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Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery

Author : Brian Murphy
Publisher : Pulp Hero Press
ISBN 13 : 9781683902447
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery written by Brian Murphy and published by Pulp Hero Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Many Children of Conan Little did then-obscure Texas writer Robert E. Howard know that with the 1929 publication of "The Shadow Kingdom" in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, he had given birth to a new and vibrant subgenre of fantasy fiction. Sword-and-sorcery went from pulp obscurity to mass-market paperback popularity before suffering a spectacular publishing collapse in the 1980s. But it lives on in the broader culture and today enjoys a second life in popular role-playing games, music, and films, and helped give birth to a new literary subgenre known as grimdark, popularized by the likes of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series. Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery provides much-needed definitions and critical rigor to this misunderstood fantasy subgenre. It traces its origins in the likes of historical fiction, to its birth in the pages of Weird Tales, to its flowering in the Frank Frazetta-illustrated Lancer Conan Saga series in the 1960s. It covers its "barbarian bust" beneath a heap of second-rate pastiche, a pack of colorful and wildly entertaining and awful sword-and-sorcery films, and popular culture second life in the likes of Dungeons & Dragons and the bombast of heavy metal music.

Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery

Author : Brian Murphy
Publisher : Pulp Hero Press
ISBN 13 : 9781683902447
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (24 download)

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Swords Against Darkness

Author : Andrew J. Offutt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780890832394
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (323 download)

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Download or read book Swords Against Darkness written by Andrew J. Offutt and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Crimson Flame

Author : Ben Wolf
Publisher : Splickety Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781942462262
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Crimson Flame written by Ben Wolf and published by Splickety Publishing Group. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One dragon egg remains¿¿but who is bold enough to claim it?A part-troll mercenary named Garrick is desperate to restore his reputation. His employer, a dark lord of immense power, has given him one final chance to deliver on his word. If Garrick can retrieve a fabled dragon egg from the depths of an ancient dungeon, all will be restored.But he can't do this job alone. Garrick needs a team, and he needs it fast.He recruits a fugitive mage, a wyvern knight wanted for treason, and a former assassin with a secret mission of his own. Together, they set out to find the dragon egg.But success comes at a high cost.Is Garrick willing to pay the price to restore his reputation...¿even if it means sacrificing his fellow mercenaries?The Crimson Flame is the first book in the Blood Mercenaries series of sword and sorcery fantasy novels. You'll love this book because of its wild action sequences, its immersive story world, and its dangerously flawed characters. Buy your copy now.

Sorcery Against Caesar

Author : Richard L. Tierney
Publisher : Pickman's Press
ISBN 13 : 1953215033
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Sorcery Against Caesar written by Richard L. Tierney and published by Pickman's Press. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A REBEL AGAINST ROME Simon of Gitta, an escaped slave turned magician, roves the Roman Empire battling dark magic and demons, all the while pursued by Caesar’s soldiers. Join Simon as he flees across the ancient world evading cultists and Legionaries, outwitting sorcerers and Centurions, and fighting gladiators and gods, even the deities of the Cthulhu Mythos. Yet all these foes cannot prepare him for his greatest challenge: the pursuit of his lost soul-mate Helen, a love so deep even death can’t stand in its way for long. These stories were one of the inspirations for the Cthulhu Invictus campaign for the Call of Cthulhu role playing game by Chaosium. Enjoy sixteen stories combining superbly researched historical fiction with sword & sorcery and Lovecraftian horror, including: The Sword of Spartacus The Fire of Mazda The Seed of the Star-God The Blade of the Slayer The Throne of Achamoth The Emerald Tablet The Soul of Kephri The Ring of Set The Worm of Urakhu The Curse of the Crocodile The Treasure of Horemkhu The Secret of Nephren-Ka The Scroll of Thoth The Dragons of Mons Fractus The Wedding of Sheila-Na-Gog The Pillars of Melkarth Vengence Quest (poetry)

The King of the Crags

Author : Stephen Deas
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101475587
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The King of the Crags written by Stephen Deas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his "utterly fascinating" (Book Smuggler) debut, The Adamantine Palace, Stephen Deas "restored [dragons] to all their scaly fire- breathing glory" (Daily Telegraph). Now, as the Realms teeter on the brink of war, the fate of humanity rests in the survival of one majestic white dragon. Prince Jehal has had his way-now his lover Zafir sits atop the Realms with hundreds of dragons and their riders at her beck and call. But Jehal's plots are far from over, for he isn't content to sit back and watch Zafir command the earth and sky. He wants that glory for himself- no matter who he must sacrifice to get it. The one thing Jehal fears is that the white dragon still lives-and if that is so, then blood will flow, on all sides...

