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: "Good idea, S.E. Like many of us, I enjoy fantasy art. I particularly enjoy book cover art. Instagram is a great place to surf lots of pictures of old book covers and find art by classic and new art..."

Artwork, of course! I love some of these names/handles:
@chthonic_altar and @frazettagirls

It is healthy to work in a variety of groups. Sometimes members just listen...other times they comment.
I was just curious which other social media groups members balance. For instance, I jump between

(1) this Goodreads group @ http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/8...

(2) A variety of Facebook sites
[The Sword and Sorcery League] @ https://www.facebook.com/swordsandsor...
[Sword and Soul] @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/15348...
[Grimdark Readers & Writers] @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/grimd...
...more....

(3) Blog Websites, like https://www.blackgate.com/ ... and specific author websites

(4) Kickstarter (ie I follow a variety of creators and other backers to survey new products)

Other platfroms that exist:
Twitter
Reddit
... more?

One can only participate in a select few (even as a "listener" only). So please chime in and identify/discuss other groups you are in that have overlapping interest with Sword & Sorcery groupies.

Welcome, Brian. See above welcoming notes for some ideas on participating.

Rock on, Richard!

David wrote: "Hello, my name is Dave. Just joined. I've been a sword&sorcery fan since I was a teenager and saw my first Frazetta cover. Looking forward to getting some good leads here to more sword & sorcery re..."

Welcome David. Have a look around the folders and feel free to extend any conversation. We have groupreads ... usually 2 topics... two months each. Right now (thru June) there is one for Moorcock and one for Leiber. We are also poll-ing for the next two-month reads, asking folks to identify obscure books.... then we'll try to find/read as many as we can as group.

The Poll is at the bottom of the group's homepage and here..
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/list/8...

Best, Seth

https://www.google.com/amp/www.bbc.co...

JRR Tolkien book Beren and Lúthien published after 100 years

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

Over 1 Million USD in a few hours!

May-30-2017 = start date ... ends June 26th ish

These games rock. I backed Black Plague last year..... very tempted now.

Nyumbani Tales by Charles R. Saunders (Publisher: MVMedia) is featured
just released in 2017 May
https://www.amazon.com/Nyumbani-Tales...
http://www.baen.com/nyumbani-tales.html

Fletcher summarizes the tales. Nice short story about Imaro's mother in there.

Nyumbani Tales

Joseph. Thanks! You rock.

Joseph wrote: "When I first started reading the series (back in high school in the 1980s, long before Fortress or Revenge) I always went chronologically -- at the time I didn't even know that they had been writte..."

Joseph, agreed that Whelan covers rock and are iconic.

I am fascinated with Jade Man's Eyes. Thanks for bringing tht one up.

I have Flashing Swords! #2 which has that story (which I liked); but it is unclear how that material got dispersed into other stories. Looks like it was written in 1973, after most of the stories were written (but befoer Sailors on the Seas of Fate). I need to look into that more. Did that story get inserted "whole" into Sailors? If so, I would think it would be called out as a chapter.

Okay, I polished off The Fortress of the Pearl.
That was easy! Moorcock writes consolidated page turners!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... = review

Was curious if anyone was starting from the beginning or has comments about the story sequence? Fortress was was one of the last to be written, but is second in the series.

Moorcock delivers souls for Arioch, and classic Elric in Fortress.
Story Chronology #: Title (publication year)
1: Elric of Melniboné (1972)
2: Fortress Of The Pearl (1989)
3: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (1976)
4: The Weird of the White Wolf (1961)
5: Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress (1970)
6: Revenge of the Rose (1991)
7: The Bane of the Black Sword (1962)
8: Stormbringer (1963)

BLACKGATE note on new anthology:
https://www.blackgate.com/2017/05/23/...



Just when you thought the dust had settled, the scriveners of arcane metal lore invoke a fresh wave of dark and twisted dreams from worlds beyond our own.

Join a cast of writers both new and old including Byron Roberts (Bal-Sagoth), Howie Bentley (Cauldron Born), Mike Browning (Nocturnus), E.C. Hellwell (Hellwell) and many more, PLUS a terrifying host of illustrations and an exclusive introduction by the legendary Mark Shelton (Manilla Road).

Charge into the fray with SWORDS OF STEEL III at your side!

Contents:

Introduction by Mark "The Shark" Shelton (Manilla Road)
"Thannhausefeer's Guest" by Howie K. Bentley (Cauldron Born)
"A Paean to Mine Wolfen Self" (poem) by Howie K. Bentley (Briton Rites)
"The Pirate Prince of Terran" by E.C. Hellwell (Hellwell)
"The Key" by Mike Browning (Nocturnus)
"The Chamber of Juleptsu by Jaron Evil (Almuric)
"Eldon" by Chris Shoriak (Ice Sword)
"Stormchaser" by Jeffrey Black (Gatekeeper)
"The Scion at the Gate of Eternity" by Byron A. Roberts (Bal-Sagoth)

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Any advice? I read most of the Elric Stories written earlier. I have two "newer" ones I never could finish that I thought I'd give a go.
Fortress Of The Pearl and Revenge of the Rose.

If the crew here had to pick, which one should I try?

Joseph wrote: "And finished Elric in the Dream Realms and am continuing on to Elric: Swords and Roses, after which I'll move on to other things -- probably time to try to catch up on..."

I recall having trouble getting into "The Revenge of the Rose" , but I can't recall why. Am interested in learning your take.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...




The 35th issue of WEIRDBOOK presents more stories in the Weird Tales tradition! Here are horror and dark fantasy stories set in this world -- and beyond. Included this time are:

The Pullulations of the Tribe, by Adrian Cole
The Dead of Night, by Christian Riley
Mother of My Children, by Bruce L. Priddy
The Man Who Murders Happiness, by John R. Fultz
A Handful of Dust, by Tom English
Revolution à l’Orange, by Paul Lubaczewski
Fiends of the Southern Plains, by Patrick Tumblety
The Pyrrhic Crusade, by Stanley B. Webb
The Migration of Memories, by Charles Wilkinson
Maquettes, by Paul St John Mackintosh
In the Shadows, by J.S. Watts
“The Spot,” by C.R. Langille
Schism in the Sky, by Donald McCarthy
To Roam the Universe, Forgotten and Free, by Janet Harriett
Rejuvenate, by Lily Luchesi
Vigil Night, by Lorenzo Crescentini
Dead Clowns for Christmas, by L.J. Dopp
The Tale and the Teller, by Darrell Schweitzer

Plus poetry by K.A. Opperman, Frederick J. Mayer, James Matthew Byers, and Jessica Amanda Salmonson

http://mvmediaatl.com/nyumbani-tales....
Nyumbani Tales

New Saunders!

From Milton Davis:

"Charles Saunders is the creator of the first Black Sword and Sorcery hero Imaro and founder of the sub-genre of Sword and Soul. In Nyumbani Tales, Charles has gathered previously published stories that expand the world of Nyumbani beyond the exciting exploits of his hero, filling in the details of this unique world with the triumphs, failures, loves and losses of the people that inhabit its amazing borders. This is vintage Sword and Sorcery and a must read for all fans of the genre."

I knew Jack was an Eternal Champion! I knew it.

Jack is a lawyer! eh gad! But he seems so cool.

Hmmm, REH's written works may be public now, but I think rights are attached to subsequent Conan works:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.cbr.co...

So I think you can reprint old stories without permission , but not make Conan movies :(