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Predictably, most book covers depict Jirel in a metal bikini or with tin-plated breasts, but this painting properly represents Moore's description of the fiercely independent warrior & strong leader of her people. Some of the sexual politics are iffy now, 70-odd years on, but Jirel is written with her own agency.
Usually classed as Sword & Sorcery, which they are, I think they are closer to Clark Ashton Smith's Weird tales than to Howard's Conan.

A semi-randomly selected next book: Jirel of Joiry. Written shortly after the emergence of the Sword and Sorcery genre in the early '30s, Jirel is a female protagonist in a male-dominated field: authors, MCs and readership all predominantly male. Catherine Moore (of necessity) disguised her gender behind initials, and I'm not entirely sure that this will be written from anything like a feminist perspective, but we'll see! ⚔🧙🏼‍♀️⚔

C.L. Moore is hugely underrated. She is incomparable as a stylist. Nobody did creeping, cosmic horror better. The first story, Black God‘s Kiss, gives us the first great sword & sorcery heroine and is just incandescently brilliant. The rest, though, are great but derivative. Full review - https://www.google.com/amp/s/everydayshouldbetuesday.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/th...

My To-Review stack. I should probably get on that... #bookbloggers

Finally finished my first book of my #EndOfYearReadingMarathon. With “Hellsgarde,” C.L. Moore‘s Jirel Of Joiry stories end as strongly as they started. A master of a certain sort of creeping horror, Moore deserves mention in the same breath as Howard and Lovecraft. #Pulp #WeirdTales

‪Hot toddy and...what is the opposite of chill? ‬

Part of today's used bookstore haul. An awesome Golden Age fantasy collection by Moore, and a book on hoodoo by Ballard. #fantasy #bravegirls #magic #paganism