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

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

For what it’s worth, the Amazon preorder just updated from Sept to Oct. 28-Dec-8 2019.

Given Hocking’s feedback, I am skeptical... but always hopeful

Clint wrote: "I would love to be enthusiastic, but they are only batting 500 with the Conan titles they currently have"

Agreed. I took the announcement as being half-warning, half-exciting.

“Marvel’s announcement named “Dark Agnes, Solomon Kane, and a few more surprises” would be appearing in upcoming Marvel titles.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...

Gideon the Ninth looks cool (I love the undead). Looking forward to your review

I haven’t read the Creation Myths (yet), but from the descriptions of 1-3, this series seems to occur between them and the movie.

I’ll have to track down the comics

Lol. Jack?!?? Do you have Netflix?

Anyone else out there enjoying the 10 episode prequel to the Dark Crystal?

I loved it. Amazingly true to the original in style and substance, really fleshed out the lore, filled with cool creatures and surprisingly “dark” .

I needed a refresher on the reading order and figured others could benefit.

Grabbed this from a nice site:
https://booksreadingorder.com/the-witcher/

The Witcher Books in Order of Reading
The Last Wish (short story collection), published in Polish in 1993, translated in 2007
Season of Storms (The Witcher #1), published in Polish in 2013, translated in 2018
Sword of Destiny (short story collection), published in Polish in 1993, translated in 2015
Blood of Elves (The Witcher #2), published in Polish in 1994, translated in 2009
Time of Contempt (The Witcher #3), published in Polish in 1995, translated in 2013
Baptism of Fire (The Witcher #4), published in Polish in 1996, translated in 2014
The Tower of Swallows (The Witcher #5), published in Polish in 1997, translated in 2016
Lady of the Lake (The Witcher #6), published in Polish in 1999, translated in 2017"


The Witcher Books in Publication Order
To read the Witcher novels in publication order, follow the list below.

The Last Wish (short story collection)
Sword of Destiny (short story collection)
Blood of Elves (The Witcher #1)
Time of Contempt (The Witcher #2)
Baptism of Fire (The Witcher #3)
The Tower of Swallows (The Witcher #4)
Lady of the Lake (The Witcher #5)
Season of Storms (The Witcher #6)

From DMR books Facebook page:

“In the late ‘70s legendary pulp fictioneer Manly Wade Wellman created a fantasy hero named Kardios, who was the last survivor of Atlantis. The five tales of Kardios Wellman penned appeared in anthologies such as Swords Against Darkness and Heroic Fantasy, which are long out of print. For decades sword and sorcery fans have clamored for all five stories to be reprinted in a single collection.

https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2019/9...”

Crom! This is upsetting. Sorry, John.

As of today (Sept-3-2019) Amazon says out of stock w/o a delivery date.

I assume it will come out eventually, but know they had a production delay.

No date info., but I pre-ordered it.

I wrapped up my diversion into robotic thrill-rides, Todd McAulty's The Robots of Gotham was a blast.

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

Now... the group read is pulling me toward Sword of Destiny, but I was lucky to score an advanced copy of Howard Andrew Jone's Upon the Flight of the Queen (due out n Nov.), so I am distracted.

I enjoyed Unsheathed

Thanks Greg! Always fun to merge covert art and fuel engagement.

Not &SS, but I am reading Todd McAulty's The Robots of Gotham.... and Todd McAulty is a pen name for John O'Neill, S&S supporter and leader of BlackGate.com. It's his debut novel, and it's a robot/AI thriller.

Nice review just posted by Clint on Thongor:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

“Skips along” resonated with me.

Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher series is coming to Netflix soon. Are you prepared?

Lin Carter...any will do. Thongor is highlighted in the banner.

Sept Oct groupread topics have been elected.

Discussion A: Lin Carter books, i.e., Thongor (link)

Discussion B: Sapkowski's Witcher Series (link)

Image Banner Credits
-Lin Carter's Thongor Against the Gods, 1979, artist Kevin Eugene Johnson
- Sapkowski, Andrzej's The Tower of Swallows, 2016 (artists: Paweł Mielmiczuk, Bartłomiej Gaweł, Marcin Błaszczak, Arkadiusz)