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Richard Blade #5
Liberator of Jedd
A Doomed People
Richard Blade, an English gentleman, is the perfect subject for some very unusual scientific experiments. In this latest one, he is sent back to the Stone Age to live in a cave with strange, otherworldly creatures. He is then confronted by fierce ape-men with a penchant for necrophilia. One slave escapes, however, and turns out to be the lovely Ooma, a Jedd, and a survivor of an all-but-doomed civilization. Blade falls in love.
Bud the Jedds' dying Empress wills Blade to marry their child-Princess, Mitgu. He must then lead the Jedds out of their plague-ridden valley to the Shining Gate. This means another deadly encounter with the ape people, and other untold dangers. Blade faces his most bizarre battles in this adventure. How can one man dare to taunt the fates so often and still emerge unscathed and whole? Alone in Dimension X, naked against the unknown...Richard Blade.
Richard Blade, an English gentleman, is the perfect subject for some very unusual scientific experiments. In this latest one, he is sent back to the Stone Age to live in a cave with strange, otherworldly creatures. He is then confronted by fierce ape-men with a penchant for necrophilia. One slave escapes, however, and turns out to be the lovely Ooma, a Jedd, and a survivor of an all-but-doomed civilization. Blade falls in love.
Bud the Jedds' dying Empress wills Blade to marry their child-Princess, Mitgu. He must then lead the Jedds out of their plague-ridden valley to the Shining Gate. This means another deadly encounter with the ape people, and other untold dangers. Blade faces his most bizarre battles in this adventure. How can one man dare to taunt the fates so often and still emerge unscathed and whole? Alone in Dimension X, naked against the unknown...Richard Blade.
223 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1971
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About the author
Jeffrey Lord
249 books18 followersA house pseudonym used by multiple authors including:
Manning Lee Stokes
Roland Green
Lyle Kenyon Engel
Ray Faraday Nelson
Richard D. Nolane
Christian Mantey
Arnaud Dalrune
Yves Chéraqui
Gerald Moreau
Paul Couturiau
Amelina Defontaine
Didier Le Gais
Yves Bulteau
Raymond Audemard
Nadine Monfils
Patrick Eris
Nemo Sandman
Manning Lee Stokes
Roland Green
Lyle Kenyon Engel
Ray Faraday Nelson
Richard D. Nolane
Christian Mantey
Arnaud Dalrune
Yves Chéraqui
Gerald Moreau
Paul Couturiau
Amelina Defontaine
Didier Le Gais
Yves Bulteau
Raymond Audemard
Nadine Monfils
Patrick Eris
Nemo Sandman
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February 6, 2019
This time around something/someone is unintentionally brought through from Dimension X.
Blade is heavily drinking and sleeping around and blaming it on his jaunts to Dimension X.
Lord L desires brain augmentation.
J is a worried mother-hen.
Enter a world where evolution is clearly on display.
Blade uncovers the long lost dark secret of the Jedd.
A slower start than the others. The first half of the book was pretty dull. After that it picked up speed and culminated all too quickly. Blade shows a more brutal side this time, by killing two people in cold blood. He's normally ready for a fight, but I think this is the first time I've read him murder someone.
A quick decent read.
Blade is heavily drinking and sleeping around and blaming it on his jaunts to Dimension X.
Lord L desires brain augmentation.
J is a worried mother-hen.
Enter a world where evolution is clearly on display.
Blade uncovers the long lost dark secret of the Jedd.
A slower start than the others. The first half of the book was pretty dull. After that it picked up speed and culminated all too quickly. Blade shows a more brutal side this time, by killing two people in cold blood. He's normally ready for a fight, but I think this is the first time I've read him murder someone.
A quick decent read.
July 28, 2025
A Burroughs-esque fantasy adventure with a healthy dose of influence from the later heroic fantasies of Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp et al. Richard Blade is a James Bond type 1970s spy who is repeatedly beamed into alternate dimensions to scout them for resources and scientific discoveries. It's a familiar type of colonialist fantasy where these new worlds are waiting to be molded by the sure hands of our titular ubermensch.
This is getting somewhat into the weeds of the genre: a reflection of a reflection of 19th century global pillaging passed through the prism of the Cold War and the midcentury rediscovery of Conan. Probably not a series worthy of academic study or significant detailed analysis, but it seems decent for zippy action and lurid thrills. I would note that the previous book I read in the series, book 3, had a more detailed and off-the-wall set up for its dimensional setting, so this might be one of the more straightforward entries in the series, but I think it achieved its aims and delivered on its premise.
This is getting somewhat into the weeds of the genre: a reflection of a reflection of 19th century global pillaging passed through the prism of the Cold War and the midcentury rediscovery of Conan. Probably not a series worthy of academic study or significant detailed analysis, but it seems decent for zippy action and lurid thrills. I would note that the previous book I read in the series, book 3, had a more detailed and off-the-wall set up for its dimensional setting, so this might be one of the more straightforward entries in the series, but I think it achieved its aims and delivered on its premise.
January 1, 2021
The Richard Blade books are a guilty pleasure, much along the lines of the Longarm books and other such mindless trash reading. Like most books of this variety, I can tear through one in about 45 minutes. I must admit that in my youth, I seemed to enjoy these books a lot more than I do in my middle years.
