Best book from the ads at the back of an old Bantam paperback of Crompton Divided

Okay, reminder that I still need to read all that too!
I don't know how her whole life-cycle might compare to those of Norton and McC.'s valiant women, but already, in this 1934 Weird Tales tale I tripped on above, Jirel of Jorey is a badass with emotional conflicts to match or overmatch physical violence, of which there is plenty, in a pulpy yet non-gratuitous way. I don't know that such a combo would have been acceptable in a comparable male character (don't recall Conan having those feels, although creator Robert E. Howard seemed to flame out after his mother's death, right? So maybe Conan did have some perceptible vulnerabilities somewhere--or Red Sonja? Never read stories of her).
Here, at least, Jirel seems like an ancestor of 60s teen angst Peter Parker->Spiderman--and his future peer Paul Atreides, who will have not wanna be no Dune Messiah for the Universe--and all or many such subsequent superheros and heroines.

lol idk if you need to read *all* of it, I stopped after the first Ghormenghast book lol

Yeah, me too.

title is from Mervyn Peake/Ghormenghast

All Cats Are Gray

although huh I guess there is some idiomatic saying that predates Peake? idk

Poor Richard’s Almanac, if not earlier, I would hazard to guess.

No, that's "All Cats Are Gay."

"Like Horses!"

You guys have got to be kidding.

Usually see that quote attributed to Ben Franklin, although Wikipedia seems to have an earlier citation as well.

it's french you rubes

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voted tombs of atuan btw, where earthsea starts to get interesting (i.e. not patriarchal).

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