Warrior of Llarn (Llarn Cycle #1) in Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"

Mar 06, 2016 Richard rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sword-and-planet, vintage-sff

Another planet adventure!! This time Alan is the man's man who gets torn from our world and thrust onto Llarn. Great fun like any of Burroughs stories with a little twist of Alan Burt Akers. Although this predates any of the Dray Prescott books I wonder if Kenneth Bulmer took his pen name, Alan, from this story. Anyways there is Blue skinned horned barbarians, ancient ruins, highly evolved mutants, and airships galore. As always the women are beautiful and everything is an adventure.

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May 05, 2023 Jim Kuenzli rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sword-and-planet

Fox wrote a ton of stuff in pretty much every genre. This is the first in a two part sword and planet series similar to Burroughs style. Pretty standard for the the genre. Enjoyable, fun, fast paced. It’s what you would expect in this format. I’ve always enjoyed the genre, so 4 stars for me.

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Sep 19, 2018 Benjamin Chandler rated it it was ok

I don't have anything against pastiche*, but this book adhered so close to "A Princess of Mars" it was a little disappointing. A man is called to another world, arrives there naked, then encounters some monstrous-looking people and a beautiful, lost princess who crashes her airship and requires saving. The planet-traveler is a master swordsman, capable of great athleticism due to the planet's lower gravity—it seems only natural that he must fight for his princess's hand and save her kingdom.

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Jul 01, 2009 Charles rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

This is the first book in a two book sword & planet series that I thought was pretty good. I actually liked the second book, Thief of Llarn, better, though.

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Oct 25, 2017 Severius rated it really liked it

This was a typical sword and planet story that doesn't break the mold in any way. But for all that, I enjoyed it immensely! The story was exciting, the characters were interesting and the world compelling. The pacing was great and I plowed through the book in a day and a half. Highly recommended to fans of Sword and Planet fiction. ...more

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