A question for the experts...

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Many, many years ago, I read a German translation of an English fantasy story.

It featured a Prince named "Randor" who, to save his lady love, had to survive a dungeon-like maze in a desert country.


Any idea who was the author of this one?

The story was not very good, but for some reason, it never quite left me.


Thanks,

Rafe

[oldkat]

I'm stunned that not one person-member-guest knows the answer to this.
I, of course, don't either.

Sorry.

[snorri]

Maybe Randor was turned into Rancor ans hé ended into Jabba's pit.

Sorry

I don't know either.

[tkdco2]

I only found this when searching: books.google.com/books?id=lNJaCAAAQBAJ&dq=randor+%2B+maze&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Here's a passage: books.google.com/books?id=lNJaCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT18&lpg=PT18&dq=randor+%2B+maze&source=bl&ots=w9F-sOPZTp&sig=uDrCmMp4mQpF3UNTeT-GNbD9mdc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJlr-KyI_KAhXHKGMKHapGAakQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=randor%20%2B%20maze&f=false

[Deleted]

Thank you! The one I am looking for is older, though - much older. I figure, from the very early 70s.

"Randor" as a name is not uncommon even in the real world; it's an old Celtic word for "shield", simply. A warrior's name, indeed.

[Deleted]

...I am betting on a translated story from the old "Swords Against Darkness" anthologies, but I haven't got all of them yet.

[tkdco2]

The only other result I got from searching for Randor was He-Man's father. Do you remember any other characters?

[Deleted]

Nope. It was a desert adventure, and it featured a maze. In retrospect, it felt a bit "Dragon Prince"-ish, but I've read the entire series, and the story is not from there.