The Otherworld Trilogy

July 24, 2013

I’ll say it again: Made-up words in a hard-to-read font? Just asking for trouble.

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red

11 years ago

Curiously, this “Omnibus” Edition contains only three of the four volumes of the Otherworld Trilogy (if that’s what a Frijogg is).

Kris

11 years ago

I cannot read any of this crap.

hotclaws

11 years ago

Gezundheit

Anninyn

11 years ago

Ah, taking ‘keysmash’ route to naming fantasy novels.

I bet all the characters are called things like ‘Wyt’rrt-gtbvc’.

Howard

11 years ago

Imagine what it would be like if the whole book was laid out in this font!

Lauren

11 years ago

Those were words? I thought it was some sort of star map.

Sara

11 years ago

Don’t trash it unless you read it. I loved the trilogy as well as the bonus book

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Nathan

11 years ago

Reply to Sara

Good for you. Doesn’t change the fact that the cover is nigh unreadable.

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