Jirel Of Joiry
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (807 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0441385702 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Reissue.. The fierce, proud, and relentless commander of warriors, standing tall above her enemies and simmering with rage, Jirel bids farewell to the world of treacherous men and walks through a forbidden door into Hell itself in pursuit of freedom, justice, and revenge
Moore created Jirel, ruler of Joiry, in reaction to the beefy total-testosterone blood-and-thunder tales of '30s pulp magazines, but Jirel is no anti-Conan. No loss. C. Jirel's journeys through unnatural landscapes and her battles with supernatural opponents are still wonderful to read, and though newcomers Red Sonja and Xena are more famous now, Jirel rules as the archetypal, indomitable redheaded swordswoman in chain mail and greaves, swinging her "great two-edged sword." . Indeed, in Jirel's world, beauty = decadence = corruption. L. Were these stories written today, inevitably Jirel would have a lot of hot sex, but as they were first published in Weird Tales between 1934-1939, sexual att
The first lady of swords against sorcery "Guillaume's white teeth clicked on a startled oath. He stared. Joiry's lady glared back at him from between her captors, wild red hair tousled, wild lion-yellow eyes ablaze.'God curse you!" snarled the lady of Joiry between clenched teeth. 'God blast your black heart!'"In such fashion did Jirel of Joiry, the first female protagonist in the genre now defined as sword-and-sorcery, explode from the pulp pages of Weird Tales in October of 193The first lady of swords against sorcery the_smoking_quill "Guillaume's white teeth clicked on a startled oath. He stared. Joiry's lady glared back at him from between her captors, wild red hair tousled, wild lion-yellow eyes ablaze.'God curse you!" snarled the lady of Joiry between clenched teeth. 'God blast your black heart!'"In such fashion did Jirel of Joiry, the first female protagonist in the genre now defined as sword-and-sorcery, explode from the pulp pages of Weird Tales in October of 1934. The story, "Black God's Kiss," is the first and finest o. . The story, "Black God's Kiss," is the first and finest o. "A Mercurial Barbarian Princess" according to Paul Camp. Well, now. I'm more of a Northwest Smith man, myself. But I have known some fantasy fans (mostly women) who were aficionados of the red headed Jirel of Joiry. Catherine Moore herself confessed in hindsight that Jirel was probably subconsciously the strong female character that Moore would have liked to have been. Certainly, it has been said many times over, she is the prototype of the multitude of female barbarian warrior princesses who followed her in the pulps and on film.And Jirel has her point. Lovers of Heroic Fantasy will enjoy this book! Jirel of Joiry is a haunting, powerful fantasy that takes place back in Dark Age France sometime after the fall of Rome. Jirel, with her red hair and two-handed longsword, is the literary ancestor of such present day swordwomen as Red Sonja. The stories are vibrant and bold, depicting their settings very realisticly. In alot of ways, the stories are every bit as good as Howard's Conan stories. My only reservation is that the stories have a very 30's pulp feel to them (probably because that was whe
Moore (1911-1987) was born in Indianapolis and became a leading author of science fantasies for WEIRD TALES in the 1930s. After her marriage to fellow SF writer Henry Kuttner in 1940 she concentrated on writing science fiction, usually in collaboration with her husband. . She turned to screenwriting after his u