Diane Duane 📚 log(book)

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The last time I was up to date with reviews was 2022-01-31. Since then, 288/570 books (50.5%) have been reviewed. We'll get there … eventually.

Books by Diane Duane

High Wizardry

by Diane Duane · published 1990 · read 2016-05-08

★★★★★

Wow. Easily my favourite book of the series so far.

The Door Into Fire

by Diane Duane · published 1979 · read 2019-11-15

★★★★★

I loved The Door Into Fire by Diane Duane a whole lot. It's incredibly character-focused fantasy, to the point of reminding me strongly of Lois McMaster Bujold for its strong characters and Ursula Le Guin for its sensitive, almost lyr

A Wizard of Mars

by Diane Duane · published 2010 · read 2016-05-17

★★★★☆

I loved this one. Even if you're not a space nut, or not a real sci-fi fan, I suspect this book will really work for you. The combination of space, and magic, and physics, and human and alien conflict, sprinkled with a bit of time line tech

The Door Into Shadow

by Diane Duane · published 1984 · read 2020-04-30

★★★★☆

Brutal, in a good way. Incredible character-building. Story arc is so Duane that you'd recognise it anywhere, but let's not pretend that this is a bad thing.

A Wizard Alone

by Diane Duane · published 2002 · read 2016-05-12

★★★★☆

This one was again much better, and illustrates a lot of the reasons I enjoy this series. I love how Duane deals with autism here, in many ways. I love how she takes care to take it seriously, and doesn't paint it as a defect. Kit has diffi

So You Want to Be a Wizard

by Diane Duane · published 1983 · read 2016-05-05

★★★★☆

I really loved this book - it reminded me of Harry Potter, naturally, but better written and better thought-out. Magic actually has a system, people have motivations and actions have actual consequences.

Spock’s World

by Diane Duane · published 1988 · read 2022-09-03

★★★★☆

Diane Duane can write anything, as long as she's allowed to bring some mysticism into it. Spock's World combines Vulkan's history (and pre-history) with present-day problems and well-known characters into a wonderful adventure. As always in

Wizards at War

by Diane Duane · published 2005 · read 2016-05-15

★★★☆☆

While there was a lot of action, the book still dragged on and on for me. I liked the recurring characters, and even the resolution, but I didn't care for the pacing, and while the dangers and risks sounded dire, they didn't feel like it. N

A Wizard Abroad

by Diane Duane · published 1993 · read 2016-05-09

★★★☆☆

Nita goes to Ireland - it felt less important, somehow, and just like following a pattern. But since the pattern is good, I still enjoyed reading it.

The Door into Sunset

by Diane Duane · published 1992 · read 2021-04-14

★★★☆☆

Silly me, I assumed that this series was a trilogy. This book was published in 1992 and doesn't wrap up the series. There were some news on the final volume in 2018/2019, nothing since then. Sad stuff, I would have loved a real ending, and

The Wizard’s Dilemma

by Diane Duane · published 2001 · read 2016-05-09

★★★☆☆

Nita faces temptation … a lot. Felt like a Hiob story in many ways. She has to deal with her mother dying and learns how to change whole universes to try and deal with it. Reminded me a lot of Buffy in the same situation, only a lot younger

Deep Wizardry

by Diane Duane · published 1985 · read 2016-05-07

★★★☆☆

I liked the first book in the series a bit more, although Duane does a lot of nice world-building here, both regarding the deep ocean and the whales, and Nita's family (Dairine, mom, and dad).

Wizard’s Holiday

by Diane Duane · published 2003 · read 2016-05-13

★★☆☆☆

This was a very generic book in the series. Didn't dislike it, but... yeah