Annual Anthology Poll (for Jan-Feb 2022 Groupread)

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Like the past eight years, we'll dedicate 2months to reading/sharing/reviewing anthologies & magazines.

Join in and identify the ones you plan to give attention toward.  The poll is just being used to share selections (not enforce any one to read).

Poll

Jan-Feb 2022: Annual 2month groupread of Anthologies (and Magazines). All are fair game. Online. Print. Old. New. WRITE IN the one you plan to read/share/review, or select from the ones here.

DMR books
Rogues Blades Entertainment/Foundation
Swords and Sorceries by Parallel Universe
Whetstone (Free, online) magazine

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Nov-Dec S&S Groupreads

 

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Join us for our Nov-Dec Group-read Topics (Folder/Discussion links below)

Cover Art Credits [Stephen E. Fabian (Far AWay & Never), Ken Kelly (Conan and the Emerald Lotus) and Lauren St. Onge (When the Goddess Wakes)].


Campbell's Ryre in Far Away & Never
 

Conan Pastiche
   

Howard Andrew Jones' Ring Sworn Trilogy
  

Goodread group read topic poll for July-Aug

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Please join us this July-Aug when we will tackle books together; topics to be determined by the poll.

Poll

Voting to select group-read topics for the July-Aug period. Usually, top 2 topics get a focus for 2 months.

Fresh Meat from Pulp Hero Press: Lots to choose from. Here are some: Adrian Cole's The Dream Lords Book One : Rebellion, Joe Bonadonna's Mad Shadows III: The Heroes of Echo Gate, Jason Ray Carney's Rakefire and Other Stories

Fresh Meat from DMR released in April, John R. Fultz's Worlds Beyond Worlds: The Short Fiction of John R. Fultz, or Byron A. Roberts's The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor Volume II
REH-Character Pastiche: Conan one's like Conan the Rebel, Conan: Sword of Skelos Conan and the Emerald Lotus....OR.... any of Offutt's Cormac Mac Art....Ramsey Campbell's Solomon Kane, etc.
Bard, or the series, by Keith John Taylor has been suggested a few times. Ebook are available now, I think.

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May-June S&S Group-reads: Non-Fiction, Empire of Sol, and Simon of Gitta!

 Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"

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This May-June we will have three topics to focus on! (Worlds Beyond Worlds: The Short Fiction of John R. Fultz was a close 4th place, so that'll be a lead topic for July-Aug). All are welcome to join in!

(1) Non-Fiction Discussion Folder link

(2) The Lost Empire of Sol Discussion Folder link

(3) Simon of Gitta Discussion Folder


Banner Credits
Three topics, cover art in banner represents them (cover artists below):
1) Non-Fiction represented by Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery : cover art by Tom Barber
2) Lost Empire of SolScott Oden Presents The Lost Empire of Sol: A Shared World Anthology of Sword & Planet Tales : cover art by M.D. Jackson 2021
3) Simon of Gitta Sorcery Against Caesar: The Complete Simon of Gitta Short Stories: cover art by Steven Gilberts 2020

  

Mar-Apr 2021 Group Reads: Nostalgia And Appendix N: Eldritch Roots of D&D

Sword & Sorcery Group On Goodreads Our 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 The Book of Three - Art by Don Maitz 1976 The Warlock of Firetop Mountain - Richard Corben 1983 Dragons of Spring Dawning, by Larry Elmore 1985 Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons -Arik Roper 2020

2021 Annual ANTHOLOGY and MAGAZINE group read begins Jan 1st!

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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)

   

July-Aug Groupread Topic Poll is ready

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Poll

Topic poll for July-Aug groupreads. Usually the top two topics become a focus for the duration.

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

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