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

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

Oooh it looks like KEW used “Kent Allard” several times. Interesting

Jason M Waltz’s refined scope is refined on his blog:

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

I bought it. Just 99cents, and I trust Milne’s reviews.

Anyone here read Joreck And The Swamp Phantoms Of Ikk by Kevin Strange?

It sounds good. According to Bob Milne's review:
https://beauty-in-ruins.blogspot.com/...

Joseph wrote: "OK, started Chronicles of the Black Company and will take a break at the appropriate time to insert Port of Shadows.
Since I did it for Kane, I'll do it here as well:..."

Love these testimonials. I'd like to hear more from the others out here.

This group got me going. I didn't discover the Black Company until this group had a group read back in (Nov Dec 2014).

Really enjoyed that (review): https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Just a placeholder. You have my email... send any replacement photo or a link to one and I’ll increase your dignity by 50%

I met author Chris A. Jackson at the Gencon Writer's Symposium 2018, and bought his Weapon of Flesh and Death Mask books (cool covers & dark fantasy, woo hoo). He has been writing for Paizo lately.

Just wrapped up Weapon of Flesh. It's a solid start to a 6 book series featuring teenage assassins.

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

Jason M wrote: "Well THAT'S super cool! You a GR guru? 🙂 How do I get an image up there?"

yep, I'm a guru I added one for you....

Jason M wrote: "Thanks for alerting the earthier team, Seth! Crappy author link here though, eh?"

Ah, you had a doppelganger account! I cleaned that up. There is less of you "Jason M's" now.

Joseph wrote: "And as I get closer to the end of my Kane reread, a bit about my acquaintance with Kane and with KEW: I knew about Kane as a character sometime in the 1980s -- I had read about him ..."

Sweet post Joseph. Got me thinking about when I stumbled into Kane. It was close to 2000 with Night Shade books: Gods in Darkness: The Complete Novels of Kane and Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane.

I was in a big REH kick, reading and loving Bran Mak Morn, needed more.... found Wagner's pastiche Bran Mak Morn: Legion From The Shadows... loved that... then discovered Kane. Cripes, I over 30yrs old I think.



Any other confessions out there of when "you" discovered Kane?

Apparently Jason M. Waltz from Rogue Blades Entertainment is entertaining an anthology on the "FOUNDATIONS of S&S".

On Facebook he is fielding requests on the scope of that.

His Blog Post: http://roguebladesentertain.wixsite.c...

Discussion:
https://www.facebook.com/RogueBladesE...

Port of Shadows Kindle is available now

https://www.tor.com/2018/09/04/the-wi...

From Tor:

“Fresh off Mission: Impossible – Fallout and Justice League, Henry Cavill is taking on the leading role in a new franchise: He will play Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher, Netflix’s television adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy book series. While the adaptation has been in the works for over a year, this casting news is a huge step forward in the series’ development.”

Fletcher continues to pot. Here's is his final one (if he doesn't tackle Port of Shadows)

https://www.blackgate.com/2018/09/04/...

Jordan wrote: "Joseph wrote: "And has there ever been any kind of real exploration of the changes between the various editions? I'm hoping to do this analyses next year after I get another chance of going up to..."

Jordan, nice podcast! I've been slow to re-read Kane, but I've enjoyed listening to the podcast as a surrogate.

The timeline link is really precise (above... thedarkstormfiles.blogspot.com). Would be one step even cooler if the publication dates were thrown in. But it is pretty amazing as is.

I forgot Wagner had an in-progress Kane novel. I have Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane which has it in it. I read it a long time ago. Ah... if only there was more Kane...

Jack wrote: "Great interview, S.E. I've read We Are All Legends, and I'm interested in diving into the rest of his works."

Thanks Jack. He regularly writes really good, weird fiction in anthologies. For novels, I recommend The Mask of the Sorcerer.... it has less action than "We are Legends" but was inspired by his "Conan the Deliverer."

On Black Gate and the SELindberg blog, we interview Darrell Schweitzer (a.k.a. “Brother Darrell” in the Esoteric Order of Dagon) is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy. Schweitzer is also a prolific writer of literary criticism and editor of collections of essays on various writers within his preferred genres.

Together with his editorial colleagues Schweitzer won the 1992 World Fantasy Award special award in the professional category for Weird Tales. His poem Remembering the Future won the 2006 Asimov's Science Fiction's Readers' Award for best poem.

His novels include The White Isle, The Shattered Goddess, The Mask of the Sorcerer, We Are All Legends, and The Dragon House. He has also been known to lead the choir at Cthulhu Prayer Breakfasts, where his The Innsmouth Tabernacle Choir is used.


Check out his cartoon drawing of Wilbur Whateley, learn about his Conan the Deliverer novel (not the "midwife" type he clarifies), and what inspires his weird fiction!


On Black Gate (thanks to John O'Neill):
https://www.blackgate.com/2018/09/03/...

Anyone checking out Jordan’s podcast yet?

I’ve been enjoying it.

Spoilers arise, so listen after you read each episode’s feature story.

Mary wrote: "The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien"

ooh, I'd like to hear your take on The Fall of Gondolin

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Fletcher Vredenburgh from Black Gate: "Helen is one of the stranger heroes to feature in swords & sorcery. Is she delusional, mad, gifted? I was never quite sure — she is only a little girl — but I was never able to take my eyes off her. With a cast as strange as this novel has, Helen remains the focus throughout. Even when she’s off stage, the question of what she is doing always seems to rise to the fore. Too much of what’s called grimdark is little more than sex and gore splashed over a standard epic fantasy story. True horror — and at its heart, Helen’s Daimones is a horror story — unsettles, disorients, and makes you feel like the world will fall out from under your feet at any moment. Lindberg’s novel does all those things."

Bob Milne from Beauty in Ruins: “The Dyscrasia novels by S.E. Lindberg are deep, intricate reads that harken back to the pulp days of Lovecraft, Howard, and others... Helen's Daimones is weird fantasy, weirdly told, for weird readers. As the strongest of the three stories to date, it makes for a great introduction to Lindberg's world.”