Pathfinder 1E [Paizo Publishing] Introducing Planet Stories: Classic Science Fantasy Novels

[Melan]

If Mars is your thing, you'll want to check out "The Secret of Sinharat," by Leigh Brackett, which is scheduled to hit in December. Eric John Stark is one of the greatest characters in science fantasy, and Brackett is one hell of a writer.

--Erik

You, Sir, are a man of good taste & distinction, and I wish you the best in your endeavours.

(BTW, my favourite Eric John Stark story, and probably my favourite fantasy novel, is The Book of Skaith. If you aren't familiar with it, check it out one day. It's good.)

 

[Erik Mona]

Not only am I familiar with it, I'm republishing it next year. Shhhh.

--Erik

 

[mmadsen]

Almuric, by Robert E. Howard

Did Almuric carry a sword and fight werewolves? (I vaguely remember that he was a great bareknuckle fighter...)

 

[Erik Mona]

They aren't werewolves, but rather doglike first edition style kobolds who attack in great waves of creatures. The scene depicted on the cover is a very faithful depiction of a scene from the book.

--Erik

 

[JoeGKushner]

As a side note, after looking through your Lemuria's Press blog, if you're on a REH kick, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of Skull-Face.

Best,

Henry Lopez
President
PCI
www.paradigmconcepts.com

I think that's still in print via Chaosium's line of Cthulhu fiction featuring several of Howard's 'mythos' tales.

 

[PCIHenry]

Hello Mr. Kushner,

I think that's still in print via Chaosium's line of Cthulhu fiction featuring several of Howard's 'mythos' tales.

Yes and No. The Chaosium book entitled Nameless Cults does indeed re-print the novella entitled Skull-Face by Howard. The novel Skull-Face is comprised of four novellas which combined make up the entire saga of Skull-Face (those being Skull-Face, Lord of the Dead, Names in the Black Book and Taverel Manor).

To my knowledge the last time they were printed as a collection was by Berkley in 1978.

Strangely enough, the reason why Skull-Face was included in the Chaosium Chthulhu fiction was that Skull-Face's actual name was Kathulos and was "judged to have been dead not thousands but millions of years".

Unlike today's writing environment where copyright and intellectual property are king, Lovecraft, Howard, C.A. Smith, et al, encouraged the use of certain concepts that they may have individually created and wanted to see it grow by the hands of others. Sort of an OGL from the late '20's and ''30's.

In any case, good pulpy prose!


Sorry for the slight derailment of the topic of this thread.

Best,

Henry Lopez
President
PCI
www.paradigmconcepts.com

 

[JoeGKushner]

Hello Mr. Kushner,



Yes and No. The Chaosium book entitled Nameless Cults does indeed re-print the novella entitled Skull-Face by Howard. The novel Skull-Face is comprised of four novellas which combined make up the entire saga of Skull-Face (those being Skull-Face, Lord of the Dead, Names in the Black Book and Taverel Manor).

To my knowledge the last time they were printed as a collection was by Berkley in 1978.

Strangely enough, the reason why Skull-Face was included in the Chaosium Chthulhu fiction was that Skull-Face's actual name was Kathulos and was "judged to have been dead not thousands but millions of years".

Unlike today's writing environment where copyright and intellectual property are king, Lovecraft, Howard, C.A. Smith, et al, encouraged the use of certain concepts that they may have individually created and wanted to see it grow by the hands of others. Sort of an OGL from the late '20's and ''30's.

In any case, good pulpy prose!


Sorry for the slight derailment of the topic of this thread.

Best,

Henry Lopez
President
PCI
www.paradigmconcepts.com

No derailment here. I enjoyed Skull Face in Nameless Cults so if there's more of it out there, let's see it.