In the third book, The Wishsong of Shannara, it is hinted that magic may be gone and replaced by something else, possibly by the sciences of old. It clearly hints that the creature is based on the old world's artificial intelligence. The next link is the robotic monster that attacks the party on the way from Culhaven to Paranor. Also he mentions that the Druids of old (First Druid Order) were initially trying to recover old sciences, not magic. The Great Wars are first mentioned in The Sword Of Shannara, where Allanon re-tells the past history of the world to the Ohmsford brothers. The world of Shannara is initially described as post-apocalyptic.

Both involved castastrophic endings for the old world.

It just seemed so logical when I thought about it. It was an idea that came about when I started thinking about where to take Word/Void next. Had you always planned to tie Word/Void into Shannara? Or was that more of a happy accident? This suggests that there was possibly intended to be a connection, but is basically contradicted in the AMA chat from March 2013: There is a small connection, but I have left it vague on purpose. Had you always planned from the beginning to connect the Word and the Void books with the Shannara books?Īnswer (Which gives the vague 'yes there was' sense):Ģ.Not exactly.

I enjoyed the hell out of the Genesis trilogy - it's a toss up between that and Elfstones for my favorite of yours.

After a little more digging around, I found a couple of links that referred me to a couple of reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions with Terry Brooks from 20, so the answer is: Mostly NO

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