![]() ![]() Jirel of Joiry? It is weird in ways that cannot really be described loud tastes, flavorful sounds, deafening sights – Edvard Munch’s the Scream, but in blacks and purples and greens and with words. Tentacle monsters from beyond the stars driving a New England poof crazy? That’s pretty weird, I guess. ![]() Barbarians with swords killing shapeshifting reptile cultists? Kinda weird, I suppose. When Weird Tales billed Black God’s Kiss as “The Weirdest Story Ever Told”, they were perhaps only being slightly hyperbolic. ![]() I think Jirel’s relative obscurity has to do with the intensity and complexity of the source material. Moore is beloved and influential, and with so many people supposedly out there looking for women heroes in SFF to hold up, Jirel’s sex is certainly not the reason. To those last two questions, the answer is “Of course not” C.L. ![]() Why is Jirel of Joiry, one of few bona fide woman pulp Sword & Sorcery heroes, so comparatively obscure? Is it because Jirel is a female protagonist? Or is it because C.L. ![]()
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