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|  MichaelEhart Sage

       Date Joined Jul 2005 Total Posts : 2324 | Posted 12/4/2007 11:58 PM (GMT -4) |   |
Flashing swords 8 La sword and sorcery est un sous genre mal aimé de la fantasy. Le webzine Flashing Swords essaie depuis 2005 de lui donner ses lettres de noblesse. Et après un hiatus de presque un an dû à un changement d'équipe éditoriale il nous revient. Et ce numéro ! met l'accent sur les héros torturé par le hasard de son sommaire. Dermanassian, l'elfe du désert créé par SC Bryce a vu son peuple exterminé par la folie d'un dieu et se lance sur le chemin de sa vengeance. Calthus, le héros de Steve Gobble a été ressucité par des prètre 700 ans après sa mort et ne connaît plus le monde dans lequel il est contraint d'évoluer. Dans cette nouvelle aventure il rencontre l'équipage d'un navire et un sorcier détenteur d'un terrible secret. La servante de la Mathycore de Michael Ehart est contrainte de servir une créature sanguinaire. Dans le texte proposé ici elle doit s'échapper de la cité de Ninive après avoir dérobé les Larmes d'Ishtar. Mais la manière Howardienne n'est pas oublié et Michael D Turner nous propose un récit se déroulant dans un univers à l'ambiance proche des mille et une nuits où un mendiants entraine un jeune courtisan dans une chasse au trésor. Le texte de TW Williams me convainc déjà moins : un gladiateur aide une femme à se débarasser des guerriers qui la rackette. Mais Flashing Swords c'est aussi deux poèmes de Michael D Turner et Jason M Waltz. Des interviews et des articles. Pour tous ceux qui lisent l'anglais et qui aiment la sword and sorcery c'est un vrai bonheur. English courtesy of Babel Fish:
The sword and sorcery is under badly liked kind of the fantasy. The webzine Flashing Swords tries since 2005 to give him its letters of nobility. And after a hiatus of almost a year due to a change of leading team it returns to us. And this number! the accent puts on the heroes tortured by the chance of its synopsis. Dermanassian, the elf of the desert created by SC Bryce saw its people exterminated by the madness of a god and launches out on the way of its revenge. Calthus, the hero of Steve Gobble was ressucity by prètre 700 years after its death and does not know any more the world in which it is constrained to evolve/move. In this new adventure it meets the crew of a ship and a wizard holder of a terrible secrecy. The maidservant of Mathycore of Michael Ehart is forced to serve a sanguinary creature. In the text proposed here it must escape from the city of Ninive after having concealed the Tears of Ishtar.
But the Howardienne manner is not forgotten and Michael D Turner proposes an account being held in a universe with environment close to to us Thousand and One Nights when beggars entraine a young courtier in a hunting for the treasure. The text of TW Williams convinces me already less: a gladiator helps a woman with débarasser warriors who it rackette. But Flashing Swords they is also two poems of Michael D Turner and Jason Mr. Waltz. Interviews and articles. For all those which read English and who likes the sword and sorcery it is a true happiness. A true happiness indeed!
Buy my book!
The Servant of the Manthycore available Nov. 17th from DEP
Illustrated by Rachel Marks, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock
Read me in 2007!
"The View From the Shotglass Floor" Ray Gun Revival, Feb 2007
"Voice of the Spoiler" The Sword Review, June 2007
"Servant of the Manthycore" The Sword Review, July 2007
"Darkling I Listen; and for Many a Time" Fear and Trembling, coming soon!
"Weaving Spiders Come Not Here" The Sword Review, August 2007
"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie, Summer 2007
"Nothing But Our Tears" The Sword Review, September 2007
"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Fall 2007
"The Scarlet Colored Beast" The Sword Review, October 2007
"The Stars by Law, Forbidden" Unparalleled Journeys II, November 2007
"Who Comes for the Mother's Fruit" Every Day Fiction, November 2007
"Stand, Stand, Shall They Cry" Flashing Swords, November 2007
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 |  darkbow Rabbit lord

       Date Joined Oct 2005 Total Posts : 1632 | Posted 12/5/2007 12:21 AM (GMT -4) |   | | | |
   |  Nik Adept

       Date Joined Feb 2007 Total Posts : 774 | Posted 12/5/2007 1:36 PM (GMT -4) |   | The Babelfish translation kind of reminds me of English translations of Chinese fireworks, like "Super Happy Fun Pow!" and "Red Successive Happy News." It doesn't make perfect sense, but you get the picture.
Nice going, Flashing Swords crew, on going global! Nicholas Ian Hawkins
Forthcoming "Knowledge and Dust," in Magic & Mechanica, from Ricasso Press, Fall 2007
Published "Relativity," in FLASHSHOT, September 28, 2007
Visit my website, Trampler of Beautiful Phrases, at nihawkins.wordpress.com | | Back to Top | | |
  |  crystalwizard Forum Moderator

