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abigcoffeedragon's review against another edition
2.0
2nd Read Through: This is a very pessamistic view of the genre. While the author may enjoy S-n-S himself, his discussions and talks lead me to think that he is all but disappointed in the genre. I read this book a while ago; did not enjoy it then; and put it away. Then - I read all of REH Conan series and re-read this and took away more understanding of what I enjoy and the feeling that this author does not enjoy anything outside of Conan. This will be in a second-hand bookstore within the week.
While this is good for the history of Sword and Sorcery and contains interesting and useful facts, it is also marred with opinions. While the author may or may not like somethign in this genre, the job of this (my understanding) was to present the facts as they stand for the genre. Books like this should allow for the reader/viewer to decide what it is they enjoy or do not enjoy.
I thought it was well and fine for what it is, but feel that I did not get what I thought I was buying and feel disappointed now that I have finished.
While this is good for the history of Sword and Sorcery and contains interesting and useful facts, it is also marred with opinions. While the author may or may not like somethign in this genre, the job of this (my understanding) was to present the facts as they stand for the genre. Books like this should allow for the reader/viewer to decide what it is they enjoy or do not enjoy.
I thought it was well and fine for what it is, but feel that I did not get what I thought I was buying and feel disappointed now that I have finished.
paulgtr234's review against another edition
3.0
There was some very good detailed information here about the genre in general and the specifics of its origin. As others have mentioned, it seems like this book might have been birthed from a thesis except it doesn't really do the job of creating new insight. The book tried to serve as both a fan survey and a work of criticism- in doing so it did not do either particularly well. All in all a good work with some great background on the Sword and Sorcery genre but it could have used a little more editorial direction.
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