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Stylistically and thematically, this is a conservative collection. It's not experimental and doesn't bring anything to the table that hasn't crowded around the table since at least Robert E Howard. The only nods to modernity is that there are no fainting damsels-in-distress to be found here, and that the story settings range from a fantasy-unspecified Asia to fantastic historical European alt-history to unspecified Steampunk to unspecified weird-out Dying Earth (times two) to Lovecraftian prehis
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I've been reading a lot of fantasy short stories magazines & anthologies lately. This one being the most old school so far. Obviously meant as a tribute to old school sword & sorcery, while this magazne has a diverse set of settings, the themes are very similar. Not political in and of it self, the complete lack of any hint of progress of development in the field of fantasy places this squarely in the conservative camp.
While I like old school swashbuckling sword & sorcery I tend to look for a bi ...more
While I like old school swashbuckling sword & sorcery I tend to look for a bi ...more
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