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

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

Previous Annual Anthology Groupread links:
2018 discussion
2017 discussion
2016 discussion
2015 discussion
2014 discussion
2013 discussion

You know the drill... any anthology will do.
Checkout the Poll for ideas and to post what you are reading.
Poll Link

Plenty of old and new to choose from.
You owe it to yourself to try one of the new magazines or dig up an old book.


Banner Credits L-->R:

- Jim Pitts cover for 2018 TWILIGHT ECHOES # 1
-Martin Handford's cover for Swords of Steel
- Tommy Arnold's cover for 2017 Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists



This Jan-Feb groupread continues an annual tradition since at least 2014 (though many shared the topic of Anthologies with another).

https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2018/1...

Swords of Steel publisher has nice plans for next yr including new work by Keith Taylor who is making quite the resurgence recently

Phew, posted my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

In short, I'm glad to have read the King of Elfland's Daughter being a self-proclaimed fantasy aficionado.... but it wasn't easy.

These groupreads continue to help me tackle must reads.

Would have preferred to have cut out the Orion story, and just kept focus on Alveric's dark, heroic tale.

David wrote: "Just announced. Amazon have picked up John Thanes Shadow of the barbarian for development as a TV series !! Can't wait. Shadow of the Barbarian: A Legend Will Rise"

Have this on my to read list, but am unfamiliar with the author/work much admittedly.

I do know Netflix and Amazon are securing TV/movie rights much faster than can produce. So as much as I'd like to see more S&S on the screen, I imagine that this is just part of the intellectual property war/strategy.

Tough to read during the Dec holiday/end of yr chaos, but I keep trudging thru The King of Elfland’s daughter.

Flowery prose and run on sentences work better in short fiction; love the imagery, but I could used more adventure and less about pigeons communicating poorly to a troll.

Joseph, are you managing to pull off an entire series (re)read?

Joseph wrote: "S.E. wrote: "Joseph, those are great suggestions. We had a Vance read a longtime ago, but we are due for more.

I was thinking of “overlooked authors” or obscure ones. Clifford Ball?"

Yep, that'd ..."

I am hoping the Anthology read will drum up some more authors to track down.

Joseph, those are great suggestions. We had a Vance read a longtime ago, but we are due for more.

I was thinking of “overlooked authors” or obscure ones. Clifford Ball?

Kudos to Cindy and Mary, and any others here who made progress!

Over 40k!

Nice ideas there. Best of luck turning that into RPGs or stories. A pox upon you! :)

Jan-Feb 2019 Groupread theme will be our annual "Anthologies" topic.

Which one will you read (add books in the your-choice field)? Sword & Sorcery was born from anthologies/periodicals, and many new ones are available today.

Choose an oldie or new one, and broaden you knowledge of S&S authors (and some Weird Fiction authors too).

Vote link: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

From Perilous Worlds facebook:

We are so excited to announce our collaboration with Marvel on some brand new Conan novellas! First one is “Black Starlight” by John C. Hocking. Sorcerers, monsters and ghost towns: John Hocking hits it all! Black Starlight takes place after the events of Conan and the Emerald Lotus, as Conan and his companions eagerly depart the desert wastes of Stygia. Conan must track down a horrific, inhuman mage lairing in a deserted Stygian village, not just to save his friends, but perhaps his very soul!

Rogues in House

Copied via Facebook from Matt John’s page:

Matt, Alex and I are proud to present Episode #1 of the Rogues in the House podcast!

Anchor.fm/rogues-in-the-house

Google Podcast:
https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=...

iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/56vfPym...

Also available for download on Pocket Cast, Radio Public, Stitcher and a myriad number of outlets. If you like what you hear or want to add to the discussion, leave a comment, a review, or both!

Episode notes:
-Logan was referring to an earlier season of Cromcast. Sorry for the misinformation.
-Matt mentioned talking to Howard Andrew Jones at Halcon, when in fact it was GenCon.

It occurs to me (as I read the King of Elfland’s Daughter) that Donald Rumsfeld may have been inspired by “the fields we know” and the “fields we do not know”

Its only Nov13th Mary, you are almost 1/3 done... stay on track (cheers the armchair quarterback)!

Congrats Matthew. Way to come through.

Go Mary!

Damn, those ate stunning covers. Thanks for sharing.

I did not expect to see Conan with spider man, captain america, etc.

Any Marvel fans.here know the strategy and scope of the crossover(s)?