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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2020 12:21:04 GMT -5
Bottom line; Brian did an amazing job. You should buy this book!
Enjoying this so far. I'm on chapter 7: Decline and Fall.
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Post by philzilla on Aug 11, 2020 20:13:36 GMT -5
The art is great, but the story is pretty cheesy. It's basically a mildly pornographic version of Thorne's Red Sonja with Thorne himself written in as a horny old wizard. It was first published in the old Warren mag 1984/1994, so if you've ever read any of those, you should know what to expect. And his obsession with Elfquest's Wendy Pini
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Post by linefacedscrivener on Sept 1, 2020 10:28:25 GMT -5
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Post by Char-Vell on Sept 1, 2020 12:44:20 GMT -5
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Post by garbanzo on Sept 18, 2020 15:20:25 GMT -5
Can anyone recommend a good viking sword and sorcery book? The pulpier, the better.
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Post by linefacedscrivener on Sept 19, 2020 18:00:44 GMT -5
Can anyone recommend a good viking sword and sorcery book? The pulpier, the better. I would recommend the Robert E. Howard Foundation Press book, Swords of the North. A good collection. If you like Poul Anderson's writing style, Hrolf Kraki's Saga, is pretty good. And if you haven't read T he Broken Sword, its good (so people say it is great, I'm not one of them). An odd ball recommendation is Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead. I really enjoyed that one. It is not typical Crichton fare. Other than Howard, the most pulpy thing I can think of is The Sea-Witch by Nictzin Dyalhis, Dec. 1937 issue: www.luminist.org/archives/SF/WT.htmAnd to be honest, reading some of the old Norse Saga, Icelandic Tales are actually a lot of fun.
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Post by linefacedscrivener on Sept 19, 2020 18:03:13 GMT -5
Can anyone recommend a good viking sword and sorcery book? The pulpier, the better. And here is Robert. E. Howard's recommendation for you: This appeared in the Weird Tales magazine’s letter-column, “The Eyrie,” in May of 1926: “The Saga of Grettir the Outlaw, while told in plain, almost homely language, reaches the peak of horror. You will recall the terrific, night-long battle between the outlaw and the vampire, who had himself been slain by the Powers of Darkness.”
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Post by shrike on Sept 21, 2020 13:44:34 GMT -5
H. Rider Haggard's ERIC BRIGHTEYES and THE WANDERER'S NECKLACE. Arthur D. Howden Smith's stories of Swain, 12th Century Viking of the Orkneys, are good stuff from ADVENTURE magazine -- no sorcery, but vivid atmosphere and strong, gritty characters. They were almost certainly an influence on Howard. The first five novelettes were collected in hardcover in 1931 as SWAIN'S SAGA. The final story chronologically, "Swain's Ending," is accessible free at the Pulp Flakes blog.
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Post by garbanzo on Sept 21, 2020 13:57:09 GMT -5
Awesome, thanks for the suggestions. I'll try to track them down.
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Post by linefacedscrivener on Sept 24, 2020 6:54:50 GMT -5
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Post by thedarkman on Sept 26, 2020 7:55:50 GMT -5
Can anyone recommend a good viking sword and sorcery book? The pulpier, the better. I highly recommend the Berserker trilogy by Chris Carlsen (Robert Holdstock). Short, brutal and violent books, they are pretty pulpy reads, for sure. But the writing is actually not bad, and it’s certainly a cut above what was expected from this particular sub-genre.
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Post by alexander on Sept 27, 2020 4:45:26 GMT -5
Can anyone recommend a good viking sword and sorcery book? The pulpier, the better. Some Cormac Mac Art pastiches include S&S. I would recommend the 2 stories co-written by Andrew Offutt and Keith Taylor.
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Post by Von K on Sept 27, 2020 10:43:45 GMT -5
Can anyone recommend a good viking sword and sorcery book? The pulpier, the better. The following thread has some if I recall. It's our dedicated Viking Fiction thread, mostly focused on historical but there are some S+S titles in there too (some of which have already been mentioned above): swordsofreh.proboards.com/thread/124/novels-fiction-vikings
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Post by darthgall on Oct 6, 2020 12:14:38 GMT -5
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Post by alexander on Oct 7, 2020 10:09:37 GMT -5
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