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from the Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" group.
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Mathew, that’s awesome! Congrats
4th of July.... Kickstarter..The Magician’s Skull speaks again
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_act...
The blurb:
Rejoice, mortals! The immortal Skull has heard your pleas and returned to grant your greatest desire: more sword-and-sorcery!
Heed the call of the immortal Skull, and prepare to make your pledge. The Skull has told the publisher known as Goodman to launch his Kickstarter on Thursday, July 4th. Tell the publisher that you're committed.
Got my paper back of Golden Blood...used copy for ~5$.Signed by the author!
Oh dear! Craziness .... perhaps we can do a Public Domain groupread sometime
Thanks Jack. I was getting some of the durations confused.“Copyright protection generally lasts for 70 years after the death of the author. If the work was a "work for hire", then copyright persists for 120 years after creation or 95 years after publication, whichever is shorter. For works created before 1978, the copyright duration rules are complicated.”
Some members were alarmed at pricing... some “new” condition books of Reign of Wizardry have a 99$ price tag.Don’t be fooled... look for used versions and you can them (and shipping) for <6$ on Amazon.
Im sure other sites like Abebooks also vary a lot.
Actually, the Golden Blood serial appeared in Weird Tales ~1930 and is probably available in a discount eBook or online.
I think that’s public domain by now.... can anyone confirm?
S.wagenaar wrote: "I have both, but I’ve been meaning to read Reign of Wizardry for some time now..."Well, you have to read Reign of Wizardry now.... it'll help egg me on.
Which cover do you have?
I’m just learning about Jack Williamson, and bought these two on Amazon. Leaning towards reading Wizardry cuz of the Frazetta cover.
Lumely's "Dream" series is pretty good too... still very Lovecraftian adventure like the Primal Land series. These are all fair game!Iced on Aran and Other Dream QuestsShip of DreamsHero of DreamsMad Moon of Dreams
July Aug 2019 Groupreads topics have been chosen:
A) Jack Williamson group discussion-read-LINK
Classic Jack Williamson, ie The Reign of Wizardry or Golden Blood (~1933 Weird Tales)
B) Lumely's Primal Land group discussion-read-LINK
Brian Lumley's Primal Land (Shad) series, The House of Cthulhu: Tales of the Primal Land Vol. 1 and Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land
Banner/Masthead Credits
Frazetta's 1964 cover to Jack Williamson's "The Reign of Wizardry"
Melvyn Grant's cover to Brian Lumely's Tarra Khash: Hrossak (Primal Lands #2) 1991
b) Brian Lumley's Primal Land (Shad) series: The House of Cthulhu: Tales of the Primal Land Vol. 1
Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land
Jun 21, 2019 06:50PM
And John O’Neill on BlackGate.com gave it a nice introduction! Welcome, pirates!
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/06/20/...
Nice post AR.I seem to need
1) Sorcery (over swords)
2) creatures
3) a sense of unknown weirdness/exploration
Hear, hear!
Joseph wrote: "Far be it from me to try to change your mind … :)"
LOL! I love that art. Erekose has a sword there!
Cripes... thanks for making me stay conflicted about the TBR reading order
Joseph wrote: "S.E. wrote: "Just finished Erekose (my first John Daker tale)... One thing that may explain some of the pacing issues (and which I didn't know until very recently) -- the standalone novel is actually an expanded version of a shorter piece (novella? novelette?). You can find the original in one of the recent Del Rey Elric collections...."Joseph, neat. I didn't know it had evolved so much. Not sure I'll get to the sequels of Erekose anytime soon....
...especially when Jack and others are rereading and enjoying Corum! I may have to continue reading those.
Or I need to brush up on Hawkmoon before the TV series is released.
Just finished Erekose (my first John Daker tale)In summary, fans of the Eternal Champion with think this is ok. New to the Eternal Champion? I would not start here. Starting with Corum, Elric, or Hawkmoon may be better.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
A glimpse of Robert E Howard days: Howard Scholars Jason Ray Carney, David C. Smith, Jason Waltz and Dierk Guenther talk about what defines the S & S genre. How did the Depression affect REH? Are all sorcerers evil and just using a crutch (cuz they can't hold a sword)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H-Nr...
I’ve picked up Erekose #1 (John Daker) The Eternal Champion, 1970... it’s ok so far
