Poll

Hopefully we’ll see a new cover reveal for Blood of the Serpent soon. For now, I have a couple of John Maddox Roberts Conan novels that I haven’t read yet, so I have plenty reading that I can indulge in while awaiting Stirling’s novel.

While not having been active in this group (it's hard enough to find time to write S&S, and read it; social media really is on the back burner), I shall be bold, and throw our collection The Red Man and Others in the hat as candidate for a spotlight... People and publications do appear to like it.

(Clears throat) :

"Sword & Sorcery has a future! I’m a sucker for modern heroic fantasy, so I was glad to take a look. And what I found was a well-packaged collection." (Black Gate)

"I felt hope the sword & sorcery genre has a future beyond rehashes of the genre's past, and that it can expand and grow, while still being recognizable as sword & sorcery. . . always from the classic sword & sorcery, bottom-up perspective of the outsider protagonists." (Sword & Sorcery Magazine)

"A bit like Robert E. Howard’s gritty historical adventures with a dash of Fritz Leiber’s insouciant humor. . . Issues of queerness, coping with disability, and found family arise organically within the stories, signalling not a deconstruction of sword & sorcery, but a broader inclusivity." (Ngo Vinh-Hoi, co-host of the Appendix N Book Club podcast)

"Call it New Wave Sword & Sorcery. . . a reaction to the musclebound masculinity, the unbridled machismo that is found and often-times put at the forefront of Sword & Sorcery. It’s good stuff if you’re open to the idea of new takes on Sword & Sorcery." (Rogues in the house podcast)

"In producing this work, the authors present us with tales of strong women, sharp tongues and razor swords. Rich in action, our female protagonists are allowed to be bold, and equal to men. They thus cross boundaries and break tropes. This is pulp fiction as it should be, and it’s delivered well." (Phantasmagoria)

"This story shows me that the genre is continuing to expand in new and extraordinary ways. There is no telling what stories will come out next. Great job by the authors in bringing this tale to life as I had a splendid adventure." (Under the Radar SFF Books)

This is a distinctive and surprising anthology of sword and sorcery that explores new territory in the genre... artfully written, even literary, and occasionally lyrical." (Jason Ray Carney, editor Whetstone, The Dark Man)

Remco wrote: "While not having been active in this group (it's hard enough to find time to write S&S, and read it; social media really is on the back burner), I shall be bold, and throw our collection The Red Ma..."

Hi Remco. The current 2-month topic is New Edge S&S. and the The Red Man and Others fits that well. Runs thru this month.

Topic Folder here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...