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The Goblin Tower (The Reluctant King, #1) (The Reluctant King #1)
King Jorian was rather attached to his head. Hence, he felt his promise to steal the Kist of Avlen, a treasure trove of ancient manuscripts containing magical lore, was a small enough price to pay for a chance to escape his own beheading. But when the quest pitted him against one peril after another - a murderous wizard and his giant squirrel, a castle full of executioners...more
Mass Market Paperback, 260 pages
Published
December 1983
by Del Rey
(first published 1968)
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I've been searching for this book for YEARS!! I read it as a child, but I couldn't remember the title. I'd been looking for "King Jordan", thinking that was the name of the character and book, but "King Jorian" is what I should have been looking for. It took an obscure search of "King beheaded after 5 years" to find it - thanks Google!
I remember the book with fondness, so I hope it lives up to my memory (which is rather shady, so it will not take much).
I remember the book with fondness, so I hope it lives up to my memory (which is rather shady, so it will not take much).
Ultimately, not enjoyable. de Camp is clever at world creation, and his plots are spry, but the dialogue is atrocious. Weighted down by exposition, and altogether clunky and turgid. The characters felt like devices, not people. Read Terry Pratchett instead.
The kind of humorous fantasy I apparently enjoyed while young but came to thoroughly dislike as the years went on.
I remember reading this as a kid. I'm sure I'd hate it now but great memories of this book.
Mildly amusing, but no LOL's.
May 16, 2010
K. Axel
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Sword and Sorcery fans
This was the first book that I ever read from L. Sprague de Camp, a good and solid fantasy story in the tradition of the old Sword and Sorcery genre. It is also somewhat comical at times, which I didn't mind.
I dont rate it higher because it didn't offer me anything new.
I dont rate it higher because it didn't offer me anything new.
If the United States chose its presidents the way Xylar chooses its kings we would have less second term problems.
Couldn't get through it. Too cartoonish and I couldn't get the point.
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Lyon Sprague de Camp, (Pseudonym: Lyman R. Lyon) was an American science fiction and fantasy author and biographer. In a writing career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred books, including novels and notable works of nonfiction, such as biographies of other important fantasy authors.He was widely regarded as an imaginative and innovative writer and was an important figure in the heyday...more
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