REH style books and stories

[Philotomy Jurament]

You might look at:

Swords Against Darkness, a collection edited by Andrew Offut
A. Merrit's Dwellers in the Mirage, et al.
Fritz Leiber's Swords & Deviltry, et al. (Nehwon books)
Edgar Rice Burrough's A Princess of Mars, et al. (Martian books)
Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan of the Apes, et al. (Tarzan books)
Edgar Rice Burrough's Carson of Venus, et al. (Venus books)
Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword, et al.
Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melinboné, et al. (Elric books)
Michael Moorcock's Knight of the Swords, et al. (Corum books)
Michael Moorcock's Jewel in the Skull, et al. (Hawkmoon books)
Tanith Lee's Dark Castle, White Horse, et al.
Lin Carter's Jandar of Callisto, et al.

Also, check out Paizo's new fiction line: Planet Stories

 

[replicant2]

I've been wanting to check out Bernard Cornwell for a while too, but I was thinking of starting with The Winter King. Anyone have an opinion on it?

The Winter King and its two sequels (Enemy of God, Excalibur) are an amazing re-telling of the Arthurian myth, set in 5th century Britain with attention to accuracy of that period. It was what I was hoping the dreadful "King Arthur" movie would have turned out to be.

Cornwell bends some of the classic tropes and alters a few characters, and adds a brand-new point of view character, Derfel, who does not appear in Malory or any of the other Arthurian authors of which I am aware. He downplays magic, and does so in a way that makes the reader never sure whether magic truly exists, or is merely a manifestation of strong belief.

But don't let the changes discourage you. Cornwell writes extremely well and his battles are bloody and epic. Merlin rocks in particular. You're in for some great reading. I put it second next to "The Once and Future King" for my favorite re-tellings of the Arthurian cycle.

 

[00Machado]

You're in for some great reading. I put it second next to "The Once and Future King" for my favorite re-tellings of the Arthurian cycle.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Lazybones]

Don't forget that Robert E. Howard wrote a lot more than just Conan!

There is a good collection of Howard material at Wikisource:

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Robert_E._Howard

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

"The Winter King" and sequels are fantastic. The magic (or possibly lack thereof) is great.

I'm currently reading "The Last Kingdom," a Cornwell story about King Alfred. Powerful sauce!

 

[AuroraGyps]

My dad's a huge Conan fan. He told me that the only Conan authors that he thought were any good were Howard, of course, and L. Sprague de Camp. I don't know much about de Camp's other stuff, but it might be worth it to take a look.