Terry Brooks

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Image:Brooks.gif Terry Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is a writer of fantasy fiction. Terry Brooks mainly writes high fantasy, and has also written several movie novelizations.

He is an alumnus of Hamilton College, obtaining his B.A. in English Literature in 1966. He later obtained a J.D. from Washington and Lee University. Before becoming an author he was a practicing attorney.

His first novel, The Sword of Shannara, was an immediate bestseller, but some critics accused Brooks of having plagiarized the plot from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings — something that he strenuously denies. The chief similarity is that it is a heroic fantasy featuring various races who form an alliance against a dark lord and set out on a quest to defeat him.

Contents 1 Book list 1.1 Shannara series 1.2 Magic Kingdom of Landover series 1.3 The Word & the Void series 1.4 Untitled Pre-Shannara series 1.5 Novelizations 1.6 Other 2 External links

Book list

Shannara series

The Sword of Shannara Trilogy

1. First King of Shannara (prelude) (1996)
2. The Sword of Shannara (1977)
3. The Elfstones of Shannara (1982)
4. The Wishsong of Shannara (1985)

The Heritage of Shannara Tetralogy

1. The Scions of Shannara (1990)
2. The Druid of Shannara (1991)
3. The Elf Queen of Shannara (1992)
4. The Talismans of Shannara (1993)

The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara

1. Ilse Witch (2000)
2. Antrax (2001)
3. Morgawr (2002)

High Druid of Shannara

1. Jarka Ruus (2003)
2. Tanequil (2004)
3. Straken (2005)

Shannara related

• The World of Shannara (2001)
• Indomitable (2003) (short story published in anthology "Legends II")

Magic Kingdom of Landover series

1. Magic Kingdom For Sale -- SOLD! (1986)
2. The Black Unicorn (1987)
3. Wizard at Large (1988)
4. The Tangle Box (1994)
5. Witches' Brew (1995)

The Word & the Void series

1. Running with the Demon (1997)
2. A Knight of the Word (1998)
3. Angel Fire East (1999)

Untitled Pre-Shannara series

1. Armageddon's Children (2006)

Novelizations

• Hook (1991)
• Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)

Other

• Imaginary Friends (1991) (short story published in anthology "Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales"
• The Writers Complete Fantasy Reference: An Indispensable Compendium of Myth and Magic (Writer's Digest Books, 2000), with Michael J. Varhola
• Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life (2003)

External links

• Terry Brooks official site
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