Flight to Opar
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| Flight to Opar | |
 Cover illustration of Flight to Opar |
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| Author | Philip José Farmer |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Opar series |
| Genre(s) | Adventure novel |
| Publisher | DAW Books |
| Publication date | 1976 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Preceded by | Hadon of Ancient Opar |
Flight to Opar is a 1976 fantasy novel by Philip José Farmer, first published in paperback by DAW Books.
The novel is a sequel to Farmer's earlier novel Hadon of Ancient Opar. Both books purport to fill in some of the ancient history of the lost city of Opar, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs as a setting for his Tarzan series.
[edit] Plot
In this continuation of Hadon's adventures in the ancient Africa of 12,000 years ago, the last-ditch defense of the High Priestess he and his allies mounted against the tyranical King's evil schemes segues into a perilous chase through various exotic cities, seas and islands. Hadon undertakes to take his mate, now pregnant with his child, to safety at his native city of Opar, but is pursued by members of a dark cult in the service of the king.
The book ends as the war just gets seriously going, and with only tantalizing glimpses given of various interesting locations. Hadon's beloved clearly appears destined to a crucial future role which is never quite reached. Plainly, Farmer provided for further sequels which were never written. He has stated that he intended to have Hadon's son emigrate to the south in the wake of the catastrophe that would ultimately destroy the civilization in which the series is set, there to found the city of Kor that would afterward become the setting of H. Rider Haggard's classic fantasy novel She.
[edit] External links
- David Pringle's introduction to H. Rider Haggard's Allan & the Ice Gods - in which he quotes from an interview with Farmer on the latter's original intentions for the subsequent direction of the Opar series
