Anthologies
Flashing Swords #3. Pack Your Bags.
I have a number of well-worn anthologies on my shelves. It has been said that shorter fiction is the proper length for Swords-and-Sorcery. Maybe so.
March 2, 2022
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The Dresden Files: Sword-and-Sorcery?
I had intended to write another post on anthologies. However, I was about three and a half stories through a collection when Peace Talks arrived. So much
March 2, 2022
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Anthologies: Warlocks and Warriors, Emphasis on the Warlocks.
This one is a gem. And take a look at that cover. Interestingly, it promises cover-to-cover hand-to-hand combat, but while there is plenty of sword-swinging
March 2, 2022
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A Weekend at the Cabin Means a Snippet Day.
I spent the weekend at a forested cabin on a riverbank. A cabin weekend means relaxation. I did get some work done on the third
March 2, 2022
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Where There’s Smoke…
You may have noticed that the West Coast is on fire. I certainly have. My house has been blanketed by an apocalyptic miasma for days.
March 2, 2022
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Mighty Swordsmen…and Guest
The Mighty Swordsmen comes close to delivering precisely as advertised, and even its single lapse is excellent. I admit to a lack of familiarity with the
March 2, 2022
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Rereading “Janissaries”
Jerry Pournelle’s Janissaries was first published in 1979. I was ten. My copy is the 1982 edition. So I probably first read this in ‘82 or ‘83
March 2, 2022
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Swords Against Darkness: Here Be Monsters
Monsters come in many guises. Andrew Offut put together an anthology illustrating that very point. It is a fine collection. It doesn’t achieve the heights of some of the
March 2, 2022
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Reading Snapshot
I don’t know if my life is actually compartmentalized, but given how I read it sort of looks that way. I generally have four or
March 2, 2022
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