Joseph’s Comments (group member since Oct 24, 2012)

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

S.E. wrote: "The soundtrack is now available.
Love “the song of the white wolf”
And, of course, “toss a coin to your witcher”"

I picked up the soundtrack and have listened to, well, about half of it (it's three hours long, give or take). Great stuff!

As the person who originally suggested lost continents, I have definite thoughts on the subject, but those all look like worthy contenders.

The Kencyrath march onward -- finished Bound in Blood and immediately started Honor's Paradox (while sitting in a local pub, drinking beer and eating a very tasty curry).

Richard wrote: "@Joseph

It has a phenomenal line up of authors. Many stories I've never read too! I was like a little kid on his birthday when I found this one over the summer @ Goodwill."

For one thing, it was my first real introduction to Adrian Cole's Voidal stories.

Richard wrote: "
Heroic Fantasy"

That was a great one.

In the games, at least, all Roaches are kind of magical in the sense that you can be standing in the middle of a vasty desert with nothing around you but desolation as far as the eye can see, then you can whistle for your horse and he'll come clopping up from just out of your line of sight.

Yep, like Fafhrd & the Mouser's swords, he has the name that he just applies to whichever one he has at the moment.

Oh, and I'll need to rewatch and check again, but they should've leaned more into the thing where Geralt just calls every horse he acquires "Roach".

I just finished it and now I really want S2 (which, sadly, we probably won't see before 2021).

Mary wrote: "Blood of Ambrose by James Enge"

At some point I need to read Enge's second Ambrose trilogy.

Myself, I'm still reading P.C. Hodgell -- currently Seeker's Bane.

Christian wrote: "Started reading the 5th issue of Cirsova: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, a themed issue of Burroughsian adventure on a prehistoric Lovecraftian Earth.

Also getting to..."

I do like all of those things ...

Did I mention that I finished the both of them? Really liked them and now I need to wait for the concluding volume.

I'm reading P.C. Hodgell's The God Stalker Chronicles, a series that is at least S&S-adjacent at its beginning. (I think it turns more epic as the series progresses.)

Yes, welcome!

Mike wrote: "I am reading for the first time the first stories in Leiber's Swords and Deviltry. Also re-reading the first stories in Elric of Melniboné. About 80 pages into Erikson's Deadhouse Gates (Malazahn #..."

Seven Blades was definitely fun.

Hmmm … I'm torn because my favorite story is probably "Beyond the Black River", but I'm not sure if that'd be a good one to include as an intro to REH.

If not, I'd probably go with:

1. Tower of the Elephant -- a good introduction to Conan

2. Worms of the Earth (toss-up between this and Kings of the Night

3. Three-Bladed Doom -- El Borak!

4. Shadow of the Vulture -- historical adventure and the original Red Sonya

Ask me again tomorrow and get a completely different list.

Conveniently, on the day that Upon the Flight of the Queen is released, I'm starting For the Killing of Kings.

Ooh! I like Master Ultan!

I will be happy to abide by the will of the people.