Dave Van Arnam (1935–2002)
Auteur de Lord of Blood
A propos de l'auteur
Séries
Œuvres de Dave Van Arnam
Lord of Blood 3 exemplaires
The Reader's Guide to Barsoom and Amtor 3 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Van Arnam, David G.
- Autres noms
- Van Arnam, David G.
- Date de naissance
- 1935-07-31
- Date de décès
- 2002-08-03
- Sexe
- male
- Lieu du décès
- Albany, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
Membres
Critiques
Dedicated to Lin Carter, 'Wizard Of Storms' shows that imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery.
Here Van Arnham has written a story so close to standard Lin Carter fare I wondered for a long time if this was Carter himself using a pseudonym.
By-the-numbers sword and sorcery then, enjoyable enough if you're not too picky.
Here Van Arnham has written a story so close to standard Lin Carter fare I wondered for a long time if this was Carter himself using a pseudonym.
By-the-numbers sword and sorcery then, enjoyable enough if you're not too picky.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Membres
- 321
- Popularité
- #73,715
- Évaluation
- 2.8
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 19
Where most stories in the genre have a single hero, or a hero with a sidekick, this one features a true adventuring party where the four members are each specialists in their own field and each member is given equal weight in the narrative. I found this interesting because the book predates the development of fantasy role-playing games by several years. It does not feel like a "game book".
The treatment of women is similarly unusual. While it's made clear that the general view of women is in line with most sword & sorcery settings, the female adventurer in this story is treated with respect by her companions (perhaps because she has a knife), and she seems to be the most competent of the bunch. All this without being particularly assertive.… (plus d'informations)