Barbarians at the Gates of Hollywood

Author : P J Thorndyke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (783 download)

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Download or read book Barbarians at the Gates of Hollywood written by P J Thorndyke and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey into the realm of VHS tapes and midnight showings where brawny barbarians rescue nubile virgins from evil wizards, giant snakes, and armies of the undead! Although originating in the era of the pulp magazines, sword and sorcery fiction enjoyed a cinematic boom in the 1980s; a decade that gave us Conan the Barbarian and The Beastmaster as well as more low-budget offerings like the Roger Corman-produced Deathstalker series and the Italian entries like Conquest and the Ator saga. Some of these movies are fondly remembered as cult classics today but many were released directly to VHS and lurked on the shelves of video rental stores before vanishing into obscurity. While some have long since lost their lustre, there are plenty of diamonds in the rough to be found. This book takes a comprehensive look at over 40 sword and sorcery movies from the 1980s, from the towering titans to the bargain basement sleaze-fests, unearthing them from their tombs and dusting them off so that they may shine once more.

Hrolf Kraki's Saga

Author : Poul Anderson
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504024397
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Hrolf Kraki's Saga written by Poul Anderson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the British Fantasy Award: The ancient legend of the Danish Viking king is retold in a tale of vengeance, battles, magic, and monsters. In the court of the Anglo-Saxon king, a visiting storyteller regales the assembled nobles with the enthralling tale of her faraway land’s most revered hero: the Viking Hrolf Kraki. Born of an incestuous union into a royal family with a history of violence, jealousy, usurpation, and murder, Hrolf assembled a loyal band of the mightiest champions in the realm and expanded his small kingdom through wisdom, courage, and conquest. Unbeaten on the battlefield, his great deeds and victories became legends throughout the North as he ushered in an era of peace and prosperity. But Hrolf’s desire for vengeance was ever the warrior-king’s driving force, as he sought the truth about his father’s murder. This obsession would threaten Hrolf’s life and his rule—and ultimately bring his great kingdom to ruin. Poul Anderson, one of the acknowledged giants of twentieth-century fantasy, employs his unparalleled storytelling talents to bring Denmark’s great Viking king to life. A saga that predates the stories of King Arthur and his knights and Shakespeare’s Hamlet, while echoing the Oedipus and Beowulf myths, the Norse legend of Hrolf Kraki takes on a new and breathtaking richness in this classic novel the Guardian described as “full of thrills.”

Bloodstone

Author : Karl Edward Wagner
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 057509608X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Bloodstone written by Karl Edward Wagner and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kane. The Mystic Swordsman becomes the living link with the awesome power of a vanished superrace. In the dark swamp where toadmen croak and cower, slumbers a secret relic of the days when creatures from the stars ruled the Earth. In the booty captured in a savage raid, Kane discovers a ring, a bloodstone, which is key to the power that lies buried, inactive but not dead, within the forest. Now Kane, whose bloody sword has slashed and killed for the glory of other rulers, can scheme to rule the Earth - himself!

A Darkness Forged in Fire

Author : Chris Evans
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416570519
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book A Darkness Forged in Fire written by Chris Evans and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Konowa Swift Dragon, former commander of the Empire's elite Iron Elves, is looked upon as anything but ordinary. He's murdered a Viceroy, been court-martialed, seen his beloved regiment disbanded, and finally been banished in disgrace to the one place hed

The First Kothar the Barbarian MEGAPACK®: 3 Sword and Sorcery Novels

Author : Gardner F. Fox
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1479421790
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book The First Kothar the Barbarian MEGAPACK®: 3 Sword and Sorcery Novels written by Gardner F. Fox and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-05-06 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardner F. Fox (1911-1986) enjoyed a long and successful career writing in many genres. He wrote adventure novels, spy novels, romances, historical novels, fantasy and science fiction, comic books (more than 4,000 of them!) -- everything imaginable, in fact, and with a skill and surety that won him a legion of fans and readers worldwide. In the 1960s, at the peak of the sword and sorcery craze, when Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian (and many similar creations) reached the pinnacle of their success, Gardner Fox created his first sword & sorcery hero: Kothar the Barbarian. Kothar's adventures spanned 5 volumes. Included in this volume are: Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman Kothar of the Magic Sword Kothar and the Demon Queen If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 280+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Prisoner of the Horned Helmet

