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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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“There are one or two things that I do not fancy the looks of in this torture-chamber.”

May 1, 2018 by Bothari43 1 Comment

I have to start this review with a confession. I picked it up at a library book sale specifically because I thought it would make me mad, and ranting about sexist asshats has led to some of my favorite reviews. It was written in 1921, and the back of the book talks all about how “remarkable women helped [the hero] along the road in their unique and pleasurable ways.” I thought it would be ridiculous and horrible and I could rip it to shreds in […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: classic fantasy, hero's journey, James Branch Cabell, judged a book by its cover and got fooled

Bothari43's CBR10 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: classic fantasy, hero's journey, James Branch Cabell, judged a book by its cover and got fooled ·
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