It seems the more you try to provide for yourself and your family the more difficulties arise. I suppose that’s logical enough: problems proliferate in proportion to possessions. The more you have, the more can go wrong. Not that I have all that much. But what I do have now is a swimming pool. Getting… Continue reading First World Problems. Plus Savage Journal 27.
Month: January 2023
David Drake’s Thieves’ World Novel “Dagger.” Plus Savage Journal Entry 26.
Thieves’ World was a remarkable achievement. The first few books, anyways, delivered some terrific stories, and the shared-world concept produced an outpouring of creativity. That included tie-in novels. Most people, I believe, gravitated toward Andrew Offutt’s Hanse Shadowspawn novel. I’m sure Janet Morris’ Tempus books had fans. The stories and novels offered us some fun… Continue reading David Drake’s Thieves’ World Novel “Dagger.” Plus Savage Journal Entry 26.
Top Five Hollywood Film Sword Fights. Plus Savage Journal 25
I’m going to point out the cheat right away instead of hiding it at the end. Limiting this to Hollywood films eliminates any number of terrific sword fights from foreign films. No Japanese samurai epics. No Polish saber duels. Etc. And — here comes perhaps an even bigger cheat — I’m limiting this to films… Continue reading Top Five Hollywood Film Sword Fights. Plus Savage Journal 25
Some Thoughts on The Witcher. Plus Savage Journal Entry 24.
I finished Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher series a little while back. I’ve had a bit of time then to ponder the Work. (Eight books: that earns a capital w “Work.”) I haven’t played the games. I did, rather absent-mindedly, watch the two years of the Netflix series. And I’ve flipped through a few of the comic… Continue reading Some Thoughts on The Witcher. Plus Savage Journal Entry 24.