Wednesday, April 24, 2013

So You Want To Be A Wizard by Diane Duane


Prologue
What is Nita's life like?  Who are the members of her family?  Who likes and doesn't like her?
Vocabulary:
belligerant (2)
jeering (5)
practitioner (9)
aptitude (11)
circuitos (20)

Preliminary Exercises
Can you explain what Fred is?  How did he enter our story?  How might he be useful?
Vocabulary:
undaunted (39)
hierarchy (40)
somber (51)
canopy (61)
malevolent (67)

Research and Development
Why is "The Book of Night and Moon" important to wizards?  What purpose does it have?
Vocabulary:
strain (86)
mournful (92)
amiable (96)
improvise (114)
yaunt (118)

Temporospatial Claudications
What changes had to be made to their original plan?  Why?  What problems can happen because of changes in a spell?
Vocabulary:
pertinent (119)
emit (125)
musingly (130)
blight (132)
amend (137)

Exocontinual Protocols
How have the familiar parts of New York City changed in this alternate place?  How have the characters powers changed?
Vocabulary:
sullen (179)
inane (185)
anguish (188)
cadence (192)
statuary (205)
frantic (209)

Entropics
What do we know about our antagonist in this story?  How is he described?  What does he want?
Vocabulary:
wince (213)
utmost (217)
feral (223)
ominous (228)
oppulent (233)

Contractual Magic
How were they able to retrieve the book?  What deal did they have to make?  Explain what they had to do.
Vocabulary:
scorn (252)
consoling (256)
molder (277)
hoard (279)

Major Wizardries
How were Nita and Kit able to put things right?  What cost did they have to pay?  Do you think it was worth it?
Vocabulary:
reminiscent (297)
benevolent (300)
clarity (305)
remnant (315)

Timeheart
After reading this, can you explain what entropy is?  Why is it important as an idea in this book?
Vocabulary:
warily (362)
severe (368)

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