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The Amazons of Somelon
From one horizon to the next, the vicious Horlas horde cut a wide swath of terror and torture, murdering, looting, and destroying what they couldn't carry away on their mongrel ponies. Only one force was powerful enough to stop them - the mighty female warriors of Somelon. But they'd been beaten back into the mountains, leaving only Sheryl behind.
Golden-haired Sheryl was the daughter of the noblest of all Somelons. The Horlas had taken her mother long ago, then her father had gone, leaving her an orphan. Now, Allukah, the demented queen of the Horlas, had snatched Sheryl's lover, Kio. Sheryl vowed revenge.
Strapping on her armor, Sheryl stalked into the desert to flush out her destiny, and with it the future of the human race!
Golden-haired Sheryl was the daughter of the noblest of all Somelons. The Horlas had taken her mother long ago, then her father had gone, leaving her an orphan. Now, Allukah, the demented queen of the Horlas, had snatched Sheryl's lover, Kio. Sheryl vowed revenge.
Strapping on her armor, Sheryl stalked into the desert to flush out her destiny, and with it the future of the human race!
- GenresFantasyPost Apocalyptic
191 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1981
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January 10, 2024
This is an ugly book full of ugly things, reminding me heavily of the queasiness of _Zorachus_ and _The Nightmare of God_. I was able to muscle my way through those two because the distasteful elements were wedded to a larger theme: there was a _point_ to all of it. Here, as with all the Leisure Books publications, the point appeared to be raw sensationalism, with maybe a bit of outré style in passing.
Apropos of nothing except the copy I happened to read: Am I the only one who does some amateur sleuthing when finding a used bookstore stamp inside a secondhand copy? Say, for instance, The Book Cottage of Billings, Montana?
Apropos of nothing except the copy I happened to read: Am I the only one who does some amateur sleuthing when finding a used bookstore stamp inside a secondhand copy? Say, for instance, The Book Cottage of Billings, Montana?
August 12, 2021
Have you ever wanted to be grossed out while reading? This is the book for you! It has everything you don’t want to read: incest, murder, torture, cannibalism, rape, bestiality, abuse, gore, castration, necrophilia, and mutilation. Yay, fun times.
Why did I read it if it was so gross? Well, it does a good job of giving you these things in small doses so that you think you’re through the worst of it. Then it lulls you in with otherwise nice prose, and then WHAM more gross stuff shows up. Then you’re like, ‘ok ok, it’s done.’ and then MORE. It was quite frustrating, really. It’s done entirely for shock value to the point where it just got irritating and in fact, lessened the effect. Not like I wanted to be traumatized - I just would have preferred far less shock and way more substance.
There are so good aspects - the book is post-apocalyptic, but we're only given hints and speculation as to what really happened and how long ago it had occurred; this aspect was very fun and made the setting interesting. When the focus wasn't on rape or other gross stuff, the prose was very descriptive with interesting metaphors and concepts.
I also liked how the novel began on a trajectory we don't often see: a female hero rescuing a man from a female villain, but all that went off the rails with the hyper-sexualization of Sheryl and the body-horror fat-shaming aspect of Allukah.
The story also has various plot holes and the pacing is off.
Overall, don't read this book - it's vile.
If you want to see me go on a rant about it, check out my youtube video: https://youtu.be/QokzW6bmp6U
Why did I read it if it was so gross? Well, it does a good job of giving you these things in small doses so that you think you’re through the worst of it. Then it lulls you in with otherwise nice prose, and then WHAM more gross stuff shows up. Then you’re like, ‘ok ok, it’s done.’ and then MORE. It was quite frustrating, really. It’s done entirely for shock value to the point where it just got irritating and in fact, lessened the effect. Not like I wanted to be traumatized - I just would have preferred far less shock and way more substance.
There are so good aspects - the book is post-apocalyptic, but we're only given hints and speculation as to what really happened and how long ago it had occurred; this aspect was very fun and made the setting interesting. When the focus wasn't on rape or other gross stuff, the prose was very descriptive with interesting metaphors and concepts.
I also liked how the novel began on a trajectory we don't often see: a female hero rescuing a man from a female villain, but all that went off the rails with the hyper-sexualization of Sheryl and the body-horror fat-shaming aspect of Allukah.
The story also has various plot holes and the pacing is off.
Overall, don't read this book - it's vile.
If you want to see me go on a rant about it, check out my youtube video: https://youtu.be/QokzW6bmp6U
December 19, 2025
An interesting book. The guy is a good writer, the post-apocalyptic setting is teased enough that you want to know more and the ending was satisfactory.
But, it is very grim in places. Real nasty stuff. But then so are GRRM's books and no one bats and eyelid at that.
3.5 stars. Would have been 4 if some of the worst excesses were toned down.
But, it is very grim in places. Real nasty stuff. But then so are GRRM's books and no one bats and eyelid at that.
3.5 stars. Would have been 4 if some of the worst excesses were toned down.
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