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Posted By : von Darkmoor - 5/11/2008 2:33 AM

. . . at Half-Price Books yesterday. Spent too much, but hey! What's Mother's Day for

The Black Star - Lin Carter (pb)
Priest-Kings of Gor - John Norman (pb)
Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield (tpb) - based upon all the recommendations it received here at SFReader
Tiger Burning Bright - Marion Zimmer Bradley & Andre Norton & Mercedes Lackey (hc)
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthru - ed. Mike Ashley (hc)
Marshal Zhukov's Greatest Battles - Georgi K. Zhukov (hc)
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer - Nathaniel Fick (tpb)
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: 1 Wizards - ed. Martin Greenberg & Charles Waugh (pb)
Flashing Swords! #2 - ed. Lin Carter (hc)
Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers - ed. Lin Carter (hc)

and a couple weeks back at the Windy City Pulp & Paperback Show I picked up:

Tarzan's Quest - ERB (hc)
The Lad and the Lion - ERB (pb)
Conan: The Flame Knife - REH & L. Sprague de Camp (pb) - beautifully 'lavishly illustrated' too!
4 of the Berkley w/Full Color Fold-out Poster Inside REH pb books:

Marchers of Valhalla
Black Canaan
Almuric
Swords of Shahrazar

Helmet for my Pillow - Robert Leckie (pb)
The Fortunes of Captain Blood - Rafael Sabatini (pb)
The Sword Woman - REH (pb)
The Fantastic Swordsmen - ed. L. Sprague de Camp (pb)
Suleiman the Magnificent: Sultan of The East - Harold Lamb (pb)
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold - Fritz Leiber (pb)
Swords Against Tomorrow - ed. Robert Hoskins (pb)
Demon in the Mirror - Andrew J. Offutt & Richard K. Lyon (pb) - one of our own!
The Moon Men - ERB (pb)
The War Chief - ERB (pb)

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Jason M. Waltz
Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Press (site soon to come)

First Book Released: The Return of the Sword

Assistant Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Magazine
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Ever waltz with the Devil? Or devil with a Waltz?

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Posted By : Bookworm - 5/11/2008 4:52 PM

Jason:

You scored big time, and it sounds like you are set for your summer reading.

I have Flashing Swords 1, 2, 4 & 5, and have been looking for number four now for about 5 years.

Have you ever read anything by John Norman? I read about some of his stuff in the late '70s. Anti-feminist. B&D. But as usual I had too much else to read, so I never got around to John Norman. Do you have any opinions,good or bad about the man?

On my last trip to Half Price books I found a copy of "Jirel of Joiry," by C. L. Moore for $2.00. That's one I 've heard a lot about, but have never read before.

Enjoy.

Lee

Posted By : von Darkmoor - 5/11/2008 4:57 PM

I'd like to get a copy of Moore's Jirel stories too, though I've only read a few (one, maybe) tale in a zine somewhere.

I have the first Gor book and enjoyed it - it's another ERB John Carter on Mars, or Napier on Venus type tale. I'm told the series descends into what you say as it goes on, but that the first handful of books aren't so bad. I wanted to follow the storyline about the priest-kings and find out what they are, so I still must locate book #2.

And I now have Flashing Swords! 1, 2, 4, & 5 - just need 3!

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Jason M. Waltz
Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Press (site soon to come)

First Book Released: The Return of the Sword

Assistant Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Magazine
~~~~~~~~~~
Ever waltz with the Devil? Or devil with a Waltz?

House von Darkmoor - where the real action is

von Darkmoor's thoughts - where it all began

~~~~~~~~~~
Eye of the Dragon Avatar courtesy of crystalwizard

Posted By : Greybeard - 5/11/2008 7:00 PM

Weeping with envy.

Edwin

Posted By : von Darkmoor - 5/11/2008 8:34 PM

Oh, and about that 'summer reading'? I'll be lucky to read any of these books by 2010. They've been added to the 400+ books in my TBR shelves, the first 30 of which include books I owe for review or are borrowed from friends who someday expect to get them back!

Alas, my reading life is not my own!

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Jason M. Waltz
Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Press (site soon to come)

First Book Released: The Return of the Sword

Assistant Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Magazine
~~~~~~~~~~
Ever waltz with the Devil? Or devil with a Waltz?

House von Darkmoor - where the real action is

von Darkmoor's thoughts - where it all began

~~~~~~~~~~
Eye of the Dragon Avatar courtesy of crystalwizard

Posted By : Bill Ward - 5/11/2008 11:06 PM

Good stuff Jason. What is 'Swords Against Tomorrow?'

billwardwriter.com

Posted By : von Darkmoor - 5/11/2008 11:53 PM

1970 Signet anthology of (can you guess?) Heroic tales!

ToC:
"Demon Journey" Poul Anderson novella
"Bazaar of the Bizarre" Fritz Leiber
"Vault of Silence" Lin Carter (only original piece in the antho)
"Devils in the Walls" John Jakes
"Citadel of Lost Ships" Leigh Brackett

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Jason M. Waltz
Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Press (site soon to come)

First Book Released: The Return of the Sword

Assistant Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Magazine
~~~~~~~~~~
Ever waltz with the Devil? Or devil with a Waltz?

House von Darkmoor - where the real action is

von Darkmoor's thoughts - where it all began

~~~~~~~~~~
Eye of the Dragon Avatar courtesy of crystalwizard

Posted By : Charles Gramlich - 5/13/2008 11:35 AM

The "Flashing Swords" are real treats. As for Norman, I though the first four were particularly good, the best being "Nomads." Later entries like Raiders of Gor and Marauders of Gor were a return to the goodness, but most of the rest are very forgettable despite the sex.

Charles Gramlich

http://charlesgramlich.blogspot.com/

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