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from the Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" group.
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MVmedia Special Announcement! In 2017 Milton J. Davis will release what is to be the first book of a new Sword and Soul epic fantasy Series 'The Damel's Man.' Partnering with Skelos magazine!Check out the facebook feed:
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Emily wrote: "Today, I finished Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire. I'm also reading The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu."Hi Emily! Nice to see you here!
Really enjoyed this one.Review = https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
It is like Indiana Jones looted Cthulhu's tomb!
Some highlights:
-Written before Sci-Fi and Fantasy really became substantial genres of their own, the summary of this sounds Sci-Fi but really is Fantasy.
-Brackett employs better prose than one would expect from pulp Sword & Planet
(Just like Joseph said!)
-It begs to be a longer adventure, but remains a stand alone novella that is not fully realized.
60pages in... Sea of Rhiannon is great stuff. A touch of Mythos in a lost world setting full of hybrid humans... fast adventure with some intelligent writing. Enjoyed your review Joseph.
Author Mark McLaughlin just posted a Egypt-horror-fiction quiz which is very difficult:https://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/112...
Martin wrote: "HiI'm Martin Owton and I'm the author of an old-school epic fantasy adventure with a bit of romance. I'm a longtime fantasy reader, my principle influences are Gemmell and Glen Cook.
I commend my ..."
Glad to have you here Martin. Lots of Black Gate authors/fans here. Thanks for joining!
Note that Beneath Ceaseless Skies was also in competition (a nominee/runner up)!That's great news for Sword & Sorcery.
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
Scott H. Andrews was on the "Swords & Sorcery Panel" (along with David Drake, Mercedes Lackey (guest of honor for WFC 2016), S. M. Stirling and James A. Moore (moderator).
Scott seemed to be the only one in touch with contemporary authors (publishing post 2000). James Moore was a professional moderator and did not speak of his own work, as well he could have. Drake, Lackey, and Stirling were not attuned to newer work, so it was refreshing to have Scott speak for the next generation.
Strange absence of any discussion on popular Warhammer or Forgotten Realm series.... and a lack of acknowledgement for contemporary works/authors in Ragnorak Publications or Rogue Blades Entertainment.
Actually, the more I think about it...there was not even an acknowledgement given to Andrzej Sapkowski who is still writing his Witcher/Hexer series....AND was even honored as for lifetime achievement at WFC 2016 (his bookThe Last Wish was even given to all attendees). I should have said something...if my brain could have processed it all faster.
https://www.blackgate.com/2016/10/30/...John O'Neill's comments on Black Gate:
"Wow.
In 1996, I started SF Site, one of the first genre websites. It quickly grew to over 150,000 readers per month. By 1998, as the most innovative and forward-thinking publications in the genre were creating the first ground-breaking websites, we decided to do something REALLY forward-thinking: Launch a print magazine.
Black Gate lasted for 15 print issues, until 2011. In November 2008 our Managing Editor, Howard Andrew Jones, said we should revamp the magazine’s website. I was the voice of reason. “Seriously, who wants to read more than one article a month, Jones?”
Undaunted, Howard put together a top-notch team of writers, and committed to putting daily content on the Black Gate blog. It was his vision, and speaking personally, I still think it’s completely bonkers.
But thanks to Bill Ward, David Soyka, Scott Oden, James Enge, EE Knight, Judith Berman, Rich Horton, and especially Ryan Harvey for getting the site off the ground (I still think it’s a crazy idea).
In 2010, C.S.E. Cooney commented that my articles would be taken more seriously if the majority of the words were spelled correctly. She became our first website editor, and she did an extraordinary job. She raised our standards enormously.
Today Black Gate has 58 regular and semi-regular bloggers — including many of you in the audience. Our mandate is to cover the best neglected fantasy, past and present.
We’ve received many honors over the last decade, but nothing like this. This is the highlight of 20 years of love and celebration of fantasy, and on behalf of the entire Black Gate community, thank you from the bottom of my heart."
Richard wrote: "I would have loved to meet Mr Schweitzer. Good haul!!"Thanks! Lot to read...eh gad.
Darrell was great. He led the programming and enabled me to get on the panels. His reading was awesome. Very grateful to have had so much time with him.
Just attended the World Fantasy Convention 2016 in Columbus OH (had the honor of being on two panels ...moderating one of those). In the dealer's room was a treasury of books. I was particularly drawn into Darrell Schweitzer and W. Paul Ganley's booth.Paul edited Weirdbook for a long time and he published Brian Lumley's Sword & Sorcery novels. Paul got these into the US print domain and are hard to come by. I had owned the Kash series, but I didn't have his/Lumley's "of Dreams" series featuring characters Hero and Eldin....these are heroes stuck in HP Lovecraft's Dream world.Iced on Aran and Other Dream Quests. Paul's age is affecting him so he will no longer be attending many/any more conventions. He'll continue to sell online.
From their booth (and a few others) I got the following:
W Paul Ganley's Cthulhu's Cousins and Other Weirdnesses and his editions of Brian Lumley's Hero of Dreams, Mad Moon of Dreams, and Ship of Dreams,
Darrell Schweitzer's Windows of the Imagination (which contains an essay on his never published Conan the Deliverer novel) and Refugees from an Imaginary Country (which he identified as an omnibus of his best work) and The Innsmouth Tabernacle Choir Hymnal. Also go to see him do a reading of a soon to be published story "Girl in the Attic."
Sarah Avery's The Imlen Brat (I had backed the Kickstarter for this but only for the eBook.) Got to see Sarah read this aloud too.
David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus
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These in addition to the >20 books provided fee to attendees!
Welcome aboard Jack!
I liked it too, Jack, as nice tour guide thru the Hyborian Age. But i still like the shorts better. I worry the next Arnie film (modeled after Conan the Conqueror) will have a tough time adapting it an enjoyable way.
Cool. I recently git a copy of Road of Kings. Ill start there.
John wrote: "What does everyone think about the concept of combining Sword and Sorcery with Steampunk tropes? I know most Steam Punk tends to be flashy and optimistic, which is pretty much the opposite of S&S. ..."I know only of a few examples of Sword & Steampunk.
Would welcome more.
Just wrapped up the original Gonji trilogy. The first half (of the last installment) was okay, but the last half was exhilarating. I am very excited about the subsequent installments including the about-to-be-released Dark Ventures and a Gonji origin novel.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Nov Dec 2016 Groupreads Folder Links:(a)Brackett's Sword of Rhiannon (aka Sea Kings of Mars)
(b)CONAN Pastiche
Masthead Banner Credits
Leigh Brackett's sword & planet adventure is a short novel but a favorite among aficionado's. Let's read: The Sword of Rhiannon...first published as Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories in "Thrilling Wonder" Magazine in 1949 (cover artist Earle Bergey).
Conan Pastiche, from 100% pastiche to posthumously finished tales, let's read how non-Robert E. Howard authors continued the barbarian's adventures! Banner shows cover art by Frazetta. Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp's 1967 Conan.
Leigh Brackett's sword & planet adventure is a short novel but a favorite among aficionado's. Let's read: The Sword of Rhiannon...first published as Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories in "Thrilling Wonder" Magazine in 1949 (cover artist in banner image from that is Earle Bergey).
Conan Pastiche, from 100% pastiche to posthumously finished tales, lets read how non-Robert E. Howard authors continued the barbarian's adventures!Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp's 1967Conan with cover art by Frazetta.
