Title: Subtle sarcasm
Product review: This is a very silly book. It's not for everyone. Basically, this book pretends to be a travelers' guide in order to sarcastically point out all of the clichés that we expect to occur in magical-fantasy novels. If you read a whole lot of campy fantasy novels, and/or are unable to not take them too seriously, then this information might be too much common knowledge to be enjoyable. Also, the author is British, which means the humor is very subtle.This book might be for you if you're the type who likes to read itemized encyclopedias that officialy define all of the people, places, and things of your favorite fantasy series du jour. The best use of this book, however, would be by prospective authors who wish to intentionally avoid writing yet another clichéd story. Note that everything in this book may also apply to D&D; adventures if you're so inclined (which makes sense if you consider D&D;'s inspirations).
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