Books: Guin Saga, The: Book 2: Warrior in the Wilderness

1979 was a pretty good year to be a fan. Look at what was in theaters: the first Star Trek movie; Alien; the animated Lord of the Rings flick. And there was an even bigger kick waiting for us in the bookstores — the first installments in this awesome new fantasy series about this warrior with the head of a leopard.

No, wait. That last bit didn’t happen — at least, not here. But oh man, how I wish it had.

The copyright page of Book Two of The Guin Saga tells me: Originally published in Japanese as Koya no senshi by Hayakawa Shobo, Tokyo, 1979. There’s something intimidating about discovering that one of the best fantasies of 2008 was published in 1979 — and all us poor suckers in the English-speaking territories are just now finding out about it.

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