Sword & Sorcery Group On GoodreadsOur Spring 2021 (March-April) groupreads will have a "rebirth" theme to our two topics. Please join us! Nostalgia TOPIC FOLDER: Share, reread, and review the books that lured you into the Sword & Sorcery genre. Appendix N: Eldritch Roots FOLDER LINK. The anthology "Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons" exhibits the weird roots of Sword & Sorcery, and was a hot topic delayed from our Jan-Feb Anthology topic (book release was moved to late Feb). Banner Credits, L --> R
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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
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Mar-Apr 2021 Group Reads: Nostalgia And Appendix N: Eldritch Roots of D&D
Saturday, December 26, 2020
2021 Annual ANTHOLOGY and MAGAZINE group read begins Jan 1st!
Sword & Sorcery Group on Goodreads
Our annual group read for Sword & Sorcery Anthologies and Magazines starts now (thru Feb-2021)!
Please join us as we read new and old anthologies & magazines, the media form that kickstarted the genre.
Great way to discover classic and contemporary authors!
Discuss here/below. Link to Discussion Folder
Please peruse and add to the Poll which we are using as means to communicate books we are reading or discussing. Poll Link
Masthead banner and credits
Tales from the Magician's Skull #5: cover art by Manuel Pérez Clemente (Sanjulián)
Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons cover art by Arik Roper
Savage Scrolls Volume One : Thrilling Tales of Sword-and-Sorcery cover art by Jesus Garcia (to be confirmed)
Monday, May 25, 2020
July-Aug Groupread Topic Poll is ready
Tanith Lee with a focus on her just re-released The Blood of Roses or Flat Earth series (Night's Master... Death's Master) ,
Clonans like ... Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman or Brak the Barbarian or Thongor Against the Gods
Sword & Planet: for example... Thundar: Man of Two Worlds or Swords of Talera or Transit to Scorpio (Dray Prescot, #1)
David C. Smith and the Oron series including the newly released Tales of Attluma (Oron...Oron 5: The Ghost Army)
Just released Tales from the Magician's Skull #4...or any of the first three ,
Sword and Sea: some swashbuckling adventures like Waters of Darkness or Sea of Quills...or dare I say: Conan the Buccaneer
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Anthology Groupread 2020 - Jan Feb on S&S - Goodreads
Sword & Sorcery Group on Goodreads
Happy Yuletide, Xmas, etc... and especially Happy New Year.
The next two months are slotted for Anthology reading, the foundation of the S&S genre is formed from short stories... and plenty of new collections are out there. Classic or new, grab one from your TBR pile and join in.
The Jan-Feb 2020 Anthology discussion folder (link)
"What anthologies are people reading?", a list (disguised as a Poll): Link to list/poll, feel welcome to add your vote (or write one in)
The inspirational Image Banner credits (L-R)
- Blackest Spells - cover by Max Shevchenko - Breaker Maximus
- Lost Lore: A Fantasy Anthology - cover by Andreas Zafeiratos
- Swords of Steel - cover by Martin Hanford
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Sword and Sorcery Groupread Poll - Jan-Feb Anthologies
Join us, read and discuss your favorite or newly found S&S anthology!
Blackest Knights and Blackest Spells
The Fantastic Swordsmen
The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 2, 2011-2013: Best of HFQ Volume 2The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 1, 2009-2011
Swords of Steel IIISwords of Steel IISwords of Steel
Swords of Fire
Echoes of ValorEchoes of Valor IIEchoes of Valor III
Grimdark Magazine: Issue #1Grimdark Magazine Issue #14Grimdark Magazine Issue #20
Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery
Return of the Sword: An Anthology of Heroic AdventureRage of the Behemoth: An Anthology of Heroic AdventureDemons: A Clash of Steel Anthology
Friday, October 25, 2019
Nov-Dec Groupreads: Classic REH and Fresh HAJ
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