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

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

Any Leiber will do...though most will read his Lankhmar series (Ffafhrd and the gray mouser.

May June Groupreads:

(a) Moorcock - Elric, Corum, pick an eternal champion! Folder Link:

(b) Leiber - Fafred and the Gray Mouser! - Folder Link




Banner Credits
1974 Michael Moorcock's The Sword and the Stallion Cover art by David McCall Johnston
1974 Michael Moorcock's The Oak and the Ram Cover art by David McCall Johnston
1976 Fritz Leiber's - Zwaarden tegen Magiërs Cover art by Bruce Pennington. (Swords against Wizardry)
1975 Fritz Leiber's Zwaarden in de mist Cover art by Bruce Pennington

Looks like it heads to LA first (summer July) then to Ontario in September. My family wanted to see Toronto this year and may try to hit that exhibit. Wish it was there a few months earlier. Looks nice. Im a big Pans labyrinth fan :)

Jack wrote: "I saw the Guillermo del Toro "At Home with Monsters" museum exhibit today at the Minneapolis Museum of Art. Fans of his movies and Lovecraftian art should see it if it's in a city near you. It's ou..."

I adore del Toro's work (would have liked to have seen his version of the Hobbit movie). This looks like a great exhibit.

Just finished Dossouye. Good stuff. Review in
progress. Anyone else out there reading Saunders? Richard?

Uh oh, did I invite a snarky, foul mouthed author to the group. Well I think you'll fit in anyway. Rules are simple: keep it civil and discuss more than self promote.

You seem to have a grimness to you, so thats good. Browse the folders and feel welcome to extend any discussion no matter how old.

We have many 2month, 2topic groupreads. Looks like May-june will be "Moorcock" and "Leiber"

NEW GONJI IS HERE!

http://www.selindberg.com/2017/04/ryp...


GONJI DARK VENTURES is now available as  eBook/Kindle & Paperback!


Rypel's Gonji Sabatake is back on stage with new tales!  The original 1980's Gonji Trilogy is great fun, a mashup of Sword & Sorcery and Godzilla-like monster movies. They were released recently, but there has been no published new Gonji for decades... until now.  And this one promises even more!




Contents of Dark Ventures 


(paraphrased from the book blurb):


Hear the rallying cry for fans of the popular 1980s heroic-fantasy series. Here are two new tales of GONJI SABATAKE, the itinerant samurai-Viking warrior.. and an excerpt of another forthcoming novel! An ideal entry point for new readers.



1) The novelette "Reflections in Ice" -- picking up a mature Gonji, already well into his ca. 1600 A.D. European adventures, ensnared in a desperate crossfire between monstrous oppressors: the undead assassins of the Dark Company; and mysterious horrors residing in remote caves of the snowbound Pyrenees…



2) The novella "Dark Venture" -- the most intense, action-packed and classic-pulp-worthy Gonji tale in the canon.

The first-ever story of "young Gonji," in dishonored exile from his native land. Now facing deadly peril during a bizarre and ghastly sea voyage; caught in the clutches of a hell where corrupted spells of evil magic go to die…





3) A generous preview of the coming new forthcoming Gonji novel "Born of Flame and Steel": the audacious origin tale of Gonji’s world.






Gonji Series : 
The initial Zebra books of the 1980’s essential split one long novel into a trilogy (I suspect the split was arbitrary).  T.C. Rypel ’s 1980 series has been released in a more complete forms (more books, eBooks, audiobooks). The newer releases from Borgo Press seem to have maintained this split. 



1)  Gonji: Red Blade from the East: The Deathwind Trilogy, Book One

2)  Gonji: The Soul Within the Steel

3)  Gonji: Deathwind of Vedun: The Deathwind Triology, Book Three

4)  Gonji: Fortress of Lost Worlds

5)  Gonji: A Hungering of Wolves

6) ... and now in 2017... Gonji: Dark Ventures

7) ... and soon to follow ... Gonji: Born of Flame and Steel

T C Rypel's new Gonji: Dark Ventures is out now!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1479425451/...

