07-11-2021, 07:15 AM | #46 |
o saeclum infacetum
Posts: 20,428
Karma: 223676954
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: New England
Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5
|
An oversize image has been thumbnailed in the original and deleted in two quotes. This is far from the first time; please don’t upload large images again. It’s trivial to add them as thumbnails.
|
07-11-2021, 09:01 AM | #47 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 44,871
Karma: 55647515
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Peru
Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One
|
Awrght! That's the ticket! Are you telling me - telling me!???!! - that there is not one single sword & sorcery hero who is a zombie!??? If so, this must be rectified! You're giving me ideas, gmw. Ideas, I say! |
Advert | |
|
07-11-2021, 06:52 PM | #48 |
Absentminded Reader
Posts: 1,232
Karma: 6467285
Join Date: Apr 2017
Device: Kobo Mini, Clara HD, Elipsa; Kindle Paperwhite 3 & 4; iOS eReader apps
|
Sword and Sorcery ebooks
I enjoyed Unnamed Memory 1&2 recently. It's an interesting blend of high fantasy, warfare, politics, fairytales, and magic, told from a Japanese voice. Its focus seems more romantic than any Conan book I ever read, but it's not a romance. It's a story about the end of the Age of Witches, specifically of one of the witches and her lover King who holds the only sword capable of killing her.
https://amzn.to/2T1VbM6 https://amzn.to/3kb0KTE Last edited by Cootey; 07-11-2021 at 06:54 PM. |
07-11-2021, 07:18 PM | #49 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 44,871
Karma: 55647515
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Peru
Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One
|
As mentioned, Henry Kuttner created a Sword & Sorcery hero named Elak of Atlantis.
There's now a new book of short stories featuring this intrepid hero, written by Adrian Cole. This book looks really exciting. Here's the link to check it out: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08M1YJ5QV...v_lig_dp_it_im Last edited by Dr. Drib; 07-11-2021 at 07:21 PM. |
07-11-2021, 07:23 PM | #50 |
o saeclum infacetum
Posts: 20,428
Karma: 223676954
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: New England
Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5
|
While not quite off-topic, this is a tangent.
This has been a fascinating discussion for me. I love “sword”, as in turn-of-the-last century (or earlier) swashbuckling books, but once you add in sorcery, my eyes glaze over. It takes all kinds! |
Advert | |
|
07-12-2021, 12:22 AM | #51 |
Gentleman and scholar
Posts: 11,159
Karma: 109515481
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Space City, Texas
Device: Clara HD; Nook ST w/Glowlight, (2015) Glowlight Plus, Paperwhite 3
|
Sorry. I remember there are image size guidelines. I thought the image size limit was 600X800. I wish when uploading an image, the window clearly stated maximum allowable dimensions.
|
07-12-2021, 12:41 AM | #52 | ||
Gentleman and scholar
Posts: 11,159
Karma: 109515481
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Space City, Texas
Device: Clara HD; Nook ST w/Glowlight, (2015) Glowlight Plus, Paperwhite 3
|
Quote:
The real magic of the series is the two as a pair, the city where they live(Lankhmar) and the sorcerous 'advisers' (Ningauble of the Seven Eyes and Sheelba of the Eyeless Face) who often get them into trouble. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser and Elric show that sword and sorcery doesn't have to be about amoral, barborous lunkheads. I first read Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser as a comics adaptation featuring gorgeous artwork by Mike Mignola. Sadly there isn't a legal digital edition available, or I'd recommend those as a way to get a feel for the stories. Quote:
|
||
07-12-2021, 12:47 AM | #53 | |
Gentleman and scholar
Posts: 11,159
Karma: 109515481
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Space City, Texas
Device: Clara HD; Nook ST w/Glowlight, (2015) Glowlight Plus, Paperwhite 3
|
Quote:
On the other hand, I did enjoy the Lancer/Ace Conan collections, though I stopped when REH's name stopped appearing as an author altogether (#10, Conan the Avenger is the last one, I think). |
|
07-12-2021, 05:34 AM | #54 |
Brash Fumbler
Posts: 1,185
Karma: 8710811
Join Date: May 2013
Device: NST, Kobo Mini
|
A tangent worthy of its own thread! Are you a Sabatini fan?
|
07-12-2021, 07:31 AM | #55 |
o saeclum infacetum
Posts: 20,428
Karma: 223676954
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: New England
Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5
|
|
07-12-2021, 07:32 AM | #56 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 44,871
Karma: 55647515
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Peru
Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One
|
I have been remiss:
When mentioning Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser and their roguish ways and happy shenanigans - with evil wizards and willing 'maidens' (one may interpret that word in many different ways ) - then one MUST include Cugel The Clever, by Jack Vance. (Available in the Vance Integral Edition or the old Ace edition.) And then there is Nift The Lean, by Michael Shea - but that's another post. |
07-12-2021, 07:44 AM | #57 |
Brash Fumbler
Posts: 1,185
Karma: 8710811
Join Date: May 2013
Device: NST, Kobo Mini
|
|
07-13-2021, 09:34 AM | #58 |
o saeclum infacetum
Posts: 20,428
Karma: 223676954
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: New England
Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5
|
|
07-16-2021, 09:53 AM | #59 |
Brash Fumbler
Posts: 1,185
Karma: 8710811
Join Date: May 2013
Device: NST, Kobo Mini
|
The article linked below provides a nice introduction to the swashbuckling genre. The book described seems great, and the article provides a roll call of the best authors in the field. Happy hunting!
https://www.blackgate.com/2014/05/27...ing-adventure/ |
07-16-2021, 10:59 AM | #60 |
Grand Sorcerer
Posts: 7,320
Karma: 65432101
Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Glo HD
|
Isn't that just like swashbuckler fans: they swing in and completely take over a thread.
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Free (Kindle) Krantin Omnibus by Juanita Coulson [Vintage Sword & Sorcery Fantasy] | ATDrake | Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) | 8 | 12-07-2017 04:20 PM |
Free (Kindle) Swords Against Darkness [Classic Sword & Sorcery Fantasy Anthology] | ATDrake | Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) | 3 | 06-30-2017 06:15 PM |
Crown of Souls (Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery) | TCSimpson | Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers | 7 | 01-14-2017 05:24 PM |
Shadow's Rise: Chronicles of the Fists Trilogy Book 1 - Sword & Sorcery meets Shaolin | Joseph J Bailey | Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers | 9 | 09-21-2016 08:24 PM |
FREE (Kindle) Elegy:The Arbiter Codex (Sword&Sorcery) | xg4bx | Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) | 8 | 04-11-2012 09:59 AM |