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

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

I'm very impressed with the number and variety of reviews.

Just wrapped up & reviewed The Fall of Undal, a "mythdark" book as some would call it. It's a new release and continues a narrative of myth/historical fiction based on ancient cultures.

I'm now onto the other groupread...with The Last Wish in hand.

Guillotine Games, maker of Zombicide, is running a Kickstarter starting June 7th at 3PM EST for their RPG Sword & Sorcery board game with lots of miniatures.

MASSIVE DARKNESS

https://www.facebook.com/coolminiorno...

Crap... actual timing ins July-August, but the URL for the poll sent originally has June-July in it. Ugh. So some links may not work from the emails. Sorry. GR limits broadcast emails so i can't send out a correction for a day or so.

This link should work:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

July August Groupread (not June/July as my email indicated) is ready
top two selections win. Write-in suggestions welcome.

Click here: Poll Link

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Christopher, I missed your above comment about the TV series of Witcher (Hexer). Sounds like it wasn't that great.

Oliver, nice heads up. Looks like Nov 2015 there was a press release .

"In a press release, producers said the movie will star Geralt of Rivia, but won't be a straight adaptation of any of the novels or games. Instead, it will follow the "themes" of the short stories The Witcher and Lesser Evil from Sapkowski's The Last Wish collection. The film is expected to be the first in a series." GameStop
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-...


Did anyone here see the Hexer?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_H...
Circa 2001

2016 Blue Ray - Gail Simone's Red Sonja brought to life?
Anyone know about this?

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Sonja-Queen...

Christopher wrote: "Hello all! I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions for me, (I hope this is an ok forum to ask this in). Due to me being a huge witcher fan, and im counting the days until the video games new..."

Christopher, Great question. I think it may be better posed in the below folders:

Witcher Group read folder:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

or click on New Topic in the general folder:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Feel welcome to copy/paste/repost in those areas.

Peter, your constant attention on Beneath Ceaseless Skies has been epic. Have you read all of them?

Fatima wrote: "Hello
I've joined the group recently but never introduced my self.
I am Fatima - to be honest the reason I joined was because I was looking for a group who shares the same interest I have in books..."

Fatima, glad to have you here. Looking forward to your Witcher comments. I just got #1 and plan to start ~June 1st.

S.wagenaar wrote: "Yes!"

I love the end of the trailer....leading up to the hosing of the driveway. This looks funny.

Must watch this trailer:

May premiere this Fall on Fox

http://nerdist.com/son-of-zorn-traile...

Copies from website:

"
For all of you Barbarians out there who’ve ever had to get an office job and then needed to shout, “By the fiery horde of Hrothgar the Merciless, you will pay for stealing my Hot Pocket!” Or, for all of you regular folks who’ve had to spend time with an animated warrior at a place of business or at home, there is now a show that speaks directly to your very specific, very narrow slice of the Venn Diagram of life… Son of Zorn! From The Last Man on Earth/LEGO Movie helmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Son of Zorn mixes animation and live action in a way only the pair behind The LEGO Movie could manage.

Jason Sudeikis plays Zorn, the cartoon warrior—reminiscent of He-Man or Conan—who returns to Orange County after a bloody ten year war to reunite with his estranged wife Edie (Cheryl Hines) and son Alangulon (Johnny Pemberton). He very quickly learns that life in Southern California is not the same as life in an animated mythical realm full of monsters and the like. (You’re also super not supposed to bring edged weapons to a public restaurant space. Just FYI.) Adding a wrinkle is Edie’s new boyfriend (Tim Meadows) a spectacularly regular dude.

The trailer looks like it does what the pair have always done best: combining very specific and subdued modern comedy to a very high concept scenario. The Last Man on Earth did it with the post-apocalypse, and they’re doing it again here. It looks like a great mixture of Archer, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, and a harder-edged Modern Family. You know you’re in for something extra weird when a giant falcon is hacked to pieces in the promo.

Son of Zorn will probably premiere this fall. Is this a show you’ll be watching? Let us know your first impressions in the comments below!"

Jack wrote: "I read The Baalbak Quest by David J. Kelly. Mercifully, it was a quick read at 159 pages. It was comically bad, and not in a "it's so bad it's good" campy way. It w..."

Jack.... about Baalbak.... wow.

Mary, you are leading the reviews here! Awesome.

This looks interesting. A documentary biography on Clark Ashton Smith

Interview:
http://greydogtales.com/blog/?p=1915


Indiegogo link:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cl...

Scott wrote: "Second Cataclysm

Is done and reviewed. I hope others read this one it was a great book. I plan on reading the others in the series. A hidden gem and at only 99 cents on Amazon a gr..."

Thanks Scott. Well done. Would you classify that series as Young Adult, or more mature Lovecraftian horror? Or otherwise?

Great Kickstarter by REH supports.

SKELOS is edited by Mark Finn, author of the World Fantasy Award-nominated BLOOD AND THUNDER; Chris Gruber, editor of Robert E. Howard's BOXING STORIES from the University of Nebraska Press; and Jeffrey Shanks, co-editor of the Bram Stoker Award-nominated UNIQUE LEGACY OF WEIRD TALES.

A horror and fantasy journal featuring short fiction, essays, poetry, reviews, and art by both seasoned pros and talented newcomers!

Skelos Press is proud to announce the launch of its new flagship journal with a Kickstarter campaign that will begin on Tuesday May 10th. The first issue of SKELOS: THE JOURNAL OF WEIRD FICTION AND DARK FANTASY will feature a never-before-published fantasy piece by Robert E. Howard (Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane) illustrated by the legendary Mark Schultz (Xenozoic Tales, Coming of Conan, Prince Valiant). Also featured is a new sword and sorcery novelette by Keith Taylor (Bard series, Cormac Mac Art), a long-awaited sequel to his classic tale "Men from the Plain of Lir" originally published in WEIRD TALES. This story will be illustrated by the fantastic Tomás Giorello (Dark Horse King Conan). Another highlight of the issue will be a tale of dark fantasy from World Fantasy Award nominee and John W. Campbell Award nominee Scott A. Cupp.

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

Welcome Adam. Friendly group here. Feel welcome to browse the threads and chime in. We always have broad themed group reads going.

Just finished Philip Emery's review-starved The Shadow Cycles.

"To write sword-&-sorcery in the twenty-first century, it seemed to me, required a redefinition of the form. ‘The Shadow Cycles’ is my attempt at that redefinition – in effect, the formulation and deployment of a tarot." – Philip Emery

Over all, it was ok. Perhaps pushed the weird description too far. I'll still be following Emery. I like his poetic weirdness and desire to expand the genre.

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