Jirel

Jirel is snatched from lying severely wounded by a wizard who is a lot more than he seems.

Superhero Prose Fiction: Jirel Of Joiry - Black God's Kiss Blue Tyson 2008

Jirel is snatched from lying severely wounded by a wizard who is a lot more than he seems.

Superhero Prose Fiction: Jirel and Northwest Smith - Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams Blue Tyson 2008

Jirel is snatched from lying severely wounded by a wizard who is a lot more than he seems.

Superhero Prose Fiction: Jirel - Jirel of Joiry 4 The Dark Land Blue Tyson 2008

Jirel is snatched from lying severely wounded by a wizard who is a lot more than he seems.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Black God's Kiss - C. L. Moore Blue Tyson 2008

Suffice to say there is a little bit of Jirel in most of my swordswomen -- and no few of my sorceresses.

MIND MELD: The Best Sword & Sorcery Stories 2010

The Jirel stories were not hack-and-slash, they had complicated characters, with complicated emotions.

MIND MELD: The Best Sword & Sorcery Stories 2010

The wizard Franga is getting his arse handed him by Jirel so badly he has to summon help.

Archive 2010-01-01 Blue Tyson 2010

Jirel of Joiry is at least as memorable as Northwest Smith.

MIND MELD: Who are the Most Memorable Characters in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror? 2008

The weakest are the collaborations, especially "Quest of the Starstone" (where Northwest Smith meets up with Jirel of Joiry; it rarely pays to have your greatest characters mingle).

REVIEW: Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith by C. L. Moore 2008

Moore's most famous stories center around two famous characters, Northwest Smith, a hardened, battered spaceman that could be Han Solo's grandfather, and Jirel of Joiry, a sword-wielding woman warrior that could have given Conan a run for his money if they ever crossed paths.

REVIEW: Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith by C. L. Moore 2008