Sword and Sorcery thread

[Human Waiter]

that reminds me, I've heard there's some odd sorta indie outfit that's got the license to Vance's Dying Earth, Saberhagen's Empire of the East, and a few other settings. Wonder if they're better. Goodman Games or sth?

Speaking of Saberhagen, Norton, and Zelazny. Are they considered sword and sorcery? Or just sort of "adjacent".

Pelgrane Press made Dying Earth RPG back in 2001, which I thought made a good attempt at capturing the spirit of the books. They recently released a Sword and Sorcery version of their gumshoe system, Swords of the Serpentine.

 

[Illumithotty]

From the more eastern/oriental milieu, Barry Hughart's Number Ten Ox books are some of my favorite. The three books of the series (Allegedly the author was going to write eight but then publisher fuckery discouraged him; but there hasn't been a scrap of information about the five other books so that may've just been a pipe dream) are about a stalwart and strong peasant going on adventures with an extremely cynical and completely immoral wise man through the Chinese countryside to solve mysteries. There's sword fighting (and axe fighting, and spear fighting), there's uncertain magic, alchemy, and supernatural elements, though it may not be as dense as some other sword and sorcery novels.

 

[Jesus Goldstein]

I’ll add a plug for:

John Jakes’ Brak the Barbarian stories and novels

Gardner Fox’s Kothar the Barbarian, and Kyrik novels

Ramsey Campbell’s Ryre stories

 

[Old King Koaleamos]

From the more eastern/oriental milieu, Barry Hughart's Number Ten Ox books are some of my favorite. The three books of the series (Allegedly the author was going to write eight but then publisher fuckery discouraged him; but there hasn't been a scrap of information about the five other books so that may've just been a pipe dream) are about a stalwart and strong peasant going on adventures with an extremely cynical and completely immoral wise man through the Chinese countryside to solve mysteries. There's sword fighting (and axe fighting, and spear fighting), there's uncertain magic, alchemy, and supernatural elements, though it may not be as dense as some other sword and sorcery novels.

Oh yeah they're probably closer to Wuxia, but written by a westerner. I've heard of them. I wanted the nice hardcover collection but it's expensive as fuck.

I’ll add a plug for:

John Jakes’ Brak the Barbarian stories and novels

Gardner Fox’s Kothar the Barbarian, and Kyrik novels

Ramsey Campbell’s Ryre stories

I think Jakes and Fox's stuff's available via ebook or print on demand. Campbell's still kicking, so I'm guessing he's also got them available, right?

 

[Jesus Goldstein]

I think Jakes and Fox's stuff's available via ebook or print on demand. Campbell's still kicking, so I'm guessing he's also got them available, right?

Probably; I found a collection called Far Away & Never on Anna’s

 

[ChampFantana]

I recently got my hands on a copy of the Collected Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. I'm looking forward to reading his Princess of Mars series again after many years.