The Warrior of World's End (Gondwane Epic, Bk. 1) [Paperback]

Lin Carter (Author), Vincent Di Fate (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 17, 1977

"I see Gondwane as it shall be in the untold ages of dim futurity, near the time when the Earth shall be man’s habitation no more, and the great night shall enfold all, and naught but the cold stars shall reign. The first sign of the end ye shall see in the heavens, for Lo! the moon is falling, falling. And there shall come a man into the lands, a man not like other men, but sent from Galendil . . ."

The name of the man is Ganelon Silverman—and this is the first of the classic science fantasy adventure series by Lin Carter!

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: DAW (May 17, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879973218
• ISBN-13: 978-0879973216
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,473,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good rousing derivative fun, October 18, 2003

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Rundkvist Martin "Martin Rundkvist" (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Warrior of World's End (Paperback)

This sword & sorcery novel is strongly derivative of Vance's The Dying Earth and Howard's Conan stories. On the other hand, it displays a fine sense of humour that is absent from both of its prototypes. One is reminded of Leiber's Fafhrd & Grey Mouser stories or even of Pratchett. For readers who find early Vance's tendencies to earnest prose poetry in the Dunsany - Ashton Smith mode a bit cloying, this book is actually preferable to The Dying Earth. Not one dull moment.

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun romp, June 26, 2010

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Vaughn Heppner (Turlock, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Warrior of World's End (Paperback)

This is a fun romp with some inventive creatures. A horde of blue monsters, four-feet wide at the shoulders and wielding iron bars and heavy branches, gives the heroes a good fight. This and the next of the series are some of Lin Carter's best fantasy if you like wild ideas and magician's castles. But the series rapidly loses power after the third one.