Pathfinder 1E Paizo to Publish Howard, Moorcock, Gygax and (?)

[WayneLigon]

Nifft the Lean - Michael Shea; weird, mesmorizing, a so very different than any writer I have read. I think he captures in essence a protagonist that is Chaotic Neutral at best, and a whole lot worse as well. His dipiction of Hell and its minions can give DM's a real good taste of beings without passion or mercy. Truly other-worldly.

Second this. The Incompleat Nifft is in print, actually (Nifft the Lean and The Mines of Behemoth), as well as The A'Rak.

 

[WayneLigon]

Frostflower and Thorn, and Frostflower and Windbourne by Phyllis Ann Karr.
Tomoe Gozen, and The Golden Naginata by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

 

[warlord]

As far as classic fantasy authors go. I totally threw myself a party when I went to my local Barnes & Noble today. So I wander in to buy books 1&2 of the Dresden Files and whats's right next to them? Princess of Mars my Edgar Rice Burroughgs aka the Tarzan guy. Its about John Carter was back in print.

 

[Erik Mona]

It's in print both as a Penguin Classic and as part of a house-published Barnes & Noble omnibus.

Paramount is working on a movie for 2009.

--Erik

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

This is very awesome and I'm very excited. As an R.E. Howard fan, I've had difficulty tracking down Almuric...yes, I'm sure I could've found it online, but there's something to be said for the thrill of the hunt in used bookstores. But seeing it in print will be great.

C.L. Moore's Jirel of Joiry yarns are also a great choice. Those were hard to track down.

I'd second Poul Anderson's "The Broken Sword," and add "Three Hearts and Three Lions." I was pretty well shocked by the amount of D&D-isms that came from that novel.

 

[papastebu]

Was it Roger Zelazny or Poul Anderson who wrote Changeling and Madwand? I believe this was the first place the word "dragonmark" was ever used. Anyway, these were a great couple of books, with vivid descriptions of characters and events that would lend themselves well to graphic media. I think there was supposed to be a third book, here, but I've never seen or heard of it. I believe it was never actually written.

Another great duology--intentional, this time--was The Serpent Mage and The Infinity Concerto. I think I may have the release order wrong, but they are fantastic in more than just genre. When I first read these novels by Greg Bear, I was about the same age as the main character and I wanted to be in that story. I don't know how well these two would translate to graphic novels, but it's definitely worth a look-see.

 

[CrusaderX]

Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions is probably my favorite novel ever, so I'd love to see a new printing.

And Leiber's Fafrhd and the Gray Mouser series definitely gets my vote as well.

 

[rowport]

Was it Roger Zelazny or Poul Anderson who wrote Changeling and Madwand? I believe this was the first place the word "dragonmark" was ever used. ....

Zelazny

 

[redkobold]

I second the motion for Vance (I really liked the Lyonesse series) but would also add the following that I can no longer seem to find on the shelves at local chains:

Clifford D Simak

Here is a good site with a bibliography
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~brams006/simak/

Fred Saberhagen

Empire of the East.

 

[Pozatronic]

What do you like to read? What do you think we should publish?

--Erik Mona
Publisher
Paizo Publishing, LLC

OH. Oh my god. In the late 70's and early 80's, Tanith Lee wrote and DAW published this little series called "The Flat Earth Chronicles". It's titles include Night's Master, Death's Master, Delusion's Master, and Delerium's Mistress. I think, perhaps, that this is my favorite fantasy sequence ever published. It's take is more mythic than sword & sorcery, more tragic than heroic. It's filled with some earthshattering magic and it was an inspiration for the Exalted rpg ( but don't hold that against her work). They've been out of print probably since the 80's, and I can't understand why considering Ms. Lee is still a very prolific writer. I keep on holding out hope that some publishing company will come along and bring this spectacular series back to light. I can't recommend these enough.