Thursday, September 10, 2020

Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria by Lin Carter

 Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria

by Lin Carter

1969 Berkley

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Thongor is a young barbarian in ancient Lemuria.  He kills an officer in a bar fight, is arrested, escapes,  steals an airship, is attacked by flying reptile birds, crashes, and is rescued by a sorcerer.  The sorcerer has a quest - to forge a sword from a fallen star to defeat the ritual of sorcerers descended from dinosaurs.  Along the way he gets captured and escapes at least four times, picking up another fighter and a princess as companions.

A fun read, lots of adventure and action, plenty of monsters, though the pulpy pace leaves out a lot of  descriptions, leaving you guessing what a lot of these monsters look like.  Unlike Conan, Thongor is explicitly decked out in Frazetta fashion, with a loincloth and leather harness.  He wakes up naked after being dropped in a giant reptile-eagle nest, so I can only assume he was naked through the rest of the book.

A fun, short read that probably covers as much ground as a 800 page epic fantasy.  Somehow, the first version of this from 1966 was even shorter.

Kindle ebook from Amazon.

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