The 2019 Nov-Dec Groupread poll for the Goodreads Sword and Sorcery Group is finished. Please join us to discuss and/or read!
Masthead illustration credits:
- Justin Sweet illustration of Kull
- Cover artist TBD of Howard Andrew Jones' Ring-Sworn book #1: For the Killing of Kings
(A) with 13 votes: Link to the Classic Robert E. Howard discussion, ie just the real Conan/Kull/Bran (no pastiche).
(B) 10 Votes (with a write-in): Link to discussion folder for Howard Andrew Jones' Ring-Sworn series
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The next runner-up with 9 votes was Dyrk Ashton's Paternus and War of Gods books. which will be on our radar in future polls. Note that there is a Kickstarter coming up for that series: 2019 Hard Cover Kickstarter for Dyrk Ashton's War of Gods books -link
This focuses on Beauty in Weird Fiction, with interviews. S E Lindberg is the creator of Dyscrasia Fiction, a Managing Editor at Black Gate, an intern for Tales From the Mag.’s Skull, and moderator of the Goodreads Sword and Sorcery Group
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Friday, October 25, 2019
Saturday, October 5, 2019
Nov-Dec Sword & Sorcery Groupread Poll
2019: Howard Andrew Jones's sequel to 2018's For the Killing of Kings is out this Nov. Upon the Flight of the Queen
>2015-2019 D.M. Ritzlin like The Infernal Bargain and Other Stories or Swords of Steel, Swords of Steel II, or Swords of Steel III (an omnibus edition of those 3 come out this Oct.)
2016 Dyrk AshtonPaternus: War of GodsPaternus: Rise of Gods
2017-2019Anna Smith Spark's grimdark series: The Court of Broken Knives, The Tower of Living and Dying, The House of Sacrifice
~1930Robert E. Howard genuine Conan or Kull or Bran or Agnes: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, Kull: Exile of Atlantis, Bran Mak Morn: The Last King, or Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures
pre-1920 Pre-Howard Adventure or Heroic Fantasy:George MacDonald's Phantastes, Lord Dunsany's The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories, or Beowulf
Friday, August 23, 2019
Sept-Oct Group-reads - Sword and Sorcery group on Goodreads
The Sword and Sorcery Group on Goodreads...
... invites you to join them, as the Sept Oct group read topics have been elected:
Discussion A: Lin Carter books, i.e., Thongor (link)
Discussion B: Sapkowski's Witcher Series (link)
Image Banner Credits-Lin Carter's Thongor Against the Gods, 1979, artist Kevin Eugene Johnson- Sapkowski, Andrzej's The Tower of Swallows, 2016 (artists: Paweł Mielmiczuk, Bartłomiej Gaweł, Marcin Błaszczak, Arkadiusz)
Discussion B: Sapkowski's Witcher Series (link)
Image Banner Credits-Lin Carter's Thongor Against the Gods, 1979, artist Kevin Eugene Johnson- Sapkowski, Andrzej's The Tower of Swallows, 2016 (artists: Paweł Mielmiczuk, Bartłomiej Gaweł, Marcin Błaszczak, Arkadiusz)
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Sept-Oct Poll - Goodreads Sword and Sorcery group
Sword & Sorcery Group on Goodreads
We are polling for our Sept-Oct groupreads.
Thanks to moderator "Jack" mak-morn for setting up this poll. All are welcome to vote and to participate in any way.
Poll
We are polling for our Sept-Oct groupreads.
Thanks to moderator "Jack" mak-morn for setting up this poll. All are welcome to vote and to participate in any way.
Poll
Works by Lin Carter, such as Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria and Conan the Liberator
Books from Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher series.
Howard Andrew Jones' "The Ring-Sword Trilogy" starting with For the Killing of Kings
Anna Smith Spark's "Empires of Dust" series, starting with The Court of Broken Knives
Clark Ashton Smith, such as The Return Of The Sorcerer: The Best Of Clark Ashton Smith
John R. Fultz' "Shaper" series, starting with Seven Princes
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Thursday, May 30, 2019
July-Aug Groupread Poll for Sword & Sorcery Group
The Sword & Sorcery Group on Goodreads invites you to vote for our next group read topic... then come join in!
Poll
Michael Shean' Nifft the Lean, Mines of Behemoth, or The A'Rak
Jack Williamson's classics, The Reign of Wizardry or Golden Blood or others
The Mask of the Sorcerer Sekenre: The Book of the Sorcerer We Are All Legends by Darrell Schweitzer
John R. Fultz's books of the Shaper: Seven Princes, Seven Kings, Seven Sorcerers
Brian Lumley's Primal Land Series: Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land, Sorcery in Shad, Tales of the Primal Land
Saturday, April 27, 2019
May June 2019 Groupreads: Gene Wolfe memorial read and Moorcock's Eternal Champion
invites all to join in on the May-June discussions/groupreads
Topic (a) Gene Wolfe's memorial discussion-groupread (link to folder)
Topic (b) Any Eternal Champion novel by Moorcock (link to folder)
Masthead Banner credits:
- Frank Frazetta's 1980 cover to The Eternal Champion, by Michael Moorcock.
- Don Maitz 1983 cover to Gene Wolfe's The Citadel of the Autarch (reapplied to Sword & Citadel)
Saturday, December 29, 2018
Jan Feb 2019 Groupread: Anthologies
The Sword & Sorcery Group on Goodreads invites you to join them this Jan-Feb as we read:
Anthologies (Link)
Any anthology will do (i.e., current magazine like Tales from the Magician's Skull, Skelos, Heroic Fantasy Quarter online or print). Checkout the Survey/Poll for ideas and to post what you are reading: Poll LinkPlenty of old and new to choose from. You owe it to yourself to try one of the new magazines or dig up an old book.
Banner Credits L->R
- Jim Pitts cover for 2018 TWILIGHT ECHOES # 1
- Martin Handford's cover for Swords of Steel
- Tommy Arnold's cover for 2017 Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists
This Jan-Feb groupread continues an annual tradition since at least 2014 (though many shared the topic of Anthologies with another).
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A) Jack Williamson group discussion-read-LINK
Classic Jack Williamson, ie The Reign of Wizardry or Golden Blood (~1933 Weird Tales)
B) Lumely's Primal Land group discussion-read-LINK
Brian Lumley's Primal Land (Shad) series, The House of Cthulhu: Tales of the Primal Land Vol. 1 and Tarra Khash: Hrossak!: Tales of the Primal Land
Banner/Masthead Credits
Frazetta's 1964 cover to Jack Williamson's "The Reign of Wizardry"
Melvyn Grant's cover to Brian Lumely's Tarra Khash: Hrossak (Primal Lands #2) 1991