       Date Joined Nov 2006 Total Posts : 4716 | Posted 12/5/2007 2:27 PM (GMT -4) |   | | | |
 |  crystalwizard Forum Moderator

       Date Joined Nov 2006 Total Posts : 4716 | Posted 12/5/2007 2:28 PM (GMT -4) |   |
Mike, you are an angel! How did you find out about this? | | Back to Top | | |
   |  crystalwizard Forum Moderator

       Date Joined Nov 2006 Total Posts : 4716 | Posted 12/5/2007 4:17 PM (GMT -4) |   | Jordan Lapp said... Sorry, additional warning.
My translation certainly isn't 100% accurate, it's just better than the BabelFish translation. For instance, the TW Williams line said "The story was less convincing", but it could also be interpretted as "It was a story I'd seen before" so I went with the more positive translation.
Okay, I went to a friend of mine that speaks, and reads, (and dreams in) fluent French. Here's his translation: ============== From "La Premiere Tribu Fantasy" (The First Fantasy Tribe) - a French Fantasy website (www.fantasy.fr/tribu).
Flashing swords 8
Swords and Sorcery is an underappreciated subgenre of Fantasy. The webzine Flashing Swords has been trying since 2005 to give it the respect it deserves. After a hiatus of almost a year due to an editorial team change, it's finally back.
Judging by the list of stories, this issue seems to be all about tortured heroes. Dermanassian, the desert elf created by SC Bryce, saw his people wiped out by the madness of a god, and sets off down the path of vengeance. Calthus, Steve Gobble's hero, has been brought back to life by priests 700 years after his death, and no longer recognizes the world in which he is forced to live. In this new adventure, he meets a ship's crew and a sorcerer who holds a terrible secret. The servant girl of Michael Ehart's Mathycore is obliged to serve a blood-thirsty creature. In the story presented here, she must escape from the city of Ninive after having stolen the Tears of Ishtar.
But the Howard style of writing hasn't been forgotten, and Michael D. Turner offers us a tale taking place in a universe whose ambiance resembles that of 1001 Nights, where a beggar leads a young courtisan on a treasure hunt. TW Williams' story wins me over less: a gladiator helps a woman get rid of the warriors who are extorting money from her.
But Flashing Swords also contains two poems by Michael D. Turner and Jason M. Waltz. A few interviews and articles as well.
For those who read English and who like Sword & Sorcery, it's a real joy. | | Back to Top | | |
 |  erazmus Master

       Date Joined Jul 2005 Total Posts : 4496 | Posted 12/5/2007 4:28 PM (GMT -4) |   | | | |
 |  Dragon Angel Lord Dragon

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 |  SC Bryce Aspiring Hammock Tester

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 |  crystalwizard Forum Moderator

       Date Joined Nov 2006 Total Posts : 4716 | Posted 12/5/2007 5:26 PM (GMT -4) |   | it's a direct quote and credit is given. I can't imagine that the author, or website wouldn't like the extra publicity, can you?
Someone who speaks french want to contact that magazine and get permission please. | | Back to Top | | |
       |  MichaelEhart Sage

       Date Joined Jul 2005 Total Posts : 2324 | Posted 12/6/2007 2:49 AM (GMT -4) |   | | You are right, I should have asked. It is cross-posted on several French-language sites, though, and largely in the comment sections rather than a posting of its own. Not certain if the copyright holder is clear.
*later... tried to register on the site above, but it kept kicking me back. Anyone else have better luck?
Buy my book!
The Servant of the Manthycore available Nov. 17th from DEP
Illustrated by Rachel Marks, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock
Read me in 2007!
"The View From the Shotglass Floor" Ray Gun Revival, Feb 2007
"Voice of the Spoiler" The Sword Review, June 2007
"Servant of the Manthycore" The Sword Review, July 2007
"Darkling I Listen; and for Many a Time" Fear and Trembling, coming soon!
"Weaving Spiders Come Not Here" The Sword Review, August 2007
"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie, Summer 2007
"Nothing But Our Tears" The Sword Review, September 2007
"Night of Shadows, Night of Knives" Magic and Mechanica, Fall 2007
"The Scarlet Colored Beast" The Sword Review, October 2007
"The Stars by Law, Forbidden" Unparalleled Journeys II, November 2007
"Who Comes for the Mother's Fruit" Every Day Fiction, November 2007
"Stand, Stand, Shall They Cry" Flashing Swords, November 2007
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   |  crystalwizard Forum Moderator

       Date Joined Nov 2006 Total Posts : 4716 | Posted 2/13/2008 9:28 PM (GMT -4) |   | | | |
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