From the Bookshelf of Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"…

Far Away & Never

Ramsey Campbell

Start date: March 1, 2013

Finish date: May 1, 2013

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Oct 28, 2021 Jason Ray Carney rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: sword-and-sorcery

This is a re-issued anthology of sword and sorcery tales Campbell published in various fiction periodicals from 1966 to 1996 (most of them were published in the 1970s). Except, perhaps, for the second to last story--which was part of the eclectic sword and sorcery round robin, *Ghor, Kinslayer*--these are all self-contained and cohesive and demonstrate a literary craftsman at work. The first four are unified by a shared protagonist, the unlucky Ryre, a stubborn swordsman. The first of these Ryre ...more

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Oct 23, 2021 Clint rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sword-sorcery-group-read, sword-sorcery, anthologies-and-zines, 2021, fantasy, ebook, pulp-classics-reading-club

This isn’t a book for everyone. This is a book for fans of Sword & Sorcery and fans of Campbell.

Some of these stories I have encountered in Andrew Offut’s Swords Against Darkness series, which are long out of print and no longer readily available like leaves on the grass at used book stores.

It’s not difficult to find RC’s Mythos stories in various collections, but finding his (few) S&S stories, and COMPLETE (!) for the first time is a great service to fans.

Admittedly, this is an uneven collecti ...more

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Oct 06, 2021 Richard rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: anthologies, sword-and-sorcery, dmr-books

From the buzz on social media there are quite a few people excited about this release. Just in time for Halloween.

Campbell's name has always been synonymous with horror; I had no clue he had penned sword & sorcery. Appearing in the famous Swords Against Darkness anthologies no less. The first seven stories were originally collected in the first edition of this anthology published by Necronomicon Press back in 96. DMR has found another story of the world Tond and added it to this second edition. ...more

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Jul 27, 2019 Richard rated it liked it

Shelves: anthologies, fantasy

Another title that I've long wanted to read. Most of the stories were published in the Swords Against Darkness series edited by Andrew Offutt(which I own), but I specifically wanted this book. Searching online for it only turned up outrageously priced used copies. Recently a friend posted on FB that the book could still be purchased from the publisher for $8. Here is the link for interested parties: https://necropress.com/campbell-ramse... Don't overpay elsewhere.

Sustenance of Hoak - Ryre is our ...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Steve Goble rated it really liked it

Shelves: horror, fantasy, adventure

This collection of short stories offers four tales of Ryre, a swordsman who wanders into one horrific sword-and-sorcery adventure after another. These are good, gritty reads, and the reason I rated this so highly. The other tales are a pair set in Ryre's world, but leaning more on Lovecraftian "Dreamworld" ideas than on swordplay and dark magic, and a third story that is really a chapter from a group novel building on a character and notes left by Robert E. Howard. Reading the latter felt a bit ...more

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