![]() ![]() Yet, those two ends of the spectrum are not the final words on the genre. ![]() Howard’s is more Low Fantasy, focusing on Nietzschean individualism, earthiness, and Antediluvian aesthetics. Tolkien’s side of the spectrum is High Fantasy, with lots of magic, destiny, mysticism, and Medievalism. There were others, of course, but those two represent two of the major themes and styles. They’re something else.Ĭontemporary Fantasy literature tends to be descended from two major figures in the genre, J.R.R. And then there’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. And like many lonely, sad teenage boys, I read Michael Moorcock’s Elric tales with great eagerness (though I preferred Corum). I prefer laser guns and repulsor beams to spells and magic carpets. Even when it’s mostly a matter of aesthetics, like Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars books, for example. ![]() I have edited it slightly.įantasy isn’t my genre of choice. I read the book as part of the White Wolf publication Ill Met In Lankhmar. This review was originally written for In the Mouth of Dorkness back in August of 2016. ![]()
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