The Jirel of Joiry stories are thematically similar and unified. it is not typically collected with the other five stories, as it is extremely different in its crossing over with her future hero Northwest Smith.
Before marrying him, however, Moore created a number of universes and characters of her own, including Jirel.Ī sixth story, “Quest of the Starstone” was written in 1937 in collaboration with her future husband Henry Kuttner. Much of her work, after marrying Henry Kuttner in 1940, were collaborations, secretly or otherwise. Moore was, in solo and in collaboration with her husband Henry Kuttner, one of the leading lights of the 1930’s, 40’s and early 50’s early science fiction and fantasy, writing for magazines such as Weird Tales and Astounding. Moore as she was known to readers of Weird Tales, and generally known today. Jirel of Joiry is one of the signature characters created by Catherine Lucille Moore, or C.L. Possessed of indomitable will, a strong emotional core that erupts in violent love and hatred, and not inconsiderable skill with sword and the leading of men into battle, this feudal lord is the central character of six early sword and sorcery stories. The ruler of a feudal holding stands to protect the people and realm against usurpers and rivals, wizards and witches, dark crossovers from eldritch dimensions and haunted castles. Jirel's journeys through unnatural landscapes and her battles with supernatural opponents are still wonderful to read, and though newcomers Red Sonja and Xena are more famous now, Jirel rules as the archetypal, indomitable redheaded swordswoman in chain mail and greaves, swinging her "great two-edged sword.Mining the Genre Asteroid is Paul Weimer’s look at the history of the science fiction and fantasy field, bringing to light important, interesting and entertaining books from science fiction and fantasy’s past to you.įrance during the dark ages. Were these stories written today, inevitably Jirel would have a lot of hot sex, but as they were first published in Weird Tales between 1934-1939, sexual attraction is mostly only vividly implied. Indeed, in Jirel's world, beauty = decadence = corruption.
She's a good Catholic girl, stubbornly purposeful, relentless in pursuit of enemies or vengeance, hard-boiled and a little stupid, and cannot be distracted by mere physical attractiveness. Moore created Jirel, ruler of Joiry, in reaction to the beefy total-testosterone blood-and-thunder tales of '30s pulp magazines, but Jirel is no anti-Conan.
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