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Polling for Sept-Oct topic(s). Please write in other options and comment if one topic is sufficient, or should we pick the top two.
"Viking Age": books like The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson or Scott Oden's newly released A Gathering of Ravens ...or C. Dean Andersson's Bloodsong! — Hel X 3... or Robert Holdstock's Berserker SF Gateway Omnibus: The Shadow of the Wolf, The Bull Chief, The Horned Warrior
"Off the Planet;" Sword & Planet like Kenneth Bulmer's Dray Prescot Transit to Scorpio (Dray Prescot, #1); or Edgar Rice Burroughs's John Carter of Mars.
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"Goofy stuff": like Myth Adventures (Myth Conceptions) by Robert Lynn Asprin or Terry Pratchett's Disc World ... Colour of Magic - Disc world #1
Classic William
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william
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Jul 28, 2017 08:30AM
I really like the William category! I had completely forgotten that Morris also wrote fiction. Any of you read it?
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I've had both Morris and Hodgson on my to-read list, but have never read either yet. Am looking forward to addressing that :)
I have The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson and A Gathering of Ravens by Scott Oden so I vote for those. I planned to read Scott Oden's book very soon.
I have some neat books on my shelf that are Viking Age or related. Thinking about the Hel trilogy by Asa Drake. It's also available as an affordable all in one ebook as well.Asa Drake
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Stan, Agreed! I'll add that cover to the choice....
That trilogy is a fun one (a bit campy, but I enjoyed it...and even tracked down C Dean Andersson (aka Asa Drake) for an interview on it.
He's been working on a 4th Bloodsong novel forever....
http://www.selindberg.com/2014/03/c-d...
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Planet or William? May need a tie breaker
If I have to vote for second place, I'd go Sword and Planet!
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It's also pretty nearly unreadable because of Hodgson's faux-medieval prose, unfortunately, but if you can wade through that, it has some stunning imagery.
The Night Land, a Story Retold by James Stoddard retells it. Whether for better or worse I will not judge, but it does tone down the prose. (Also, of course, Awake in the Night Land by John C. Wright tells stories set in it.)
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(Also, of course, [book..."
Yeah, I love Stoddard's [book:The High House|26094764] books (and really need to read the third) and am still not entirely sure how I feel about the Night Land retelling.
I was lucky enough to get both volumes of Andy W. Robertson's William Hope Hodgson's Night Lands, Volume I: Eternal Love back in the day; there really were some fine stories in there.
