![]() He chooses to marry the woman whose first name we never know, his lab assistant Miss Brown. I had to snicker at the end of Greater Than Gods, when the main character, Bill, makes an unexpected life choice. ![]() Still, there are no happy endings here-relief maybe, in some stories, but no unalloyed happiness. For example, in The Black God's Kiss, she takes the fairy tale trope of the reviving power of the handsome prince's kiss and turns it inside out, all the while giving us a remarkable female main character, Jirel of Joiry. Lovecraft goes over the top, while Moore’s work simply oozes black dread. Moore had to be familiar with Lovecraft, but to my mind she is the more skillful writer. There is a definite horror overtone to most of the stories. (Although the Alendar in Black Thirst is quasi-male and seems to be attracted to NW too.) As they say, women want to sleep with him and men want to be him. ![]() Could there be a better name for a space outlaw? Based on the bad guys of the old westerns or on pirates, this handsome antihero brandishes his ray gun and is steady as a rock. I was impressed, but never realized that the stories were written in the 1930s and 1940s! Yet they still have that special sauce.įirst, there is Northwest Smith. I first read this collection of short fiction at least 30 years ago. ![]() My summer reading project will be the unread books on my shelves and rereading books that I’ve had for a long time to see if they still warrant a place in my home. ![]()
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