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Desconozco los mitos o leyendas en que Lupoff basó su historia y por tanto, no puedo juzgar hasta qué punto la trama es original. El argumento me ha parecido bueno, una historia mágica plagada de imágenes hermosas, pero el modo en que está narrada, una especie de presente hiperdescriptivo en el que te dicen lo que debes visualizar escena a escena, hace que la lectura se vuelva farragosa. Tengo la sensación de que si hubiese sido escrita de un modo más asequible, habría disfrutado mucho más con e...
For a book less than 300 pages, it took me a bit longer than I thought to finish it. While it had great reviews and it looked interesting from the synopsis, I didn't quite like it. The writing style was a bit too odd for my liking. I did enjoy the japanese folklore in it, but I don't know if it was a twist out of some other folklore or not as I don't know enough of it.
I just could past the first chapter.
Inventive and well written. Uses eastern myths instead of western ones as the basis for a sword and sorcery story. Pretty good.
This book is a surreal and beautifully written adventure which makes up for a startling lack of plot and characterisation with its original Oriental setting and wonderfully odd characters. All in all this is not a book to be read for an exciting story, it's a book to be savoured for mystical ambiguity and glorious writing.
This book is a strange mix of overly-descriptive at times and not descriptive enough at others. Lupoff writes like he knows he needs to meet a minimum word-count. You will read retreads of the plot so far multiple times. This is a difficult read due to the style of the prose. It is plodding and tedious at times, but the imagery is enchanting and dreamlike. It's difficult to rate this novel because I enjoy and dislike it in equal measure. I loved it at age 17 but my second reading at age 30 has l...
When I bought this was book I was in a phase of Japanese books. Most of them made by western writers. This one was not an exception. I remember one thing. Beautifuly prose language but unfotunally it didn't work for me. I will try to read in a few years when I have more books under my belt. This book mix japanese folklore and culture. I remember being confuse with the story. Most of time I didn't knew where the writer wanted the main character to go. The ending was as confusing as the rest of th...
No sabía qué esperar de esta novela, aunque lo cierto es que no esperaba esto. Es muy rara, pero porque el estilo no es el acostumbrado. Sin embargo, sí que es muy original, sobre todo porque la mitología que utiliza tiene mucha influencia de la japonesa y para la época en que está escrita, sin duda Lupoff realizó una labor loable al alejarse de las influencias occidentales y abrazar las orientales.Se puede decir que estamos ante una obra de espada y brujería, aunque no piensen en Elric de Melni...
Written in 1976, Richard Lupoff’s Sword of the Demon was way ahead of the curve (at least in the West) when it comes to Eastern Martial Arts & Fantasy. Though Sword of the Demon is rooted in Japanese myth and legend, you can’t help but be reminded (if you’ve seen them) of such Chinese films as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, and Curse of the Golden Flower. Sword of the Demon is jam-packed with flying wizards, fantastic beasts, samurai warriors (male and female), and shap...
Closer to 3.5 stars. Hard to describe the book but I did enjoy it. It's extremely surreal and felt at times like an Eastern infused version of Alice in Wonderland. Unique and intriguing writing style as well as the story and characters. Very ethereal quality to it. I suspect this might be a book that isn't for everyone but if you like fantasy or want to read something different, this would be a good choice.
