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The Barbarian of World's End (World's End #5)
by
Lin Carter
Ganelon Silvermane, the genetically designed superhero of the Earth's fabulous final age, has rapidly become the most popular of all Lin Carter's creations. Brought to life prematurely, Ganelon's adventures in a world of crumbling empires, ravaging hordes, and marvelous relics of forgotten scientific empires are always edge-of-the-seat wonder novelsthe best creation of th...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
January 20th 2001
by Wildside Press
(first published May 1977)
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From the Appendix:
"PARVANIA. I don't know anything about Parvania. It's down here in my notes, but, frankly, I can't remember where in the first four books of the Epic it's mentioned. The hell with Parvania, anyway."
Some may interpret this as a lighthearted gesture, a private communication between an author who isn't taking this too seriously and an attentive reader. Unfortunately, I found it symptomatic of larger issues: an author who has lost interest and is contractually obligated to bash out...more
"PARVANIA. I don't know anything about Parvania. It's down here in my notes, but, frankly, I can't remember where in the first four books of the Epic it's mentioned. The hell with Parvania, anyway."
Some may interpret this as a lighthearted gesture, a private communication between an author who isn't taking this too seriously and an attentive reader. Unfortunately, I found it symptomatic of larger issues: an author who has lost interest and is contractually obligated to bash out...more
Probably the best book in a very weak series.
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Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. Lovecraft parody) and Grail Undwin.
Carter had a marked tendency toward self-promotion in his work, frequently citing his own writings in his nonfiction to illustrate points and almost always including at...more
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Carter had a marked tendency toward self-promotion in his work, frequently citing his own writings in his nonfiction to illustrate points and almost always including at...more
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