Author : Silke
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 9780765303899
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Prisoner of the Horned Helmet written by Silke and published by Forge Books. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Last Sword of Power

Author : David Gemmell
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0307797449
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Last Sword of Power written by David Gemmell and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2011-06-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "David Gemmell tells a tale of very real adventure, the stuff of true epic fantasy." --R. A. Salvatore, New York Times Bestselling author The Goths followed a bloodthirsty new leader, one who sought to open the Gates of Hell: Wotan. His immortal power stemmed from human sacrifice and dark sorcery, and no sword could touch him. He rode the winds on a leather-winged steed, while his armies cut a deadly swath across the northern kingdoms. Even death's icy hand could not stop them. Only Uther Pendragon could save Britannia. To do so he must wield his birthright--Cunobelin's blade, the legendary Sword of Power. But Uther was chained in Hell, the sword lost in swirling Chaos. All hope lay with the warrior known as Revelation, with the magic of the Sipstrassi Stones, and with Anduine, a blind girl possessed of arcane powers. Only if these unlikely allies united could they hope to stop the invincible foe before the world plunged into darkness.

Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #6

Author : Robert M. Price
Publisher : Pulp Hero Press
ISBN 13 : 9781683902645
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #6 written by Robert M. Price and published by Pulp Hero Press. This book was released on 2020-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Junkyard Leopard

Author : Oliver Brackenbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781790374991
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Junkyard Leopard written by Oliver Brackenbury and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leopard-print silhouette crossed the street in an arc, like an ellipsis closing off a horrible, private thought. Mary is a young woman who's unaware she's dealing with her anxiety by putting on a costume and slaughtering corrupt Wall Street bankers. She only wants to be happy. She was wearing a short, white fur coat and a belt with type on it he had only begun to read when the butt of a power drill was driven into his forehead, the bit already spinning. This was not the end of Tony's discomfort. JUNKYARD LEOPARD offers gore-slicked catharsis for anyone struggling to get by.

Writing Fantasy Heroes

Author : Alex Bledsoe
Publisher : Rogue Blades Presents
ISBN 13 : 9780982053683
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book Writing Fantasy Heroes written by Alex Bledsoe and published by Rogue Blades Presents. This book was released on 2013 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy heroes endure. They are embedded in our cultural fabric, dwarfing other literary figures and the mere men and women of history. Achilles and Odysseus, Gilgamesh and Beowulf. King Arthur and Robin Hood, Macbeth and Sherlock Holmes, Conan and Luke Skywalker. They dominate our legends, and tower over popular culture. The stories we tell each other begin and end with fantasy heroes, and the 21st Century is as thoroughly captivated with them as ever. From Batman to Gandalf, Harry Potter to Tyrion Lannister, the heroes of fantasy speak to-and for-whole generations. But what makes a fantasy hero? How do the best writers create them, and bring them to life on the page? In WRITING FANTASY HEROES some of the most successful fantasy writers of our time--Steven Erikson, C.L. Werner, Brandon Sanderson, Janet & Chris Morris, Cecelia Holland, Alex Bledsoe, Jennifer Brozek, Ian C. Esslemont, Orson Scott Card, Ari Marmell, Cat Rambo, Howard Andrew Jones, Paul Kearney and Glen Cook--pull back the curtain to reveal the secrets of creating heroes that live and breathe, and steal readers' hearts. Whether you're an aspiring writer or simply a reader who loves great fantasy and strong characters, this book is for you.

The First Book of Lankhmar

Author : Fritz Leiber
Publisher : Fantasy Masterworks
ISBN 13 : 9781857983272
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book The First Book of Lankhmar written by Fritz Leiber and published by Fantasy Masterworks. This book was released on 2001 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment when they first met, in the commission of the same, audacious theft, Fafhrd, the giant barbarian warrior from the Cold Waste, and the Gray Mouser, master thief, novice wizard and expert swordsman, felt no ordinary affinity. Forged over the gleam of sharpened steel as, back to back, they faced their foes, theirs was a friendship that would take them from adventure to misadventure across all of Nehwon, from the caves of the inner earth to the waves of the outer sea. But it was in the dark alleys and noisome back streets of the great fog-shrouded city of Lankhmar that they became legends. The First Book of Lankhmar includes the first four volumes of the hugely enjoyable Swords series.