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2.86 AVERAGE
2.86 AVERAGE
It took me three days to read the novel.
This has only 144 pages and it's a five part story. I have all the DAW novels and the covers are really something. There are also some inside black and white covers that should be mandatory to all books. Really added some value to my experience since this was an alien world it gave me some perspective.
Regarding the story... Have you read any Edgar Rice Burroughs? Alan Akers? Almuric by Robert Howard? or more recently Nathan Long Jane Carver Waar and the sequel Swords Waar?
IF so, you know what's coming.
First of all, let me tell you that this novel was written in the 70's. And now that is out of the way let me tell you another thing - our main protagonist was a victim of Polio and left him incapacitated.
In turn he turn (lol) to books and learn of a book called Kan Chan Ga. In this book it was told about astral projection and since our main protagonist is a crippled he had nothing to lose. Alas it was real and he travelled far and wide, so wide that he went to another planet.
In the far flung universe, a green planet of giant trees miles high he incorporated a body of a sleeping beauty (aka a champion that fell to sleep after a final decisive battle where it was foretold he would return).
Well, as all Sword and Sorcery stories there is a gorgeous babe but alas here lies something that would upset most people because our danzel it's only fourteen (or so) and he speaks of her as stunning beauty...
"I think I fail and falter before the task of descibing such utter perfection of feminine beauty. She was young, a girl a mere child; she looked perhaps fourteen when I saw her first in the Great Hall of Paholon. Slim and graceful as a dancing giurl, with her slight, tip-tilted breasts and long , slender legs..."
I know this is throwing most critics to 1 or 2. But, alas, this is fantasy and you have to thing that way and most 14, 15 in medieval times were already "grown" woman/man. So there's that. When I read fantasy novels I tried to understand that and I try not to judge by our standards.
Well - this is a collection from DAW and all the five books have some interior covers which really enrich the story. Some spoilers are due...
In the end he return to earth, after escaping some enemies and big monsters they return to safe place but he died and return to his own body. The story could have ended there but there are four more books. I am going to read them because they are small and entertaining.
The story isn't new, isn't anything spectacular but it's alright.
This has only 144 pages and it's a five part story. I have all the DAW novels and the covers are really something. There are also some inside black and white covers that should be mandatory to all books. Really added some value to my experience since this was an alien world it gave me some perspective.
Regarding the story... Have you read any Edgar Rice Burroughs? Alan Akers? Almuric by Robert Howard? or more recently Nathan Long Jane Carver Waar and the sequel Swords Waar?
IF so, you know what's coming.
First of all, let me tell you that this novel was written in the 70's. And now that is out of the way let me tell you another thing - our main protagonist was a victim of Polio and left him incapacitated.
In turn he turn (lol) to books and learn of a book called Kan Chan Ga. In this book it was told about astral projection and since our main protagonist is a crippled he had nothing to lose. Alas it was real and he travelled far and wide, so wide that he went to another planet.
In the far flung universe, a green planet of giant trees miles high he incorporated a body of a sleeping beauty (aka a champion that fell to sleep after a final decisive battle where it was foretold he would return).
Well, as all Sword and Sorcery stories there is a gorgeous babe but alas here lies something that would upset most people because our danzel it's only fourteen (or so) and he speaks of her as stunning beauty...
"I think I fail and falter before the task of descibing such utter perfection of feminine beauty. She was young, a girl a mere child; she looked perhaps fourteen when I saw her first in the Great Hall of Paholon. Slim and graceful as a dancing giurl, with her slight, tip-tilted breasts and long , slender legs..."
I know this is throwing most critics to 1 or 2. But, alas, this is fantasy and you have to thing that way and most 14, 15 in medieval times were already "grown" woman/man. So there's that. When I read fantasy novels I tried to understand that and I try not to judge by our standards.
Well - this is a collection from DAW and all the five books have some interior covers which really enrich the story. Some spoilers are due...
In the end he return to earth, after escaping some enemies and big monsters they return to safe place but he died and return to his own body. The story could have ended there but there are four more books. I am going to read them because they are small and entertaining.
The story isn't new, isn't anything spectacular but it's alright.
I find that I've outgrown this type of fiction in my dotage.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
Very much an homage to the style and stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs and if it hasn't started out taking place in the 1970s I would have thought it had been written by Burroughs. I have to admit that this very much felt like a reimagining of the John Carter of Mars books, which made it not feel "fresh" to me.
I loved the Barsoom series and read them all when I was a teen, so this felt like a visit to the old neighborhood that has undergone redevelopment.
The main character has been crippled and has spent his life on Earth in a wheelchair or on crutches. He finds himself a man of leisure so spends his time researching metaphysical ideology of the Tibetan Yogis and such. One day he puts his studies into practice and astral projects himself out of his body and finds himself drawn to a distant star in the sky. This green star has a world orbiting it that draws him down, where he finds a population of people that are elfin like tree dwellers. As he explores the civilization in spirit form he suddenly finds himself pulled into the preserved body of a famous hero of legend, where his spirit takes up residence and he must become the great and mighty Chong.
The story was very typical of the "space and sword" genre. It was a quick read but I can't say that it left me wanting to track down the next book in the series.
I loved the Barsoom series and read them all when I was a teen, so this felt like a visit to the old neighborhood that has undergone redevelopment.
The main character has been crippled and has spent his life on Earth in a wheelchair or on crutches. He finds himself a man of leisure so spends his time researching metaphysical ideology of the Tibetan Yogis and such. One day he puts his studies into practice and astral projects himself out of his body and finds himself drawn to a distant star in the sky. This green star has a world orbiting it that draws him down, where he finds a population of people that are elfin like tree dwellers. As he explores the civilization in spirit form he suddenly finds himself pulled into the preserved body of a famous hero of legend, where his spirit takes up residence and he must become the great and mighty Chong.
The story was very typical of the "space and sword" genre. It was a quick read but I can't say that it left me wanting to track down the next book in the series.