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[keny from prague]

hey Deuce,

I just wanted to thank you for helping turn me on to Harold Lamb. Ive read some of his Khilit stories and am starting his crusaders tales in the collection "swords of the west". exactly what i was looking for. historical tales, well researched, full of action and no magic in sight. perfect. why Harold Lamb isnt more well known I cant understand.

Keny from Prague

Hey Keny! Welcome back again. Glad I could be of help. Mr. Lamb was unjustly forgotten, but I feel that his star is once again on the rise, which is exactly as REH would've wanted it. I wrote a review of Swords From the West on the TC blog here:

http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=5688

TC has an entire category devoted to Lamb. There's also a great thread devoted to Lamb on this forum.

thanks again, deuce. i skimmed your review but was afraid of spoilers so ill read it after i finish the book. im taking it slow to savor it. this is the closest thing to reading lord of samarkand (the collection) again for me.

keny from Bohemia

[Libaax]

I have finally read Shadow of the Vulture Sonya of Rogatino was greater than i imagined. A swearing,ass kicking heroine. I like the real version more than comic version not because its REH but its more gritty.


REH crusader tales are not the most consistent of his works but the best ones are so strong,sombre,vivid,great action.

isnt she great? to bad REH didnt bring her back. i like his version much better than roy thomas's sonja from the comics. also gottfried was a great character

Yeah its a shame she and Gottfried didnt atleast get two stories. But the setting,times are so similar in the Crusade stories that it feels like reading the same series.

As comics reader before a fantasy novels,stories reader i cant respect the Red Sonya of the comics, scantly clad ladies are too much sexism for me.

[amster]

As comics reader before a fantasy novels,stories reader i cant respect the Red Sonya of the comics, scantly clad ladies are too much sexism for me.

Its virtually require ingredient of Sord and Sorcery...Yasmela...Belit...Sancha...Zenobia...Zambibi...

[Libaax]

As comics reader before a fantasy novels,stories reader i cant respect the Red Sonya of the comics, scantly clad ladies are too much sexism for me.

Its virtually require ingredient of Sord and Sorcery...Yasmela...Belit...Sancha...Zenobia...Zambibi...

Excuse my bad english i meant there are limits for me. Being clad unrealistic sexy way isnt a problem after all Xena is a teen idol of mine.

My limit is fighting clad in a tong. Thats why i cant read certain female superheroes.

Edited by Libaax, 03 November 2009 - 02:33 AM.

[Konorg]

Did Mr.Howard write stories set in the crucades?

I am wondering because I seem to remeber reading one Aeons ago set in that time period abot a Fritz something or another or some such name but I can't remember the name of the story =(

[Taran]

This is the collection you're looking for:

[Dan N.]

This version is published by my school's university press. I found it a little less varied or deep than some of his other stories, but still fine, adventurous reading. You can get it used on Amazon for fairly cheap. http://books.google....id=0YS25lUhyXAC Also, I believe this is the character you're thinking of: http://en.wikipedia....ac_Fitzgeoffrey

[sonny sixshooter]

Get this one, cheap and available.

http://www.amazon.co...36842725&sr=8-1

[Dan N.]

I feel a little silly now, since I own that edition of Sword Woman. Being reminded of it, I agree that it's probably the better choice: more stories, and it's in print, too.

[Konorg]

thank you all for the input and Fritzgeoffery is the character i was thinking of.

[deuce]

A quote from Robert E. Howard:

"I’m curious to know how the readers will like Gottfried von Kalmbach, one of the main characters in a long historical yarn I sold Wright, concerning Suleyman the Magnificent’s attack on Vienna. A more dissolute vagabond than Gottfried never weaved his drunken way across the pages of a popular magazine: wastrel, drunkard, gambler, *****-monger, renegade, mercenary, plunderer, thief, rogue, rascal – I never created a character whose creation I enjoyed more. They may not seem real to the readers; but Gottfried and his mistress Red Sonya seem more real to me than any other character I’ve ever drawn."

The "Gottfried" and "Sonya" that REH refers to are the protagonists of Shadow of the Vulture, which is set during the epic Siege of Vienna.

BTW, Howard called Gottfried a "ho' " -monger.

[deuce]

REH scholar, Keith Taylor, takes a look at several of Howard's Crusader yarns and provides some cool background info here:


http://rehtwogunraco...0663#more-20663