Thongor in the City of Magicians (Thongor, #4) in Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"

Oct 14, 2013 Derek rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sword-and-sorcery, sword-and-planet, atlantis-lemuria-mu

It reads like it's trying to have one foot in sword-and-sorcery and one in sword-and-planet, even more so than the others of the series. The Barsoomian-style weird science that drove the other books is losing ground to a sword-and-sorcery style mysticism and demonology, and the terms "science" and "sorcery" are used interchangeably.

I can get behind the notion that the series doesn't want to be pigeonholed, and borrows from both traditions, but it never feels like Carter is doing this intentional ...more

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Jul 18, 2008 Charles rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Decent, but not outstanding.

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Dec 10, 2023 J.W. Wright rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy-science-fiction, historical-adventure, owned

The conspiracy to kill Thongor, Grand Sark of Lemuria, has failed, and its plotters, the remnants of the wicked orders of druids and rulers of Lemuria, have been routed and destroyed. Now the Black Druids of the millennia-old, darkness-infested city of Zaar take up the call of evil vengeance on Thongor, and seek to enslave his soul for eternity to the demonic Lords of Chaos….

I have stated before that while I found the second and third books of Lin Carter’s Thongor Series to be enjoyable, none o ...more

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