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Summary: A Pilgrim's Progress For Cynics
Review: Jurgen, after a word in defense of the Devil, finds himself upon a Pilgrims' Progress through the world. Sardonic, cynical and droll, this tale of Jurgen's journey finds him promoted at each step of the way, through King to Emperor.
The highlight of his journey is a sojurn in "the Hell of Our Fathers" where the resident devils are kept exhausted trying to mete out punishments which satisfy their "victims" as being proportionate to their sins. That the devils find the sins rather petty seems to mollify the proud parents not at all.
This is a book to read and re-read. Cabell's comments upon human foibles should please and amuse
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Summary: An Intellectual Romp in the Hay
Review: Magically recovering his youth, Jurgen, a poet-cum-pawn broker of medaeval France, begins an erotic odyssey, in which he beds King Arthur's bride-to-be, a love goddess in her realm of pleasure, a tree nymph, the queen of Philistines, a vampire in Hell. He also gets to talk to God, Satan -- and the mysterious Katschei, creator of all things as they are. Full of puns, word play, references to obscure myths and legends of various cultures, and Americanizing the tradition of the picaresque epic, JURGEN is a delight for the Mensa set and ordinary readers alike. This edition reproduces the delightful illustrations cut for the first British publication of the work.
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Summary: Before Heinlein
Review: Perhaps the finest fantasy ever written by an american writer. It will change your life every time you read it. Cabell was brilliant and Heinlein copied him more than once (compare Job: A Comedy of Justice). Cabell was sexy, ironic, consistant. Even Asimov, in his final works attempted to equal the History of Dom Manuel by combining the Robots and Foundation into a single cosmology.
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Summary: Before Heinlein
Review: Perhaps the finest fantasy ever written by an american writer. It will change your life every time you read it. Cabell was brilliant and Heinlein copied him more than once (compare Job: A Comedy of Justice). Cabell was sexy, ironic, consistant. Even Asimov, in his final works attempted to equal the History of Dom Manuel by combining the Robots and Foundation into a single cosmology.
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