Forgotten Sword and Sorcery authors.

[BAYLOR]

I assume that you mean Thomas Burnett Swann. I read several of his books, which were then readily available in paperback, back in the early and mid-seventies. I don't remember any of his books being sword & sorcery, though. Maybe some of them were, but most of them were ... fantasy based on mythology, yes, but pastoral and romantic (mildly erotic) in their themes. His writing, as I remember it tended to be lyrical and poetic—not surprising because he was also a poet.

Thomas Burnett Swann . Typo on my part and the spell checker corrector . My bad on that and , I made assumptions.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Yes, I have always found that Autocorrect introduces about as many errors as it attempts to correct. Frankly, I think it has it in for all of us.

 

[BAYLOR]

Its mildly offending that you call Henry Kuttner a forgotten author. SFF classic author whose stories with CL Moore is pretty legendary, his comic detective stories, his Science Fantasy etc You know his S&S stories because of his name is respected.

His S&S stories i bought long ago thanks to Planet Stories.

By Kuttner The Dark World and his Elak of Atlantis stories and both quite excellent. And by C L Moore Black Kiss which Count all of wonderful Jirel of Joiry stories.

 

[BAYLOR]

Yes, I have always found that Autocorrect introduces about as many errors as it attempts to correct. Frankly, I think it has it in for all of us.

I liked Wolfwind.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Well, I liked Swann too—as witness that I did read a number of his books—but after several of them one begins to feel like he was repeating himself a lot. But perhaps if he had lived longer he might have struck out in new directions.

 

[hitmouse]

Good to see Dave bring referenced! His reviews in White Dwarf magazine were brilliant. His takedown of L. Ron Hubbard is legendary!

His webzine Ansible is well worth a look for pithy reviews and gossip.

 

[Lostinspace]

A fairly recent but mostly forgotten fantasy might be Rebecca Bradley's "Lady in Gil" (and its two sequels). This isn't so much sword and sorcery as skulking and sorcery. Here is a review The SF Site Featured Review: Lady in Gil.

 

[BAYLOR]

The Mis-enchanted Sword by Lawrence Watts-Evans

 

[BAYLOR]

Too Long A Sacrifice by Mildred Downey Broxton

 

[BAYLOR]

Maybe it's fair to say that Kuttner contribution to "Sword and Sorcery" has been forgotten?

Someone a lot more recent but who is close to becoming unfairly forgotten is Lawrence Watt Evans who wrote the excellent "Misenchanted Sword" and the "Lords of Dus" Tetralogy.

Both excrete writers .

 

[BAYLOR]

No one's mentioned John Jakes yet.

0f this books , the only one ive seen is the Mention My Name in Atlantis which is a Conan the Barbarian parody and it wasn't bad.


I think ive read two Brak stories and found hem be low rent Conan knock offs.

 

[BAYLOR]

Both excrete writers .

Correction , both excellent writers . Really not fond of the spell checker corrector

Another that fall a bit by the way side is Jack Chalker.

 

[BAYLOR]

H. Warner Munn Merlin's Ring

 

[BAYLOR]

The Ship of Ishtar by Abraham Merritt This is a terrific book by one the great forgotten writers of yesterday year .

 

[Ray Zdybrow]

Both excrete writers .

Hell of an act, but what else do they do?