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Post by deuce on Feb 12, 2017 13:14:36 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Feb 13, 2017 8:57:29 GMT -5
Adrian Cole has been writing sword and sorcery since the '70s and doing a damn fine job of it. In this interview, he discusses writing new tales in his "Dream Lords" universe, trying to put together (what would've been) a great S&S anthology called Savage Breed and many, many other things: www.castaliahouse.com/a-conversation-with-adrian-cole/
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Post by deuce on Feb 15, 2017 1:02:46 GMT -5
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Post by almuric on Feb 15, 2017 10:02:50 GMT -5
The dreaded Manworm!
MANWORM! :-D
My least-favorite Brak tale, sadly.
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Post by deuce on Feb 16, 2017 11:37:54 GMT -5
Fritz Leiber's letter from 1961, in its entirety, where he coins the name "sword-and-sorcery" for our beloved subgenre: alphabravopositivity.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/defining-sword-sorcery-leibers-letter.html"The article on fantasy adventure-- a field which I feel more certain than ever should be called the sword-and-sorcery story. This accurately describes the points of culture-level and supernatural element and also immediately distinguishes it from the cloak-and-sword (historical adventure) story---and (quite incidentally) from the cloak-and-dagger (international espionage) story too! The word sorcery implies something more and other than historical human witchcraft, so even the element of an alien-yet-human world background is hinted at."
-- Fritz Leiber, 1961.
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Post by deuce on Feb 24, 2017 21:15:36 GMT -5
>>>>>>>>>BREAKING NEWS<<<<<<<<<Robert M. Price: "My forthcoming anthology The Mighty Warriors is a tribute to these great collections [like The Mighty Swordsmen]. It will boast a Bruce Timm cover, a Steranko pastiche featuring Thongor. New tales of Thongor, Elak, Imaro, Oron, Gonji, Simon of Gitta and others."
Adrian Cole: "Robert Price will be bringing out a tribute anthology to this beast, The Mighty Warriors, which will include a host of favorite characters, including Elak of Atlantis, creation of a young Henry Kuttner, this time from my own humble pen."Don't know about y'all, but that sounds mighty promising. This from RMP: Just outlining a new Simon of Gitta tale (with Richard L. Tierney's blessing) called The Secret of Nephren-Ka [for The Mighty Warriors anthology].Simon is Richard L. Tierney's classic S&S hero who loves and slays during the era of Caligula and Tiberius. The tales also take place within the REH/Lovecraft/Clark Ashton Smith universe as a bonus. Price has co-written Simon tales with RLT before. The Mighty Warriors is being published by Sam Gafford's Ulthar Press: www.ultharpress.com/Charles R. Rutledge will be contributing a tale featuring his axe-slinger, Kharrn: My story Kiss of the Succubus will appear in the anthology The Mighty Warriors, edited by Robert M. Price. Kharrn, the immortal barbarian, teams up with Dr. John Dee, Queen Elizabeth’s conjurer, to fight a demonic menace in Elizabethan England. Sword and Sorcery (or in Kharrn’s case, axe and sorcery) as you like it. -- Charles R. Rutledge
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Post by deuce on Mar 1, 2017 11:36:23 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Mar 2, 2017 13:11:30 GMT -5
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Post by Jason Aiken on Mar 5, 2017 18:47:05 GMT -5
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swords_Against_TomorrowLooks like a neat anthology, never heard of it before. TOC: "Introduction" (Robert Hoskins) "Demon Journey" (Poul Anderson) "Bazaar of the Bizarre" (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) (Fritz Leiber) "Vault of Silence" (Kellory the Warlock) (Lin Carter) "Devils in the Walls" (Brak the Barbarian) (John Jakes) "Citadel of Lost Ships" (Leigh Brackett) The Anderson tale is a novella.
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Post by almuric on Mar 5, 2017 22:37:17 GMT -5
Downloaded the first Kormak book (it's free!) and am reading it now.
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Post by paulmc on Mar 6, 2017 10:47:21 GMT -5
Earlier on this thread, Adrian Cole (quoted) mentions writing a new Elak story for Robert M. Price's forthcoming THE MIGHTY WARRIORS. I only recently discovered that Cole has covered this territory before. Granted, I don't say much on my post because I want to avoid spoilers for those who have not yet read "Blood of the Moon God." But, if you're interested; paulmcnamee.blogspot.com/2017/03/recent-read-two-tales-of-elak.html
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Post by paulmc on Mar 6, 2017 13:21:18 GMT -5
This from RMP: Just outlining a new Simon of Gitta tale (with Richard L. Tierney's blessing) called The Secret of Nephren-Ka [for The Mighty Warriors anthology].Simon is Richard L. Tierney's classic S&S hero who loves and slays during the era of Caligula and Tiberius. The tales also take place within the REH/Lovecraft/Clark Ashton Smith universe as a bonus. Price has co-written Simon tales with RLT before. The Mighty Warriors is being published by Sam Gafford's Ulthar Press: www.ultharpress.com/Charles R. Rutledge will be contributing a tale featuring his axe-slinger, Kharrn: My story Kiss of the Succubus will appear in the anthology The Mighty Warriors, edited by Robert M. Price. Kharrn, the immortal barbarian, teams up with Dr. John Dee, Queen Elizabeth’s conjurer, to fight a demonic menace in Elizabethan England. Sword and Sorcery (or in Kharrn’s case, axe and sorcery) as you like it. -- Charles R. RutledgeUmm, well. Cat's outta the bag so ... they've got some guy named McNamee contributing, too. paulmcnamee.blogspot.com/2017/03/lono-and-makani-return.html
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Post by paulmc on Mar 7, 2017 9:59:10 GMT -5
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Post by themirrorthief on Mar 7, 2017 18:42:16 GMT -5
Offutt has ground out his share of solid tales IMO
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Post by deuce on Mar 7, 2017 19:10:52 GMT -5
Charles R. Rutledge will be contributing a tale featuring his axe-slinger, Kharrn: My story Kiss of the Succubus will appear in the anthology The Mighty Warriors, edited by Robert M. Price. Kharrn, the immortal barbarian, teams up with Dr. John Dee, Queen Elizabeth’s conjurer, to fight a demonic menace in Elizabethan England. Sword and Sorcery (or in Kharrn’s case, axe and sorcery) as you like it. -- Charles R. RutledgeUmm, well. Cat's outta the bag so ... they've got some guy named McNamee contributing, too. paulmcnamee.blogspot.com/2017/03/lono-and-makani-return.htmlCool! I always thought L&M had a great premise. Plenty of untouched source material/inspiration. Looking forward to it.
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