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More Hugo reading: Finished Down Among the Sticks and Bones and now it's finally time to go back to N.K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy with The Obelisk Gate.
Time for Niall of the Far Travels Collected by Gardner F. Fox -- I know I read at least a few of the stories back when they were originally appearing in Dragon Magazine.

Just picked up the first in that series. Looks like fun.

Just picked up the first in that series. Looks like fun."
Hope you enjoy it

Thinking about starting Art of War: Anthology for Charity or Pass on the Cup of Dreams.

Thinking about starting Art of War: Anthology for Charity or Pass on the Cup of Dreams."
Art of War is great. Really enjoyed it.
S.wagenaar wrote: "https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/171899...#
Not currently reading, but certainly must read soon..."
That does look tempting ...
Because it's this month's Sword & Laser pick, I just started Night's Master by Tanith Lee, which will inevitably lead to a reread of all five Flat Earth books.
Not currently reading, but certainly must read soon..."
That does look tempting ...
Because it's this month's Sword & Laser pick, I just started Night's Master by Tanith Lee, which will inevitably lead to a reread of all five Flat Earth books.

W E wrote: "Really liked the first book in the series, nice mix of grounded realism with an epic scope. The Crown of the Conqueror"
That's another one of those that's been sitting on my shelf (and on my Kindle) for, um, rather a long time. Glad to hear good things about it.
That's another one of those that's been sitting on my shelf (and on my Kindle) for, um, rather a long time. Glad to hear good things about it.

Really classic S&S.

That's another one of those that's been sitting ..."
They do tend to back up, don't they?
W E wrote: "They do tend to back up, don't they? "
I pretty much abandoned any pretense of ever being caught up many years ago.
I pretty much abandoned any pretense of ever being caught up many years ago.

Me too."
I'm about 30 pages in. Pretty good so far. I like Charles' stuff.

Richard wrote: "On kindle I'm reading Pass on the Cup of Dreams, which is the sequel to The Mace of Souls."
Mace of Souls is one of those books that's been sitting on my shelf for oh, 25 years and I don't think I ever read it. Was happy to learn recently (from Black Gate) that he's written further novels set in that world, and someday I'll get around to them.
For myself, I just started Night's Sorceries, the fifth & last of Tanith Lee's Flat Earth books.
Mace of Souls is one of those books that's been sitting on my shelf for oh, 25 years and I don't think I ever read it. Was happy to learn recently (from Black Gate) that he's written further novels set in that world, and someday I'll get around to them.
For myself, I just started Night's Sorceries, the fifth & last of Tanith Lee's Flat Earth books.

I've had those Falcon books on my shelf for a while and keep thinking I should really get to them, given how much I liked his Conan books. How are they?

Mace of Souls is one of those books that's been sitting o..."
The jargon is can be difficult until you get a handle on it, but the story is great. My favorite so far by Bruce Fergusson is Shadow of His Wings

I've had those Falcon books on my shelf for a while and..."
Hey Howard, the books are really good. Roberts, as you probably already know, is an accomplished swordsman and a historical expert on all things steel, sharp and bloody! That hands-on expertise shows in his writing, in my opinion. These particular books were written quickly for the men's adventure market, so there is a little bit of saucy sex mixed in with the many action sequences. But I like them because they were written in a time when lean, fast adventure books could still be written in under 200 pages, without excess padding to meet a page count. I have one more to read in the series, and I'm saving for later in the Fall; I wish Roberts was still writing stuff like this!

I had a few days on airplanes for a work trip, so I finished Night's Sorceries, read both of Joseph Brassey's Drifting Lands books (Skyfarer and Dragon Road, both of which were a lot of fun) and started some actual old-school sword & sorcery, the new DMR collection of Clifford Ball's fiction, The Thief of Forthe and Other Stories. (Which, to be clear, only has three actual sword & sorcery stories, and I'd read at least one, if not two, in some of Lin Carter's anthologies; but it's nice to have everything collected and available on my Kindle.)

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