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

[Firebeetle]

Did Clark Ashton Smith do any novel-length work, or was he strictly short story? If the former (or if Paizo would be open to the notion of anthologies of short fiction), I'd love to see some of his stuff back in print.

True that! Double true!

Clark's Averoigne series was the inspiration for the classic Castle Amber adventure. I don't know how many groups I took through that adventure, it was so cool.

I love Clark's work and would love to see a reprint.

A "complete Fahred & Grey Mouser" would be incredible

I'd love to see a comprehensive Conan.

Is there a market for new tales with old characters? Some of these must be public domain, and a careful search for the right author might be worthwhile.

 

[Joshua Randall]

Erik, does the phrase "Planet Stories" have some signficance? Are you looking to publish mostly planetary romance-type of stuff? Or is it just a word?

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Is Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword still in print? It's another work with a strong female protagonist. (And a damn fine story regardless of the protagonist's sex.)

 

[papastebu]

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".

Seconded.
Also, same writer, To Kill the Dead. About a ghost-slayer who sires an illegitimate son on a woman whose husband kills him right afterward, making him into a ghost. Very strange and spooky. But still good. Yeh. Still good.

 

[WayneLigon]

I'd love to see a comprehensive Conan.

A comprehensive Conan is already available and in print.
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
The Bloody Crown of Conan
The Conquering Sword of Conan

Another vote for Tanith Lee
Tales from the Flat Earth; Night's Master, Death's Master, Delusion's Master, and Delirium's Mistress

 

[Erik Mona]

Erik, does the phrase "Planet Stories" have some signficance? Are you looking to publish mostly planetary romance-type of stuff? Or is it just a word?

It's an homage to a 1940s and 50s pulp magazine of the same name that published authors like Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Gardner Fox, etc. Much of Planet's output were planetary romances (one of my favorite genres and a mainstay of our book line), but they also ran some traditional sword and sorcery and science fiction yarns as well.

--Erik

 

[occam]

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.

Zelazny, and I was thinking of these, too. I used to have both, but I lost one, and they've been frustratingly out of print for a while. I read them back during my first RPG period in the '80s, and they were lots of fun.

 

[Gentlegamer]

I was going to say Jack Vance's Dying Earth stories, but that seems to have been covered, so I'll recommend Camp and Pratt's Harold Shea stories (I believe last collected by the Sci-Fi Book Club as the "Compleat Incomplete Enchanter").

Also, the works of A. Merritt.

 

[frog]

Glen Cook's "Dread Empire" series. I LOVE those books but have never been able to find all of them.

 

[Pozatronic]

Is Robin McKinley's The Blue Sword still in print? It's another work with a strong female protagonist. (And a damn fine story regardless of the protagonist's sex.)

I believe it still is. I know The Hero and The Crown was re-issued just this past January.

 

[Pozatronic]

Glen Cook's "Dread Empire" series. I LOVE those books but have never been able to find all of them.

You mean this?


Oh, you said all of them....try this too