The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks ****

You know those kind of books that are pretty neutral (you can't decide whether it's good or bad), this is not one one of them, OK (unless you are a Lord of the Rings rights lawyer like some people whose reviews I read)? This is a (hmmmmm, I know!) pretty good fantasy book like, um (there's that no-idea problem again), a (a a a beatnik, yeah a beatnik! I sound like a beatnik!) Fablehaven book (see the review I did)! (end of commentary)

(now for the book)The Sword of Shannara is a different time fantasy book. It is set in our world centuries after a huge war destroying most of the technology and the people. One of the future ancestors of one of those who survived the war meets a legendary helper of the people who says that only he (yes, it's a boy) can save his world from becoming under the control of a guy who's supposed to be dead.