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

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

Jack wrote: "Just a note that today would have been Gary Gygax' 80th birthday. Cheers to The Father of RPGs and his legacy!"

Sweet! Nice call out

Agreed Joseph. I’m thinking September/October will be (a) Wagner’s Kane ... on combo with the Podcast read along mentioned in other threads

And

(B) the new “cook” book

Check out:
Episode 2.2 ‘Two Suns Setting’- Hear me, Sabertooth

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Two Suns Setting

Originally published: Fantastic, May 1976 edited by Ted White

Awards: Won 1977 British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story, Nominated for 1977 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fictio

And 7days the go in CMON’s Cthulhu Death May Die edition (for the board gamers who like insane miniatures).

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

Aaron, your job to read is never done!

Just devoured a newer weird fiction journal (all about HPL and CAS, so one step removed from REH),

It's called The Audient Void No. 5, and was real fun. I think it is just print for now, and they sell out.

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

Jack, are you wearing Archival Gloves Nitrile +3 or better?

I didn’t know Jack was such a Poul Anderson fan!

Thanks for the long and short answers above!

The St Claire book summaries sound very fun. Im a sucker for catacombs and subterranean adventure

Im just trying out Podcasts.... Joseph recommended the Appendix N Book Club.

I agree, its good! Getting sucked into a Dunsany episode. Anyone else following?

July 5th Podcast in...all about Karl Edward Wagner's "Undertow"

from the website: "Every two weeks Jordan Douglas Smith and F. N. York chat about a different story. The goal is to read through the works of Wagner, learn more about him, and reignite interest in his work."

This second season has comic writer Jonathan Gelatt join in the first episode. 45min of Kane discussion!

https://thedarkcrusade.wordpress.com/...

Joseph wrote: "Clint wrote: "Appendix N purist might disagree, but I am counting ERB’s Lunar trilogy as tethered to Appendix N as it is technically in the John Carter universe. Consequently, I could make the same..."

Margaret St. Clair's The Shadow People looks interesting.

I missed The Hearts and Three Lions. Sounds good. I did enjoy The Broken Sword though.

Question for the group:
So if one were new to Poul Anderson, is there a priority among his work for the DandD fanbase? Ie if one were to read only one, which one would be best?

Jason M wrote: "I'm sorta cheating, as I started Kings of the Wyld a month ago 😁... That anthology looks cool Seth!"

Yep, Unsheathed: An Epic Fantasy Collection is cool.

Just reviewed: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Here's my top summary:

Unsheathed: An Epic Fantasy Collection is high quality Sword & Sorcery by nine contemporary authors. The anthology is varied in tone and style, and will delight new fans (who may like lit-RPG fare) as well as aged veterans looking for weird pulp. I picked this up as part of a S&S Groupread on Goodreads which had the theme of "New vs 'N'" (N being the infamous Appendix N list from Gary Gygax.

All were fun, but two of these resonated with me. The first was by Charles Allen Gramlich, whose writing lured me to this collection (having read his Harvest of War and Bitter Steel: Tales and Poems of Epic Fantasy and others). The second was by Jay Erickson whose Lydia/Gwendolyn Locke stood out in design & delivery.

Sweet!

Clint wrote: "I picked Kings of the Wyld as it came recommended to me from a trusted source. I just started last night. I’m also offering my apologies for not chiming in on this group sooner. I have been a membe..."

Clint wrote: "I picked Kings of the Wyld as it came recommended to me from a trusted source. I just started last night. I’m also offering my apologies for not chiming in on this group sooner. I have been a membe..."

Thankfully, our group is too laid back to know about Clint's delinquent commenting... so he is in the clear from guilt. Except.... I would like to hear/see your review on Kings of the Wyld (so don't go away).

I am going to give Unsheathed: An Epic Fantasy Collection a try.

I just listened to the 5min intro.
Sounds great.

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From the site:

We’ll be using Dale E Rippke’s timeline which you can find here on his blog The Darkstorm Files. Join us in one week when we cover the classic Kane tale ‘Undertow

From Facebook post; Karl Edward Wagner page

Kane is coming! I'm excited to announce Season 2 of The Dark Crusade will be starting next week- Thursday, July 5th, 2018. The entire season will be dedicated to Karl Edward Wagner's dark fantasy character Kane. With the new season comes a new co-host. I'll be joined by comic book writer and sword & sorcery enthusiast Jonathan Gelatt. We've had a great time delving into the stories and are excited to share our thoughts. [ 114 more words ]
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Phil, best follow thru on a group read ever! Wonderful reviews!

Martin wrote: "Is it out of order to suggest one's own books?"

Well, it wasn't the intent to start a "self-promotion groupread", but I'm interested in what you have Martin. I suggest you follow Mary''s lead and ....
(a) Pick one one your new favorites (would it be your Nandor Tales?)
(b) also suggest (better yet, read and share about) a few other "new" S&S books that are not yours.