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

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

Athena (Shardbearer) wrote: "Since you read the omnibus, you've already read Shadow Linger."
Thanks Athena, Funny thing is that I don't think I read the omnibus (printed in 2007). My version has the same cover, but was printed in 1992 (I think) and only seems to have the first book. Yet TOR did not seem to publish "Shadows Linger" by itself in the mid-90's...opting it seems to re-use the cover for 3 books. Looks like I'll just spring for the omnibus edition.

@Robin, the action is rather intense, and sustained. Some may argue that the pace is so fast and scale so large that readers sometimes get lost; seems like folk in this group tend to be okay with that.

S.E. wrote: "Athena (Shardbearer) wrote: "Book two is even better. I love this series!"

Actually I am confused with one to buy. I read the 1992 TOR version of the Black Company = Chronicles of the Black Company, which shares the coverart used for an omnibus for books #1-3. Searching on Amazon and reading book synopses, it is not clear there is a #2 by TOR. Seems Like I should get "Shadow's Linger."

Any help here? Which one comes after this:

Athena (Shardbearer) wrote: "Book two is even better. I love this series!"

Sweet. I'm on it.

If it wasn't for this group, I would likely have never experienced the Black Company. Glad others voted for it and that I finally took the bait. This was great stuff.

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

Welcome to the group Valerio. You'll fit right in.

Ashe wrote: "The group seems pretty solid to me. Due to genre specifics, it can be slow. That happened with the Weird West group and then I started posting so much I got made a mod. The difference there bein..."

Glad to have you here Ashe.

Trey wrote: "...than my lesbian ork (preferred spelling) princess, lol. I've already met with some interesting resistance to having a strong female lead in a Sword & Sorcery story who isn't subject to getting rescued (and subsequently laid) by some muscle-bound male character..."

Trey, your story sounds absurdly interesting.

This Orc crowd cracks me up. Great list, Scott. We are definitely going to have a Swords and a Orcs Groupread in 2015.

Just curious, any of you Orc lovers see the obscure 2013 movie Dragonfyre?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2333508/p...

A battle-weary ex-Special Forces Operative buys a ranch in remote American West to flee from the world, and encounters a strange series of trespassers, including a beautiful elf princess and a Native American mystic and Orcs. When the Orcs invade his property, John must give up his isolation to become a hero, before the Orcs unleash their dragon god on our world.

I enjoyed this one. Not sure when Vol#2 is due, but I'll be getting that too.
Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Eh gad, the group has grown large enough to have multiple Seth's and Sarah's .

Charles, wow... Thanks for sharing. Has anyone read these?

Seth wrote: "Hi everyone. Following Robin's lead, I might as well introduce myself. I'm Seth Skorkowsky. I write, play a lot of tabletop RPG's, and love movies. I got into sword and sorcery by way of Fritz L..."

Seth, glad to have you here. Via Jason Waltz, I learned about your work and have them in my to-read queue. Kind of strange to refer to another "Seth" though. I feel like I am talking to myself...especially since you are also a Nox Arcana fan.

Robin wrote: "Hi everybody, my name is Robin and I joined the group like a second ago. I've always had a love of fantasy but in recent years my interest is more towards the darker side of fantasy. While I have n..."

Welcome Robin. This sounds like a good group for you. Note we have ongoing group reads (2month durations, 2topics usually) tha you are well come to join. A new set is starting now (Henry Kuttner and Glen Cook focused: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Daniel wrote: "Have been following on the fringe for a while - like others who have limited time and dutiful responsibilities. I am a self published author and could see the benefits of getting feedback either on..."

Hi Daniel. Requesting reviews is a key part of Goodreads. For completed/published works, we have a Promotion section which may work well...fell welcome to place a broad request to the group there.

For incomplete works, it seems that a writer's club of sorts is necessary. This group has not done that historically, but there are many authors here who might be interested. For that, I suggest starting a new thread/general topic...then see where the discussion leads.

Jason M wrote: "And if anyone wants insight on Cook's writing style and characters (and you haven't yet read Writing Fantasy Heroes), he has an excellent essay titled "Shit Happens in the Creation of Story, Includ..."

Jason, good point! Writing Fantasy Heroes is a great reference.

BTW, I just hit BN, grabbed a copy of The Black Company: The First Novel of 'The Chronicles of The Black Company'

Francesco wrote: "I'd like to read this book, but Italian is not currently available in any format. A real shame!"

Francesco, sorry to hear that. In any event, these groupreads are really flexible. Anything you find that contributes to a fun discussion is fair game. For instance, any other Henry Kuttner short story or book.

Evgeny wrote: "I think my mini-review of the series is appropriate here..."

Splendid review, Evgeny. Thanks for sharing. I am anxious to try out Cook's writing style.

I never read any Glen Cook. Should I start with The Black Company?

Charles wrote: "I've got these around here somewhere"

You have the Weird tale versions?