JANUARY 12, 2017 // 3
Author Terry Brooks to speak about Shannara book series
CANNON BEACH — The
Northwest Author Series
will host Cannon Beach
resident and world famous
fantasy author Terry Brooks
for its next program at 2
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14 at
the Cannon Beach Library,
located at 131 N. Hemlock
St. The event is free and the
public is welcome to attend.
Brooks will talk about
his Shannara book series
and the MTV television
miniseries adaptation, “The
Shannara Chronicles.”
Brooks writes mainly
epic fantasy and has also
written two movie novel-
izations. He has written 23
New York Times best-
sellers during his writing
career and has over 21
million copies of his books
in print. An alumnus of
Hamilton College with a
Bachelor of Arts in English
literature, and later a prac-
ticing attorney, he is now a
full-time prolific writer.
The Shannara book
series consists of over 25
novels and counting, but is
based on an original tril-
ogy published from 1977
to 1985: “The Sword of
Shannara,” “The Elfstones
of Shannara” and “The
Wishsong of Shannara.”
Set in a fantasy world
that exists long after our
own world has been de-
stroyed in a nuclear war,
the Shannara series tells of
how humans have evolved
into several “races” —
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Terry Brooks’ fi rst Shannara
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Shannara,” published in 1977.
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The first novel of the
original trilogy, which
took Brooks seven years
to write, chronicles the
adventures of the brothers
Shea and Flick Ohmsford
in their quest to retrieve the
sword of Shannara to de-
feat the Warlock Lord who
threatens the Four Lands.
The second novel, “The
Elfstones,” follows Shea’s
grandson, Wil Ohmsford,
as he aids the endangered
elven nation, helping it
survive a horde of demons
coming through a sealed-
off dimension. The third
novel, “The Wishsong,”
details the quest of Jair
and Brin Ohmsford, the
children of Wil, to save the
Four Lands from the evil
magic within a tome called
the Ildatch.
The television series
“The Shannara Chronicles”
premiered in the U.S. in
January 2016 and focuses
primarily on “The Elf-
stones” novel, with some
elements of the other nov-
els being gradually adapted
into the show. The filming
of the 10-episode season
occurred in New Zealand .
The series was nominated
to a 42nd Saturn Awards
for Best Fantasy TV Series
for the 2015-16 season.
In June 2017, Brooks
will see the publication of
the beginning of his new
quadrology, “The Fall of
Shannara.”