a terrible book with hideous plot holes & rampant spelling errors. And, perhaps, to give Gardner his due, if one has seen many B-Movies of the 30s, 40s & 50s, the humor would be more apparent.

That said, a reasonably competent 14-year-old boy could have written this book. The jokes are obvious, the humor & situations forced. I picked this up hoping for a pale shadow of the humor by other masters such as Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - and Gardner falls seriously short of this mark. He may be compared to the latter (and worst) efforts of Robert Aspirin - you know the ones I mean. There is no sparkling wit, startling plot developments or well-drawn characters with defined & consistent motivations. It's a parody of an oft-lampooned genre.

His style is unremarkable, his storytelling facile & pedestrian. The idea itself is a good one - I just wish a more gifted writer worked this materiel than Mr. Gardner.

It's not a terrible book, just so completely unremarkable & badly paced that you really should skip it unless you are already a devoted Gardner fan.
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Vickey
1.0 out of 5 stars I actually picked up the trilogy because I saw a review about how funny it is
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2016
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If you're looking for a silly story that requires one brain cell to follow... this is it. I actually picked up the trilogy because I saw a review about how funny it is. It sounded intriguing... I was wrong. It's sort of a parody book, but funny, it is not. I feel like I'm trapped in the book version of Space Balls... except the movie was funny. Roger is a bumbling idiot that cares for nothing but his self-pity and his quest to save Delores. The characters are one-dimensional and utterly uninteresting. Usually I can find one character to like and identify with, but not here.My honest opinion is that if you can't get the books for free, don't waste your time.... unless you need something to put you to sleep.
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Ade
5.0 out of 5 stars I thoroughly recommend this and his "Arabian nights" re-telling (whenever that becomes ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2015
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This is the first book in a trilogy that made me smile back in my childhood. I thoroughly recommend this and his "Arabian nights" re-telling (whenever that becomes available).
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