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I came across a copy of this while I was ill in bed in France. Don't know how I got it. Anyway it was a brilliant read and I enjoyed it very much. Unfortunately when I moved back to England I could only take a few cases with me and I had to leave my books behind. It was with great pleasure that I found another copy recently. It's a great read and if you like fantasy adventure with a bit of sword and sorcery thrown in books you'll surely like this one. It's a great story with a feisty redhead as the heroin. C.L. Moore had a very good way with words and knew how to tell a brilliant story. Shame she's not with us any more.


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Jirel Of Joiry C L Moore 9780441385706 Books Reviews

There are several pages where the print is jagged, as if the paper was bent during printing but straightened for binding. The condition of the book is fair, but the jagged printing detracts from the stories within.
The turgid pace, meant to instill dread and fear, instead brings nothing but annoyance and boredom. I never cared about the character or her actions. Didn't help that the author seemingly copy/pasted entire passages from one story to another, only highlighting the malaise I felt plowing through these stories. Pretty much unfinishable.
I ordered this because of Leslie Fish's filk about the main character, titled Jirel of Joiry. Though I have to agree that the song is better than the stories, the stories are very engaging and definitely showcase a style of fantasy writing that's not seen often in more recently published books. Really, the only issue I had with it was that, despite being a pretty kick ass fighter and in general a strong female character, there was still a silly underlying theme of love from hate at first sight and the heroine's impetuous actions reflect poorly on her only in the area of relationships with men. So, really, it's a complaint that you don't see this kind of bs with male heros. However, despite the old fashioned viewpoint, the stories really are quite enjoyable.
Excellent stories...lived up.to the hype!
Nothing groundbreaking. Good way to pass the time. Would rate the overall stories 3-3.5 stars. Only gets a fourth for my interest in her relationships with Kuttner & Lovecraft.
Old school fantasy and C.L. Moore what more could you ask for to just pass the time with. These are pulp era stories and read like the time period in which they were inked.
"Guillaume's white teeth clicked on a startled oath. He stared. Joiry's lady glared back at him from between her captors, wild red hair tousled, wild lion-yellow eyes ablaze.

'God curse you!" snarled the lady of Joiry between clenched teeth. 'God blast your black heart!'"

In such fashion did Jirel of Joiry, the first female protagonist in the genre now defined as sword-and-sorcery, explode from the pulp pages of Weird Tales in October of 1934. The story, "Black God's Kiss," is the first and finest of the five collected in this book. (The five are essentially the sum of Jirel's legend. A sixth, "Quest of the Starstone," was written to combine Jirel with Ms. Moore's other famous lead, space outlaw Northwest Smith, and is not included here.)

"Black God's Kiss" establishes the tone and theme of Jirel's legend, as well as the basic plot for each tale she ventures to a strange and/or dark otherworld and, through her spiritual and emotional willpower, manages to survive, gaining not treasure but self-knowledge. A curious and noteworthy detail though an expert swordsman, Jirel does not fight a single duel throughout the tales. Rather, she herself is the sword wielded against sorcery. ("The face above her mail might not have been fair in a woman's head-dress, but in the steel setting of her armor it had a biting, sword-edge beauty as keen as the flash of blades.")

Ms. Moore's writing is, on the whole, transparent and clean. It does suffer from some of the tendencies common among other writers of the time (longer descriptions than necessary; multiple adverbs; an unhealthy fondness for abstract words--gulfs, vastness, fathomless, etc.). More detail about Jirel as a character--precious little is mentioned of her parentage, childhood, and the nature of her fiefdom--would have been welcome, too. (Then again, the heroine can be said to spring newly forged into the stories' setting--she simply is what she is.) Many of the otherwordly descriptions are vivid and haunting, even by modern fantasy standards. Her willingness not to spoon-feed the reader the precise nature of the powers Jirel encounters (e.g. the light-devil in "Kiss" and the witch in "The Dark Land") is also appreciated.

Although "Kiss" is likely the only one of the five that would be published by a professional magazine today, this is an easily read and worthwhile collection for the serious fantasy fan--and "Kiss" is a must-read. Three fascinating stars.
I came across a copy of this while I was ill in bed in France. Don't know how I got it. Anyway it was a brilliant read and I enjoyed it very much. Unfortunately when I moved back to England I could only take a few cases with me and I had to leave my books behind. It was with great pleasure that I found another copy recently. It's a great read and if you like fantasy adventure with a bit of sword and sorcery thrown in books you'll surely like this one. It's a great story with a feisty redhead as the heroin. C.L. Moore had a very good way with words and knew how to tell a brilliant story. Shame she's not with us any more.