Jason’s Comments (group member since Jan 16, 2013)

Jason’s comments from the Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" group.

only a few short stories I'm aware of, one of which would have been published by yours truly if his Assassins anthology ever was completed...

totally enjoyed Sunset Mantle, really like Reiss' writing.

kudos to Fafhrd and the Mouser for a job well done to date; well-met to Jack on joining the fray!

as fer yer handle, I'm thinking '24' will fit jest fine.

I reviewed Swords & Dark Magic for Black Gate Magazine online, oh, back in 2010 I think. lots of great authors, lots of great stories, not so much S&S, in my view.

S.E., maybe you can fix this, as I seem to be unable to effectively create the proper links from my phone, but this is the HFQ Best of version on Goodreads my review is on: The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 1, 2009-2011 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27...

hey all, read and thoroughly enjoyed (well, not so much the final entry, so 99% enjoyed) HFQ's Best of Our First Years anthology. not only is it a great compilation of many of their best tales, it's a great sample of the fun S&S being written today. I recommend it as well worth the reading time, well worth adding to the personal library. and if you don't read HFQ online regularly, you should.

Howdy Arley! welcome, congrats on the Westerns (not that much removed from S&S) - I enjoyed your blog post on heroes: http://westerlinglore.blogspot.com/20...

that article comes from a fellow who also wrote "While Robert E Howard’s original Conan stories aren’t quite as good as the epic John Milius/Oliver Stone movie that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger to superstardom, they are still gems of pulp fiction..." in an October article http://www.theguardian.com/books/book...

very cool of you, thanks for sharing!

I read Seven Princes right after it came out. I am a fan of Fultz short stories, and had looked forward to reading his trilogy. It's been a bit, but I know that I enjoyed the read. I liked many of the primary characters and several of the concepts and subplots. I don't think I found the over-arcing plot of the Shaper of much interest, but I also didn't think it was a major part of the first book. As a first book I thought it did well to introduce world, magic, peoples, and characters, and it stands fairly well on its own as a single read. Perhaps most telling of my final impression though, is that, while I eventually bought book 2 and even started it, I haven't gotten past the first chapter I think, and I've read several other titles since.

I absolutely love Bauchelain and Korbal Broach! Awesome awesome awesome tales, the best fantasy comedy ever. Social satire, dark, yes, but the best observations on humanity in a running dual conversation between the drunken servant and the erudite necromancer. The novellas are also consistently quick reads, and they give you a very good taste of Erikson's writing. Cannot recommend them enough.

I've read Sadler's Casca (the challenge of linking on my tablet has defeated me) since discovering him in high school. Casca is the Roman soldier who pierced Christ's side with a spear while he hung on the cross. similar to Cain/Kane, he is doomed to stride the earth till Christ's return. unlike the other two, he is a white hat good guy. he dovetailed quite nicely with my Louis L'Amour western heroes...while also mirroring LL's style of essentially the same story over and over. I haven't read that whole series but enjoyed them and own just over half. as for this title, I discovered it just like my first Casca - browsing the spines at a used bookstore and recognizing a name on a cool cover :) one thing I think we lose with electronics, but I'm not bemoaning my Kindle App with 100s of books on my tablet.

Yay! I finally selected and finished a book that qualified for a current group read! :) My brief thoughts on Barry Sadler's MORITURI https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I have one Sláine graphic novel and been looking for more ever since reading it. a novel would be interesting.

loved Fargo as a high schooler, great Western/S&S crossbreed. used to have half the series, really wished I still did.

here's a new interview with the author of a new book who mentions some familiar names:
"What are you reading at the moment and who are the fantasy authors you come back to time and time again?

How much trouble will I be in if I admit I’m only now reading A Game of Thrones? I am also a fan of the ongoing comic series Rat Queens, and Gail Simone’s run on Red Sonja. If I start listing my favourite go-to fantasists I’ll never stop, but I do think C.L. Moore, Charles Saunders, and Michael Shea all deserve far more attention than they receive these days."

http://www.orbitbooks.net/interview/c...

I'm currently reading the 7 online chapters.

Nice!

I think I'll give MORITURI by Barry Sadler a shot. I've been a CASCA fan forever, but never read anything else...found this at the used book store and snapped it up.

I like the idea, and I like Matt Forbeck's version called "Shotguns & Sorcery" http://www.forbeck.com/12-for-12/shot..., but that's particular to his creation.

If RBE hadn't floundered, I had an entire 'S&S' line of a dozen anthologies drawn up with the consistent them of 'Swords & Sxxx'...with the pertinent one being 'Swords & Sixguns.'

I could totally see having a blast with either one of my daughters making that! Thanks for sharing the fun!