Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria (Thongor, #1) in Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"

May 24, 2015 S.E. Lindberg rated it it was ok

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Carter’s Thongor of Valkarth, a True Floater
Lin Carter’s Thongor is a clonan, a “clone” of REH’s 1930’s barbarian “Conan.” Thongor has all the expected traits: a broadsword, hails from northern cold climates, disdains civilization, and wears a loincloth. In addition to Thongor, other notable clonans emerging ~1970 include John Jakes‘s Brak the Barbarian and Gardner F. Fox’s Kothar of the Magic Sword.

Lemuria, and Weird Fiction History Let us highlight the titular location: Lemuria is akin to Atla ...more

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Dec 03, 2008 Derek rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Nominally a sword-and-sorcery adventure set in prehistoric Lemuria of legend, Carter draws in sword-and-planet influences (more visible later in the series) and a save-the-world plot from high fantasy. The resulting amalgam has the worst excesses of each. The story is rife with unlikely coincidences, plot immunities, last-minute rescues and reversals, and also seems to be driven on rails by an extended fetch-the-foozle quest that reads like the world's worst grocery list. They have two weeks. Th ...more

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Jul 26, 2008 Charles rated it liked it

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Probably my favorite in the Thongor series. Maybe just because it was the first.

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May 29, 2018 Oliver Brackenbury rated it liked it

Look man, either you want to read a Conan rip-off where a convenient flying ship pulls our hero out of trouble at Just. The. Right. Time. or you don't. Nothing I say here will change that.

What brought me to this was my discovery of the infamous Appendix N fantasy reading list (http://www.digital-eel.com/blog/ADnD_...). ...more

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