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Vote for Groupread Topic(s) for May-Jun 2014.
Usually we have two topics for two months. Vote to steer the discussion! Write-in suggestions always welcome (enter in the "Your Choice" field).

Sword and Planet: John Carter of Mars anyone?

8 votes, 22.2%

Vintage Howard: We have yet to have a group read honoring REH, eh gad!Conan of Cimmeria, The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures, etc...

6 votes, 16.7%

Hell: Any trip to the Underworld, be it Dante's Inferno, or something from the In Hell seriesHeroes in Hell...

5 votes, 13.9%

Graphic Novels & Comics: Slaine: Warrior's Dawn,The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 1,Red Sonja #1, etc.

5 votes, 13.9%

New Releases: Let's focus on the future! Anything published since ~2010 is game.

5 votes, 13.9%

Sword and Sandal: With movies like Hercules and the 300 sequel, some may be in the mood for this.

4 votes, 11.1%

Obscure Works: Let's unearth some arcana! Last time this led a bunch of us to (re)discover Campbell's Ryre character.

2 votes, 5.6%

L. Sprague de Camp: The Reluctant King series (write-in)

1 vote, 2.8%

sword and sandal (write-in)

0 votes, 0.0%

36 total votes

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message 1: by Greg (new)

Apr 06, 2014 04:41AM

Having acquired a secondhand copy of the third book in de Camp's The Reluctant King trilogy a couple of years ago, I thought I should actually get around to reading the first book in the series -

- this summer. I've had it unread on my shelves for some 20 years!

That said, I have a couple of unread Conan books -

and

Conan The Swordsman by L. Sprague de Camp

- so my second choice would be Vintage Howard.

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message 2: by S.E. (last edited Apr 07, 2014 04:57AM) (new)

Apr 07, 2014 04:52AM

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Greg wrote: "Having acquired a secondhand copy of the third book in de Camp's The Reluctant King trilogy a couple of years ago, I thought I should actually get around to reading the first book in the series - [..."

Greg, looks like your #2 is in the top two (Vintage Howard). Strictly speaking Conan the Swordsman is all pastiche, but the Conan anthology is half-Howard. Pastiches may be okay for the discussion too (assuming that topic wins).

I had no idea there the "Sword and Planet" vibe was so strong. This may be a good time to read one of REH's few Sword & Planet stories:

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message 3: by Greg (new)

Apr 07, 2014 05:22AM

I you end up with a tie, then use my second choice to break it! :) (And we're not talking about an item of clothing here....)

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message 4: by Jake (last edited Apr 07, 2014 09:48AM) (new)

Apr 07, 2014 09:48AM

For the last couple of years I've been savoring The Complete Chronicles of Conan--which I still have about 700 pages left.

I voted for Hell because I've read Heroes in Helland figured I could take place in the discussion for once. :) Since reading is part of my job, I rarely have time for pleasure reading any more. Luckily, I generally like what I need to read.

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