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| Auteur | Dowdell, Del |
| Titel | Warlord of Ghandor |
| Uitgever | Daw |
| Genre | SF / Fantasy |
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| Editie | 1977 - pocket - 253 p. |
| ISBN nummer | 9780879973155 |
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| Beschrijving staat | (VG) |
| Gewicht | 139 gram |
| Past door brievenbus (Ja/Nee) | Ja |
| Prijs | € 3,00 |
| Omschrijving | Fantasy - Robert Dowdall is an Irish soldier of fortune and adventurer who finds himself elected to lead the army of his homeland in its effort to repel the invasion of Oliver Cromwell's army in August of 1649. The eve of the invasion finds Dowdall wandering the countryside in contemplation of the coming battle; he chances upon a strange portal in the mist, and steps through it. Dowdall finds himself transported to the surface of a planet called Ghandor, which orbits the Sun at the exact opposite point of the Earth (somewhat like the 'Counter-Earth' of John Norman's 'Gor' novels).
Dowdall finds that the lesser gravity of Ghandor bestows him with superhuman physical powers, which are most useful, as the planet teems with hostile humans, humanoids, and animals.
Much as John Carter did in 'A Princess of Mars', Dowdall encounters a beautiful girl under threat from various malevolent creatures, and soon our hero embarks on a series of adventures to free her from captivity.
'Warlord' adheres closely to the pacing and storytelling style of Burroughs's books; thus it is perhaps best read by a younger audience rather than older fans of heroic fantasy, who may find the novel's prose style a bit tiring (as when the action is placed on hold to allow Dowdall, as the first-person narrator, to expound on some aspect of Ghandorian society and technology).
All in all, 'Warlord of Ghandor' is a decent pastiche of 'A Princess of Mars' and the other 'Barsoom' novels by E. R. Burroughs. Readers fond of the Barsoom titles may want to investigate Del Dowdell's book. |
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