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

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

Swords-people,

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Ooh the Gutter Prayer sounds pretty cool.....

For the Killing of Kings is a forthcoming sword and sorcery book by Howard Andrew Jones, who has many fans here. He also edits Tales from the Magician's Skull #1 and the Perilous Worlds.

His bog: http://www.howardandrewjones.com/swor...

Anyway, check out an excerpt on TOR's website:
https://www.tor.com/2019/01/22/excerp...


BLURB:

Powells
Howard Andrew Jones' powerful world-building brings this epic fantasy to life in For The Killing of Kings, the first book of his new adventure-filled trilogy.

Their peace was a fragile thing, but it had endured for seven years, mostly because the people of Darassus and the king of the Naor hordes believed his doom was foretold upon the edge of the great sword hung in the hall of champions. Unruly Naor clans might raid across the border, but the king himself would never lead his people to war so long as the blade remained in the hands of his enemies.

But when squire Elenai’s aging mentor uncovers evidence that the sword in their hall is a forgery she’s forced to flee Darassus for her life, her only ally the reckless, disillusioned Kyrkenall the archer. Framed for murder and treason, pursued by the greatest heroes of the realm, they race to recover the real sword, only to stumble into a conspiracy that leads all the way back to the Darassan queen and her secretive advisors. They must find a way to clear their names and set things right, all while dodging friends determined to kill them – and the Naor hordes, invading at last with a new and deadly weapon.

January 22 1906... REH was born ... on a battlefield...

Thanks Jack for the share! You rock.

I am a big fan of Charles A. Gramlich's stories. Was thrilled to learn he wrote an essay on the same topic I interview folks about.

BTW Black Gate is simulcasting the interviews in my Beauty in Weird fiction series, so you can find the same interview there:
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/01/21/...

This was a fun one.

Have been interviewing since 2014 (starting with Janet Morris)
18 in the series now dedicated to Beauty in Weird fiction.
This is my third broadcast on Black Gate (having cornered Darrell Schweitzer in 2018 and Sebastian A. Jones from Stranger Comics too) .

For the list of all 18, check out this table of contents:
https://www.selindberg.com/p/intervie...

I’m trying out Knaves too (I backed it on Kickstarter).

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

Lol.... not that Twilight

Nice review Jack. You found learned about “new” authors and added to your to-read pile.

I just started Twilight Echoes 1.

Just wrapped up Rathen: Into Bramblewood Forest, a fun lit-RPG. Recommended for sure.

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

Need to jump into the Anthology groupread now...

Richard wrote: "
The Trail of Bohu
So, I am about finished with this one and I'm really into the story. So much so, that I became alarmed that the story wouldn'..."

Richard, lol. I think you may be getting that $20 Imaro!

Nice! I confess having been sucked into Bright Insights, a YouTube channel dedicated to ancient civilization’s technology.

Here is one example on stone work:

https://youtu.be/LhZgaBo7ZSc

Fun stuff.

https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2019/1...

DMR books (Brian Murphy contribution) posts a very interesting article that encourages me to push a H Rider Haggard groupread. King Solomons Mines? SHE?

Interesting similarities with Tolkien and Howard re: views on civilization.

S.wagenaar wrote: "Thanks for the heads up SE!"

You are welcome.

Most here know that RBE has made made nice anthologies, in particular Return of the Sword: An Anthology of Heroic Adventure .... nice to see Jason M Waltz tackle some more to stir the community again.

Rogue blades has multiple Sword and Sorcery submission for 2019

http://roguebladesentertain.wixsite.c...

Editor/member Jason M Waltz

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/12/...

Marvel’s Conan The Barbarian Will Tell the Story Of His Death- Posted by Rich Johnston December 31

Comic may track Conan from cradle to grave

Lots of Sword and Planet in there. Where will you go first?

Welcome Robert!

S.E. wrote: "Thx Jason. Appreciate the heads up on the broken link sent in the em..."

Three cheers to Jack for sending a better link by email!

Jason M wrote: "awesome banner Seth - and thanks for listing all the banners together! I will share on RBE's FB and website :)"

Thx Jason. Appreciate the heads up on the broken link sent in the email to everyone too (I can't fix right away since I can only send one message per day to the group)

Jack wrote: "Thanks, S.E. It's great to see all of these old banners all at once. You do a great job year after year creating these."

Thanks Jack! Banners take some time but are fun, and I learn a lot about cover artists. If we have a graphic artist in the group, we can explore sharing the fun (if not for the Groupread, then for some other purpose).

I'm in for Twilight Echoes for this read, to start anyway. You?