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OK, are you buying planetary romance to publish as fiction though? If so, I'll stop all activities on my website and attempt to sell it to you after all. 
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NOW LIVE! Into the Woods--new character species, eerie monsters, and haunting villains to populate the woodlands of your D&D games.
I just read "Tarzan of the Apes"
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OK, are you buying planetary romance to publish as fiction though? If so, I'll stop all activities on my website and attempt to sell it to you after all.
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Damn you, John Q. Mayhem! Damn you to hell! You went and did it!John Q. Mayhem said:Just wanted to pop again in and say that I found Almuric in my local thrift store
Waitaminute... I think I started channelling Charleton Heston there for a second. Anyway, yeah, it's not hard to pick up used copies of it for pretty cheap, except that I have to also pay S&H and then wait a week or so to get my copy that way. I was hoping to find an etext for free, since--if anyone's transcribed it--I can legally do so. Sadly, I found three Spanish translations of it. I even speak Spanish (or did, anyway) although I'm not confident in the breadth of my knowledge of the language to go read a fantasy novel written in Spanish.
Plus I'm a stickler for original versions whenever possible. I'd rather not read the Spanish translation when I really want to read Howard's original text. Other than a predilection for the phrase "steely thews" I usually like Howard's prose; I think he had a gift for vibrant, active text that seemed to kinda reach out and grab you by the throat.
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Cool! I can't check it out right now, but I'll take a look later!Joshua Dyal said:Still, what'll I get from this thread; maybe four or five hits? What the hey.
http://www.freewebs.com/jdyal/
Wished I could have viewed it over the weekend, but I didn't get a chance to get to good old EN World.
I look forward to reading it!
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Well, like I said, there's only one chapter so far. Don't get too excited. 
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That's one more chapter of Sword and Planet fiction than I've written.Joshua Dyal said:Well, like I said, there's only one chapter so far. Don't get too excited.
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If I find my copy, I'll give it to you for $.50 plus shipping & handling. That's what I paid for it, and I like to share the love.
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OK, I read the first chapter, and I look forward to reading more! One quick note: it's "airborne" not "air born" when referring to the U.S. military unit (sorry, in my day job I'm an editor, and sometimes, even if I'm not reading something for work, the urge to correct takes over like the Hulk pushing mild-mannered Bruce Banner out of the way. Or something.Joshua Dyal said:Well, like I said, there's only one chapter so far. Don't get too excited.
).No time now, but I'm gonna re-read it again later. What will happen next?!
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P.S. The dedication was great! Eddie, Bob, and Howie 
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That's nice to know. Actually, I'd like to find someone with some military experience who could tell me if my movie and Tom Clancy esque hodge-podge of stuff there rings really false or if it's more or less OK. I did mention that was a first draft, right?Warrior Poet said:OK, I read the first chapter, and I look forward to reading more! One quick note: it's "airborne" not "air born" when referring to the U.S. military unit (sorry, in my day job I'm an editor, and sometimes, even if I'm not reading something for work, the urge to correct takes over like the Hulk pushing mild-mannered Bruce Banner out of the way. Or something.
In the next few days look for some romance and some planet. And a sword or two.Warrior Poet said:
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I know some stuff, but have never been in the military, so my knowledge is definitely not firsthand, and certainly not authoritative.Joshua Dyal said:
Gotta start somewhere, and I'm definitely interested in reading more! I wasn't reading it critically, anyway, although I'm going to read it again, and I'd be happy (isn't everyone, and frequently only too happy?) to offer feedback, if you'd like, or keep my big presumptuous mouth shut, if you'd also like.Joshua Dyal said:
Woo hoo!Joshua Dyal said:
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