S.E.’s Comments (group member since Nov 01, 2012)

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

The 2019 Nov-Dec Groupread poll is finished.

It's Classic Howard AND a current Howard!


Masthead illustration credits:
- Justin Sweet illustration of Kull
- Cover artist TBD of Howard Andrew Jones' Ring-Sworn book #1: For the Killing of Kings

(A) with 13 votes: Link to the Classic Robert E. Howard discussion, ie just the real Conan/Kull/Bran (no pastiche).

~1930Robert E. Howard genuine Conan or Kull or Bran or Agnes: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, Kull: Exile of Atlantis, Bran Mak Morn: The Last King, or Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures

(B) 10 Votes (with a write-in): Link to discussion folder for Howard Andrew Jones' Ring-Sworn series

2019: Howard Andrew Jones's sequel to 2018's For the Killing of Kings is out this Nov. Upon the Flight of the Queen

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The next runner-up with 9 votes will be on our radar in future polls. Note that there is a Kickstarter coming up for that series: 2019 Hard Cover Kickstarter for Dyrk Ashton's War of Gods books -link
2016 Dyrk AshtonPaternus: War of GodsPaternus: Rise of Gods

~1930's Classic Howard


Robert E. Howard's genuine Conan or Kull or Bran or Agnes: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, Kull: Exile of Atlantis, Bran Mak Morn: The Last King, or Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures

Ring-Sworn series: Fresh epic fantasy

2019: Howard Andrew Jones's sequel to 2018's For the Killing of Kings is out this Nov. Upon the Flight of the Queen

Joe Bonadonna interviews his colleague David C. Smith on Black Gate.

Link to Black Gate interview.

David C. Smith was recently the Guest of Honor at the 2019 Howard Days.
He's been writing S&S for decades, from Oron to Red Sonja novels.

Lot's of fun insights in this one.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLfQ0ZD...

Trailer to the Celtic dark fantasy series-season 2!

Thanks to Kurt Brugel:
Link : Read the entire first of ten short sword and sorcery stories Niall of the Far Travels written by Gardner F Fox for Dragon magazine from 1976 to 1982

I really enjoyed Transformation. Reading her Sanctuary Duet now

Click here to read the Black Gate Interview with Cate Glass/Cate Glass.


Carol Berg majored in mathematics at Rice University, in part so she wouldn’t have to write papers. But while earning her mathematics degree, she took every English course that listed novels on the syllabus, just so she would have time to keep reading. Somewhere in the midst of teaching math for a couple of years, raising three sons, earning a second degree in computer science at the University of Colorado, and a software engineering career, a friend teased her into exchanging letters written “in character.” Once Carol started writing fiction, she couldn’t stop. Carol’s fifteen epic fantasy novels have earned national and international acclaim, including the Geffen Award, the Prism Award, multiple Colorado Book Awards, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature. She has been twice voted the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Writer of the Year.

Carol’s newest work, written as her alter ego Cate Glass, is a fantasy adventure series called Chimera about a rag-tag quartet of sorcerers who take on missions of deception and intrigue in a world where magic earns the death penalty. The first book, An Illusion of Thieves, was released in May 2019 by Tor Books (A Conjuring of Assassins is due out Feb 2020). Carol lives in Colorado at the foot of the Rocky Mountains with her Exceptional Spouse. She routinely attends conventions and was recently a special guest at the 2019 GenCon Writer’s Symposium.

Carol Berg makes dark fantasy fun and accessible, a perfect candidate for our interviews on “Art & Beauty in Weird Fantasy” (see previous interviews listed below). Most authors who produce horror/fantasy are (a) serious about their craft, and (b) driven by strange muses. Let’s tap the mind(s) of Carol Berg and Cate Glass.

Ohio, USA

Welcome JC and Clint! We’ve an eclectic mix here of writers and readers.

Clint has been commenting a bit already, but Im glad you chimed in here on the intro page

Sad. RIP books.

Nov-Dec Group reads vote, inspired by comments in the groups. Usually, 2 votes win for a 2-month duration. Write-in options are welcome.

On Homepage - or click here to vote

For the next Groupread poll, I can provide options to read certain eras (ie before 1950, 1950-1970, etc)

I like consistent worlds and enemies...thematic design. Conversely, I frown upon conflicts that are disconnected.... throwing lots of enemies/creatures at the protagonist doesn’t do much for me without context.

Ie some litRPG, and even Clonans. have a queue of battles of random creatures appear only to keep tension superficially alive.

I grabbed a copy. I’m beyond swamped with books, but its free and you’ve a nice tag line. Best to you!

Jack, you are getting terse in your old age.

Paul still sells via ebay
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?isRef...


For 18 usd it looks like you can get those Dream vooks again!

Wow. RIP galaxy. :(

I met Paul Ganley at the 2016 World Fantasy Convention. Bought a ton from him. I have those dream books...
Here are the artists:

Ship of dreams art: Allen Koszowski
Hero of dreams art: Jean Corbin
Mad Moon of dreams art; Dave Carson

Keeping my library on the second floor.

Oh no! How many other treasures were lost to the flood ?

It was six years ago that a Sword & Mythos group read here lured me to read: The Compleat Khash: Volume One: Never a Backward Glance. I haven't got to Volume #2 yet... reviews are not so great for it.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

At the end of the review, I tried to relate the printings of the two pulishers:

#1 (Tarra Khash Adventures-1): The Compleat Khash: Volume One: Never a Backward Glance…or …Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land


#2 (Tarra Khash Adventures-2): The Compleat Khash: Volume Two: Sorcery In Shad… or …Sorcery in Shad: Tales of the Primal Land