And lo on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:41:33 -0000, Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at  
vtSPAM.edu"> did spake, saying:

> Dan Byers wrote:
>> Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:
>>> Hmm, maybe Brook's Magic Kingdom For Sale. Heinlein's Glory Road comes
>>> to mind, too.
>>
>> I grew up on Brooks' "Shannara" series (LOTR for dummies, like me).   
>> Never read
>> the "Magic Kingdom" series, though.  I was under the impression that was
>> fantasy, not sci-fi...
>
> It's been ages since I read it. I just recalled the start of it,
> something about an amulet that transported a person from a spot just a
> few miles up the road from me into another world.
>
> Guess the difference in that is if it's science that transports him,
> it's fantastical scifi. If it's magic, it's fantasy. Guess I need to
> re-read it and find out.

I'd put the series in the same fantasy category as the Xanth series, which  
it resembles closely.

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