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Cyrion

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Cyrion is a series of short stories about a hero-nomad-wanderer set in the high middle eastern civilization of Arabian Nights. It will leave you wanting more. Tanith Lee's style is mystical and dreamy. Her descriptions lift you out of your world and draw you into the book like few others I have read. Read these stories late at night, and you will find yourself looking up and blinking at the normalcy of your surroundings after ther first few pages.

Cyrion travels the desert as in a dream, wholly competent and capable, going and coming in a foggy vision as though he appears and dissapears into the sand itself. The setting in Middle Eastern folklore is refreshing after so much Celtic and Norse mythology. The perfect book to read in bed! And an excellent introduction to Ms. Lee's style.

It begins with various characters in an inn exchanging stories about the mysterious adventurer, Cyrion, and it ends up as a magical detective story filled with ghosts, witches, swashbuckling fun, and delightful duplicity. Tanith Lee never lets me down, but I wish she'd write more about Cyrion. A note to fellow females: I usually go for the tall,dark types, but I could certainly go for the Cyrion type.

This is a book for people who love GOOD pulp fiction. This is what Robert E. Howard would have written, if he had written the adventures of Simon Templer, alais The Saint. Subtle, insightful. Fun. Wish she would write more in this vein.

Absolutely the best fantasy book I have ever read the character Cyrion comes to life in a complex of mind, strength and will. He is basically a nomadic drifter that uses his skills as a wizard & swordsman to help himself become more powerfull but in turn helps those less fortunate than himself. Written in the style of a serial he falls into one adventure unto the other. If you've read and enjoy Edgar Rice, Terry Brooks or Tolken. Find this book it is a masterpiece.

"Cyrion" is a collection of stories about the character Cyrion. At first glance he may resemble the classical sword-swinging hero of most sword and sorcery novels, in the same way his world may resemble the holy land during the time of the Crusades, but then the reader will start noticing the differences. I found Cyrion the most compelling hero I've met since Dorothy Dunnett's Francis Crawford. In fact, Cyrion is now one of my all time favorite fictional characters. I challenge any woman to read about him and not fall a little in love

I have loved this book for years. It is one of the best fantasy books I have ever read. The characters and setting are rich and full of everything you need for a fantastic voyage into inagination.

I read this book several years ago. Basically the book is a compilation of stories about the main character "Cyrion". He goes around helping people, sometimes for pay and sometimes not. The book is very well written and allows for creative imaginations.

I discovered this book as a teenager and have re-read it every couple of years since then. It's my hands-down favorite pulp story, a true masterpiece of the genre.

The framing technique that Lee uses is tremendous amounts of fun. Strangers meet in an inn and trade stories about the legendary swordsman Cyrion. The stories are over-the-top, exaggerated road tales, fun and clever, and very, very pulpy. Then the real Cyrion appears and he's extraordinary yes, but the novella which ends the book is a "real" version of events and the difference adds another layer to the experience.

Definitely a must-read for sword-and-sorcery fans.