January 11, 2018
Too superhuman dependencies ...
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March 11, 2011
This book is not as enjoyable as others in the series, but still worth the read if you are looking for some bubble gum for your mind that is.
January 23, 2016
Richard Blade travels to new worlds and never fails to find danger and love. Good quick men's adventure read. Recommended
August 23, 2008
Pretty weak. They get better later.
July 3, 2015
Unpleasant paedophilia themes.
Not up the usual Blade low standard
Not up the usual Blade low standard
March 24, 2017
This fifth instalment of the Richard Blade saga is the weakest so far and really quite dull and restrained in light of the previous 4 books.
Blade's having trouble in the real world suffering from boredom and satyriasis - he's hooked up with a dancer called Viki but she's failing to satisfy him. Never fear though for a trip to an X-Dimension is just around the corner! J and Lord Leighton, Blade's bosses, the spy-master and mad scientist attempt to send him back to one of the worlds he's already visited and fail, bringing forth an ape man instead. Blade has to bond with Ogar the apeman and then gets sent to his homeworld to explore. Ogar doesn't last too long alas, he gets eaten by a giant reptile. never to be seen again. Yup, you guessed it, it's yet another world of barbaric splendour - What a surprise!
This one is like a reversal of the planet of the apes, crossed with Edgar Rice Burroughs. There are rogue bands of apemen called Api who roam the countryside and rape women from the human community ruled by the Jedds. Blade rescues a girl called Ooma and she becomes his new love interest. The sex scene isn't as hilarious as some in the Blade series, but does include phrases like 'her rough-walled grotto' and their 'fricative sum' and he forces her to sleep nearer the fire so in the event of an enemy raid they 'would be apt to attack Ooma first' - charming!
After outwitting the Api and making false promises, Blade goes back to Ooma's village. He leaves her to infiltrate the palace of the Jedds and after the empress dies takes power as their messiah. He marries the new child-empress who is only 10 year's old but apparently going on 30. There's an evil vizier Nizra who tries to betray Blade to the Api. Poor abandoned Ooma gets raped and murdered. Blade however fights the Api and wins, imprisoning the villain.
In a super-rushed ending a race of robots ruled by a giant brain are brought in. Blade is blackmailed into removing a tumour from the ruling brain but gets transported home mid operation. The epilogue back in the real world follows a very drunk J trying to commit suicide because of his guilt over what's been done to Blade. A random policeman talks him down. And J seems happy that they managed to cure Blade of this mysterious plague that had been wiping out some of the Jedds - another minor plot.
As with all the Blade books you can tell its penned by multiple authors - we've got spy fiction, SF, Fantasy all mis-mashed together, badly. Blade only has 3 women in this one which is a bit of a poor show for Blade and this one's a lot less sexy and violent - None of the women turn evil or insane either.
Overall I found this one a bit lacklustre and dare I say... dull. And despite the fact that women in this dimension age rather quickly, having his conquests age 14 and 10 feels all kinds of wrong.
Blade's having trouble in the real world suffering from boredom and satyriasis - he's hooked up with a dancer called Viki but she's failing to satisfy him. Never fear though for a trip to an X-Dimension is just around the corner! J and Lord Leighton, Blade's bosses, the spy-master and mad scientist attempt to send him back to one of the worlds he's already visited and fail, bringing forth an ape man instead. Blade has to bond with Ogar the apeman and then gets sent to his homeworld to explore. Ogar doesn't last too long alas, he gets eaten by a giant reptile. never to be seen again. Yup, you guessed it, it's yet another world of barbaric splendour - What a surprise!
This one is like a reversal of the planet of the apes, crossed with Edgar Rice Burroughs. There are rogue bands of apemen called Api who roam the countryside and rape women from the human community ruled by the Jedds. Blade rescues a girl called Ooma and she becomes his new love interest. The sex scene isn't as hilarious as some in the Blade series, but does include phrases like 'her rough-walled grotto' and their 'fricative sum' and he forces her to sleep nearer the fire so in the event of an enemy raid they 'would be apt to attack Ooma first' - charming!
After outwitting the Api and making false promises, Blade goes back to Ooma's village. He leaves her to infiltrate the palace of the Jedds and after the empress dies takes power as their messiah. He marries the new child-empress who is only 10 year's old but apparently going on 30. There's an evil vizier Nizra who tries to betray Blade to the Api. Poor abandoned Ooma gets raped and murdered. Blade however fights the Api and wins, imprisoning the villain.
In a super-rushed ending a race of robots ruled by a giant brain are brought in. Blade is blackmailed into removing a tumour from the ruling brain but gets transported home mid operation. The epilogue back in the real world follows a very drunk J trying to commit suicide because of his guilt over what's been done to Blade. A random policeman talks him down. And J seems happy that they managed to cure Blade of this mysterious plague that had been wiping out some of the Jedds - another minor plot.
As with all the Blade books you can tell its penned by multiple authors - we've got spy fiction, SF, Fantasy all mis-mashed together, badly. Blade only has 3 women in this one which is a bit of a poor show for Blade and this one's a lot less sexy and violent - None of the women turn evil or insane either.
Overall I found this one a bit lacklustre and dare I say... dull. And despite the fact that women in this dimension age rather quickly, having his conquests age 14 and 10 feels all kinds of wrong.
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