Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore
My low rating of 2022’s Battle of the Linguist Mages comes from the distance between my anticipation of this book based on its excellent title, and the reality of reading it. I think people who like watching other people play video games will enjoy this book. I don’t, and so I didn’t. Your mileage, as we say, may vary.
Battle of the Linguist Mages is filled with awesome ideas. Here are a few:
- a “battle language” that changes reality
- extraterrestrials who live in human consciousness as punctuation marks
- a powerful,
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Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
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