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The Last Druid (The Fall of Shannara, #4) by Terry Brooks.
Goodreads giveaway.
Goodreads giveaway.
Something seasonal (and it's upcoming on an episode of the Appendix N Podcast): The Dunwich Horror and Others by H.P. Lovecraft.
And now onto The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford -- they finally resolved the rights tangle around his books and are bringing them back into print after far, far too long.
Richard wrote: "@ Joseph
I really enjoyed The Dragon Waiting !"
It's totally not what I was expecting (mostly because I had no idea what it was about and my original 1980s-vintage paperback had a terrible generic mass-market fantasy cover), but I'm loving every page of it.
I really enjoyed The Dragon Waiting !"
It's totally not what I was expecting (mostly because I had no idea what it was about and my original 1980s-vintage paperback had a terrible generic mass-market fantasy cover), but I'm loving every page of it.

My edition was published by Avon with a cover by Sanjulian or someone pretty darn similar. I thought it added a nice quality to the paperback
To clarify, this is the cover on my original paperback copy:
I've seen pictures of the Sanjulian cover
and it does look much nicer. I have a number of other Sanjulian covers in my collection, including
and

I've seen pictures of the Sanjulian cover

and it does look much nicer. I have a number of other Sanjulian covers in my collection, including

and

Now ('tis the season) I'm starting Night Shift for the first time in about 30 years. At some point, I should reread the Dark Tower books, which are about as close as King has ever come to S&S.

Or this cover art:

Thorgil Bloodaxe: The Vultures of Khurasan by Ralph E. Laitres
Swords Of Gobi: Quests Of The Dethroned. By Fred Blosser.
Sword & Sorcery action and fantasy in the pulp tradition of Prince Raynor, Elak of Atlantis. A tribute to Henry Kuttner.
Sword & Sorcery action and fantasy in the pulp tradition of Prince Raynor, Elak of Atlantis. A tribute to Henry Kuttner.
Clint wrote: "@David, I have enjoyed Blosser’s essays about REH, but have not tried his fiction"
It is my first time and I am so impressed. The book has 3 stories and I have read the first 2, you can believe they were written by Henry Kuttner.
It is my first time and I am so impressed. The book has 3 stories and I have read the first 2, you can believe they were written by Henry Kuttner.
Crimson Blades of the Corsair Kingdom (Celyn the Exile Book 2) by Lorenzo D. Lopez and Rogue Planet Press.

Also the cool (but not S&S) horror of Carnacki, The Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson.

Now that's a long series of books. 55 in total.
Thorgil Bloodaxe, Shadow Of Death: by Ralph Laitres.
That is nice! I've read the piece, but just the version included in his short story collection. I was into Donaldson & Covenant back when I was young; someday I should go back and read the new set he wrote a while back.

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