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Review title: He should've kept his name to himself
Product review: As if stock characters, stock plot, and a plodding pace weren't enough, Mr. Aamodt's amateurish style makes this paperback a long, long, long 265 pages that should have been about 30. Mr. Aamodt takes no interest in such piddling matters as relevance, consistency, point-of-view, or tone. There are long passages that do nothing to advance what little story there is; the main character has a "sixth sense" that follows no rules other than the author's whim; and the style is so riddled with cute cliches and tired expressions it makes one long for the fresh witticisms of a high school detention hall. There's a cover blurb from Craig Shaw Gardner, but Mr. Gardner seems to have taken the Stephen King route: supply the blurb, cash the check, and thank God he didn't actually have to read the thing. The only good I can say about "A Name to Conjure With" is that it is better than its sequel.
