Keith Taylor: Great Sword and Sorcery Author

[deuce]

Today is the birthday of our forum's own Keith Taylor and I just realized that we don't have a thread devoted to him. Keith has been writing kickass heroic fantasy since the '70s and he's still going strong, with two stories coming out from DMR Books and Rogue Blades in 2019.

Keith's ISFDB entry:

www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1462

Wiki:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Taylor_(author)










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[deuce]

Keith Taylor has a lot of projects in the works:


dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2018/12/26/keith-taylor-still-going-strong

[Von K]

That's a great article Deuce, and I'm glad to read that his Bard novels may be getting a digital release.

[robp]

Thanks Deuce, not familiar but will def be checking those out!

[deuce]

Dec 27, 2018 9:07:23 GMT -5 Von K said:

That's a great article Deuce, and I'm glad to read that his Bard novels may be getting a digital release.

It's still a little iffy, but I have a (fairly justified) feeling that if this doesn't materialize, another publisher WILL take up the gauntlet.

[themirrorthief]

Keith is a cool guy for real

[Jason Aiken]

Dec 26, 2018 14:12:22 GMT -5 deuce said:

I love this collection. Some excellent Egyptian weird tales.

[deuce]

Dec 27, 2018 11:12:37 GMT -5 robp said:

Thanks Deuce, not familiar but will def be checking those out!

Hey Rob! If nothing else, you should check out Bard IV: Ravens' Gathering:


www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?8330


A very cool early chapter takes place in the Wash. Your neck of the woods (or fens, as the case may be). Bard I is set in a broad swath from southeastern Kent through the Weald and on to Wessex. Great stuff!

[deuce]

Dec 30, 2018 18:23:58 GMT -5 Jason Aiken said:

Dec 26, 2018 14:12:22 GMT -5 deuce said:

I love this collection. Some excellent Egyptian weird tales.

Absolutely! Excellent stuff. The best thing is, Keith is working on more tales of Kamose as we speak. Here's my review of Servant of the Jackal God:


dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2017/12/27/servant-of-the-jackal-god-by-keith-taylor

[robp]

Dec 31, 2018 12:16:45 GMT -5 deuce said:

Dec 27, 2018 11:12:37 GMT -5 robp said:

Thanks Deuce, not familiar but will def be checking those out!

Hey Rob! If nothing else, you should check out Bard IV: Ravens' Gathering:

Thanks - I ordered up and just recevied a second hand copy of Bard 1 from Amazon, got to love that old paperback aroma

[buxom9sorceress]

Jan 1, 2019 13:16:25 GMT -5 deuce said:

Dec 30, 2018 18:23:58 GMT -5 Jason Aiken said:

I love this collection. Some excellent Egyptian weird tales.

Absolutely! Excellent stuff. The best thing is, Keith is working on more tales of Kamose as we speak. Here's my review of Servant of the Jackal God:

dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2017/12/27/servant-of-the-jackal-god-by-keith-taylor

Hi Deuce.
Many thanks for your good review.
[ and thanks to the other keen reviews on amazon, and in here ]

i have ordered the book.
Looking forward to it.

[deuce]

Jan 5, 2019 13:24:33 GMT -5 buxom9sorceress said:

Jan 1, 2019 13:16:25 GMT -5 deuce said:

Absolutely! Excellent stuff. The best thing is, Keith is working on more tales of Kamose as we speak. Here's my review of Servant of the Jackal God:

dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2017/12/27/servant-of-the-jackal-god-by-keith-taylor

Hi Deuce.
Many thanks for your good review.
[ and thanks to the other keen reviews on amazon, and in here ]

i have ordered the book.
Looking forward to it.

Cool!  I think you'll dig Mertseger.  

[deuce]

Jan 5, 2019 7:59:25 GMT -5 robp said:

Dec 31, 2018 12:16:45 GMT -5 deuce said:

Hey Rob! If nothing else, you should check out Bard IV: Ravens' Gathering:

Thanks - I ordered up and just recevied a second hand copy of Bard 1 from Amazon, got to love that old paperback aroma

Right on!  Despite the (beautiful but) fairly sedate Maitz cover, Keith gets right down to business. Felimid is fighting a giant Jutish berserker who's ALSO a werewolf by what, page 3? Page 2, maybe?

[robp]

Just finished reading Bard last night - fantastic! Very original style and hero, with elements of REH and Jack Vance. Will def be looking for more!

[deuce]

Keith has written over a score of novels and short stories set in and around the post-Roman/Dark Age British Isles. In the essay linked below, he discusses two of his series characters, Palamides and Vivayn:


dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2019/1/29/palamides-felimid-and-arthurian-legends