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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 9:40:18 GMT -5
Now what could be their reasoning for not publishing the third part? The only thing I can think of is it not having enough interest for a print run. But why not make a deal for someone else to do it? Especially these days, you can practically do a print-to-order. This is what Howard Andrew Jones told me today: I need to take a couple hours before the end of the month and put a formal letter together [regarding publishing the complete Durandal] and try one last time with Bison...right after I get my royalty statement so I can quote that to remind them that the series is STILL getting money. It'd be great if Howard Andrew Jones can manage to convince Bison to publish the complete Durandal.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 12:11:28 GMT -5
We all know of Harold Lamb's influence on Robert E. Howard.
Now let's take a look at one possible influence on Harold Lamb: compare the excerpt below from Harold Lamb's Genghis Khan to an excerpt from E.H. Parker's A Thousand Years of the Tartars.
I was reading through Harold Lamb's biography of Genghis Khan today and noticed the words of a wise counsellor to the young Temujin (Genghis Khan).
"We are not a hundredth part of Cathay," a wise counsellor said to the boy, " and the only reason why we have been able to cope with her is that we are all nomads, carrying our supplies with us, and experienced in our kind of warfare. When we can, we plunder; when we cannot, we hide away. If we begin to build towns and change our old habits, we shall not prosper. Besides, monasteries and temples breed mildness of character, and it is only the fierce and warlike who dominate mankind." Harold Lamb, Genghis Khan: Emperor of all Men, Thornton Butterworth, 1928, pages 22-23
Here are the words of the wise Tonyukuk, adviser to Bilge Kaghan (683?-734) of the Türks in Mongolia.
"No! The Turkish population is small, not one hundredth part of China's, and the only reason we have ever been able to cope with her is that we are nomads, carrying our supplies with us on their own legs, and all of us versed in the arts of war. When we can, we plunder; when we cannot, we hide away where no Chinese army can get at us. If we begin to build towns and change our old habits of life we shall some fine day find ourselves annexed altogether. Moreover the very essence of monasteries and temples is the inculcation of mildness of character, but it is only the fierce and the warlike who dominate mankind." Edward Harper Parker, A Thousand Years of the Tartars, page 222 from the 1895 edition. The second revised edition (1924) can be found Harold Lamb's bibliography.
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Post by johnnypt on Aug 15, 2017 12:30:45 GMT -5
This is what Howard Andrew Jones told me today: I need to take a couple hours before the end of the month and put a formal letter together [regarding publishing the complete Durandal] and try one last time with Bison...right after I get my royalty statement so I can quote that to remind them that the series is STILL getting money. Now this would be great news indeed. The complete Durandal? Count me in!
Now is Bison being the stick in the mud or DMG? It didn't sound like DMG had any intention on publishing their own version of Part 3 (which would've made a beautiful set of three), if they did I could see holding off on farming the rights out. But it's been, what, over 30 years? Time to get it done was back when I was in high school!
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Post by thedarkman on Aug 15, 2017 17:09:35 GMT -5
Now this would be great news indeed. The complete Durandal? Count me in!
Now is Bison being the stick in the mud or DMG? It didn't sound like DMG had any intention on publishing their own version of Part 3 (which would've made a beautiful set of three), if they did I could see holding off on farming the rights out. But it's been, what, over 30 years? Time to get it done was back when I was in high school!
Hear, hear! I hope it happens; maybe I'll go over to Howard's blog and grill him for information...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 1:46:33 GMT -5
Lamb had an enormous impact on Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan. Howard sometimes used Lamb's histories and historical fiction for research, and there are obvious signs of Lamb's influence on Howard's historical fiction and the famous Conan stories. Howard listed Harold Lamb as a favorite writer and wrote that he had respect and keen admiration for him besides.
There are many parallels between Lamb's fiction and that of Howard, along with those who followed in Howard's footsteps. There are only occasional suggestions of the fantastic in Lamb's stories. But in Lamb you will find all the other elements you see in the work of Howard and the fantasy writers who followed him. There are heroes who must live by their wit and weapon skills in a deadly borderland, beset by schemers and intriguers. There is treasure to be found, and ancient secrets, and lovely woman: some are keen-eyed adventurers on whom you should not turn your back and others are damsels in need of rescue. There are loyal comrades, implacable foes, powerful but foolish kings, secret societies, fabulous kingdoms, and those who pass themselves off as wizards and miracle workers. You will even find quotations heading up many stories and chapters, a practice favored by fantasy writers. Lamb, of course, quoted real (though obscure) sources rather than inventing his own. In short, if you read the sword and sorcery writers and then turn to Lamb, the lineage is obvious - their stories are fashioned with the same spirit, from love of the same plot elements. (foreword by Howard Andrew Jones found in Wolf of the Steppes: The Complete Cossack Adventures, Volume 1).
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Post by emerald on Oct 8, 2017 11:07:21 GMT -5
Howard Andrew Jones Kickstarter is featuring a chain of articles on Sword & Sorcery and its history. One of the first to appear is by Jones himself and about Harold Lamb.
Jones's knowledge of, and love for, Harold Lamb's work is second to none, and the article summarizes the author's achievement with infectious enthusiasm. Jones also includes a fiery excerpt from one of Lamb's tales that you can easily imagine REH reading with genuine pleasure, and perhaps even a surge of inspiration.
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Post by emerald on Oct 8, 2017 11:12:19 GMT -5
I attempted to link directly to the Lamb article by Jones but the site would not allow it.
If you wish to read it, the article can be found on the site under 'Updates', and is entitled 'Sword and Sorcery's Grandfather'.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 17:13:44 GMT -5
I attempted to link directly to the Lamb article by Jones but the site would not allow it. If you wish to read it, the article can be found on the site under 'Updates', and is entitled 'Sword and Sorcery's Grandfather'. Thanks for the info Emerald. I cannot access the article. I think it has something to do with the operating system on my ancient laptop. I have the same problem with Blackgate and the Frontierpartisans website, so frustrating.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 17:21:46 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Oct 22, 2017 11:04:42 GMT -5
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Post by themirrorthief on Oct 23, 2017 0:02:27 GMT -5
Lamb also scripted some crusader movies way way back
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Post by deuce on Oct 23, 2017 10:51:59 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 18:17:11 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, Deuce. I'm reading the Cossack yarns these days. I'm only a few pages away from 'The Mighty Manslayer', I gotta feeling I'm gonna love that yarn. Skimming through The Mighty Manslayer I noticed the that the beginning of chapter 13 has 'The Death Chant of Genghis Khan'. That can be found in Jeremiah Curtin's The Mongols: A History, 1908. Jeremiah Curtin often described Genghis Khan as 'The Mighty Manslayer' in that book.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 12:43:35 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2017 18:07:26 GMT -5
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