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

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

Christian, do you know that Ralph Bakshi has been selling his animation frames for LOTR?
https://www.ebay.com/str/bakshianimat...

Welcome Christian!

Clint wrote: "I’m not sure if Carter was picked for the next group read or not, but that’s what I am picking. Years ago I read Wizard of Lemuria. I don’t remember it well, but I do remember it’s not really worth..."

Cool about Tales! You'll enjoy them. I could have had #3 in my hands if I had caught the memo about picking it up at Gencon. Sigh. Must wait.

And.... Lemuria's floaters! Yes, that is funny.

I just devoured Tales From the Magician's Skull #2
.
That was incredible. With a recent Kickstarter, we are promised installments up to #6.

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Worked for me

A really candid and insightful interview with David C. Smith, recent honored guest at Robert E Howard days. In two parts:

David C Smith Interview Part I
... and...
Part II

Isn’t Pulpfest held near Pittsburgh? Or does it roam?

We’ve ever done a Lin Carter theme. Nice idea

Caroline wrote: "Hyperborea by Clark Ashton Smith
My Lord Barbarian by Andrew J. Offutt
Cthulhu The Mythos and Kindred Horrors by Robert E. Howard"

Ooh, I love all things Clark Ashton Smith.

Love Richard's idea about the Witcher too.

Would have liked to read John C. Hocking's Conan and the Emerald Lotus (reprint) and Conan and the Living Plague... due out about now.... but those have been delayed.

Am also dying to read the sequel to For the Killing of Kings by Howard Andrew Jones.... I think #2 is out in Nov. I just got to mingle with HAJ at Gencon, so his work is on my mind. Also got to interview Anna Smith Spark and her grimdark series is awesome.

Others in my TBR:
Tales From the Magician's Skull #2 edited by HAJ
The Tower of Living and Dying by Anna Smith Spark
Seven Kings
Dawn
Eric Brighteyes (I bought it but failed to read it previous groupread)

I forgive the author ;)

Lots of relevant Sword and Sorcery series are coming:
https://deadline.com/2019/07/next-gam...

This reviews a lot of them

Amazon has a Sept 3rd release date

Welcome Ben. As mentioned on FB we are a low key, civil group. We have group reads every 2months (often 2topics). Many introverts here read but don’t share much.

BTW Clark Ashton Smith is my favorite. His Zothique tales opened new horizons for me.

Finished The Reign of Wizardry.
Took one day to devour it.

Fun stuff. Class S&S, retelling the story of Theseus and the Minotaur. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I have Golden Blood in queue. If it wasn't for this group I would not have tracked Jack Williamson down. Thanks guys.

The GenCon Writer's Symposium is fast approaching!



Coinciding with this is Anna Smith Spark's released of the third installment in the Empires of Dust: HOUSE of SACRIFICE!



Earlier this year I interviewed the Queen of Grimdark over on BlackGate.com  (May 2019):Disgust and Desire: An Interview with Anna Smith Spark



And in ~2weeks, I'll be moderating her Q&A session at Gen Con! Please join us, and bring your questions.




When: 5pm / Friday / Aug 2nd
Where: Marriott Hotel, Ballroom 4 (Indianapolis, IN)
Register: Q&A with Anna Smith Spark Event signup





Event/Registration for GenCon Writer's Symposium
Panel Listings PDF
Schedule of Panels PDF

Lol.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/cSqi-8kAMmM

Clint, solid/concise review. So it was published in 2019, and has a CD for audio? No table of contents? Weird

The interns under the skull are having a tough experience