Two NEW tales of GONJI SABATAKE, the itinerant samurai-Viking warrior! A rallying cry for fans of the popular 1980s heroic-fantasy series. An ideal entry point for new readers-- The novelette "Reflections in Ice" -- picking up a mature Gonji, already well into his ca. 1600 A.D. European adventures, ensnared in a desperate crossfire between monstrous oppressors: the undead assassins of the Dark Company; and mysterious horrors residing in remote caves of the snowbound Pyrenees… The novella "Dark Venture" -- the most intense, action-packed and classic-pulp-worthy Gonji tale in the canon. The first-ever story of "young Gonji," in dishonored exile from his native land. Now facing deadly peril during a bizarre and ghastly sea voyage; caught in the clutches of a hell where corrupted spells of evil magic go to die… ALSO included is the essay "The GONJI Odyssey"—the definitive chronicle of the series’ creation and publishing history… PLUS, a generous preview of the coming NEW Gonji novel: the audacious origin tale of Gonji’s world -- BORN OF FLAME AND STEEL -- ! "People will not know what hit them when they read 'Dark Venture.' It’s one of the most exciting (and gruesomely bonkers) sword-&-sorcery stories I’ve had the pleasure of reading." --Fletcher Vredenburgh, Black Gate Magazine "One of the most original characters in heroic fantasy returns in all-new adventures that are truly epic. The return of Gonji Sabatake is a cause for epic celebration." --Joe Bonadonna, MAD SHADOWS

Apparently film rights expired and Conan Properties still will pursue something....

http://www.thearnoldfans.com/news/201...

An excerpt:

I know, I know; it’s been many years now since Schwarzenegger first announced he’d ride again as Conan so I know many of you have serious doubts now on the likelihood that "The Legend of Conan” will ever be made. I’m also aware that Movieweb just wrote an article saying the project is dead but trust us, this is not true. The real story is I just spoke with Fredrik Malmberg, President & CEO Cabinet Entertainment and "The Legend of Conan” Producer, who assures TheArnoldFans that Conan is now in better hands than ever!

On April 6th, 2017, Malmberg stated: "We were very excited and spent years working with Chris Morgan to make Legend of Conan. Ultimately, the studio let the rights expire. The positive news is that Conan Properties now controls everything again, and are currently producing both TV and Film with a lot more control than we had previously. Everybody wants The Legend of Conan to happen and it will.”

http://sciencefiction.com/2017/04/06/...

Posted in many websites... Arnold Schwarzenagger 's Conan movie is stalled/dead. :(.

Got sidetracked from Dossouye (groupread for Saunders). Went on a roadtrip and tried out an audiobook of JRR Tolkien's Children of Hurin (narrated by Christopher Lee.) Super dark !

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

A longtime ago we did Leiber... would be good to revisit :)

Timely to chime in, Damien. I'm about to set up another poll for May-June groupreads. I'll add Elric.

Anymore TBRs lurking/deserving to be read?

I've just started Dossouye. She starts out riding a war-bull (buffalo)! Lots of sorcery creeping in from the get-go.

Mary, cool. My info was out of date.

Richard wrote: "Excellent!! I've never heard of Lulu until now."

Lulu is leading print-on-demand publisher. It's a good alternative for indie and small press to publish (instead of Creatspace which is solely for Amazon). Lulu can distribute to Apple/iTune and Barnes & Noble too. Many lulu offerings appear on Amazon but users will not be made aware of it (it depends how the author sets up the distribution).

In many cases, authors are reprinting their backlist this way (if they have the copyrights).

I just received three books from Lulu.
First I search the internet for "lulu coupon codes"
Then I went to the links above (copy here again):
Finding Books
There is at least one eBook version of Imaro available via Lulu...and ~$20USD version of most of his library; there are two pages.
1) The spotlight page for Charles R Saunders has most (link)
2) The page for Charles Saunders (no "R") has Dossouye available (link)

Then I got books!


Only took a few days to arrive in the US. Much cheaper than trying to purchase the first releases.

Thanks Jack!

From Sword and Soul guru Milton J. Davis, "Very Exciting News To Share" from Facebook this morning:

"A few years ago Charles Saunders shared with me an excellent story he wrote set in the world of Imaro titled 'The Return of Sundiata. Just recently he revealed to me that he has written a collection of such stories, tentatively titled 'Nyumbani Tales.' It is my honor and privilege to announce that I will be publishing this historic collection this year! Stay tuned for more details. Sword and Soul forever!"