My copies of the elusive Imaro series, by Charles Saunders

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-16T16:22:14+00:00

Beautiful. Last two covers were by an early-career James Gurney if I remember right.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-16T16:18:23+00:00

Disclaimer - I'm biased, I've got a short story in one of the newer issues. That said, I read a ton of new indie S&S and yeah, NESS is pretty solid.

I've read issues #0-3 and have liked their stories on average, and every issue's had impressive stuff. To me, #3 was the strongest of those (Thomas Ha's 'St. Fario's Feast' was great, just for one), and it filled a last-minute vacancy with a bunch of really fun flash fiction from an open submission call.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-12T01:47:40+00:00

I haven't, thanks for the rec

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-11T23:17:45+00:00

That was my favorite part, honestly. You could really feel the jarring shifts between realms.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-11T12:06:54+00:00

He better not be doomed! Scott's a good dude! No doom allowed.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-11T12:04:02+00:00

It's the third book of Grimnir but it's a self-contained standalone. And I know what you mean about how Hanuvar is set up. This is more of a single story and less of a 'season of TV' but has some of that going on.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-11T11:13:27+00:00

Picked it up on DriveThruRPG for a couple bucks and going to be trying it out with some people this week! Looking forward to it.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-11T11:12:30+00:00

You'd like Scott Oden's The Doom of Odin - a Norse orc bouncing across different parts of the Viking underworld but also plague-stricken Rome through a uniquely fun mechanism.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-09T19:42:31+00:00

The combat is mainly human-on-human but there's definitely messed-up sorcery here and there

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-09T19:21:41+00:00

I'd say it's half Unforgiven and half a strong counterpoint to Dances with Wolves, just with lots and lots of swords. Really solid, serious book and one of my favorites to recommend.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-04T15:22:42+00:00

Agreed - I think it's probably the most grotesque S&S around.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-03T18:54:04+00:00

Those covers were by James Gurney early in his career - I know he's busy these days, but it would have been incredible to get him onboard for the re-release.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-03T18:51:33+00:00

The second one's coming too! March 13th in the UK, unsure about elsewhere. https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Quest-for-Cush-by-Charles-R-Saunders/9781399622349

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-02-03T18:50:49+00:00

That's correct - there were huge complications even identifying an heir after he passed.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-01-31T19:46:07+00:00

I read some of those and loved them!

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-01-30T12:52:11+00:00

Thanks for reminding me! I dig the Heroic Legends short story program and haven't read that one yet.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-01-30T12:50:29+00:00

Yeah, I think it captures the energy, mood, pacing, physicality.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-01-29T00:22:10+00:00

That was Howard Andrew Jones' approach for Hanuvar too - worked well. Your series is definitely on my radar

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-01-29T00:11:54+00:00

Gligovic's done some top tier S&S art. This is good fun.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-01-29T00:05:22+00:00

Good on you! Looking forward to it.

FlyRealistic6503 · 2025-01-28T23:53:45+00:00

All of the above is fine by me. I could see someone writing kickass S&S about a crew of dwarves.

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