[sat]

From Stover himself over at
http://p198.ezboard....picID=218.topic

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I am no more interested in Dune prequels than I am in the occasional turdball of a new James Bond novel dropping into the communal outhouse of Dead-Author Sodomyville. The only exception I would conceivably make to this rule might be, say, a new Bran Mak Morn novel. And I would only make this exception because I might be writing it myself.

Would this be part of the HYBORIAN ADVENTURES book line coming through Ace Books?

Or something else altogether?

[Primeval]

I am not familiar with Stover. What kind of stuff has he written? I did enjoy the Bran Mak Morn pastiches that were done by Wagner and Tierney.

[sat]

Primeval, on May 22 2004, 03:36 AM, said:

I am not familiar with Stover. What kind of stuff has he written? I did enjoy the Bran Mak Morn pastiches that were done by Wagner and Tierney.

Check out some info & reviews of Stover's books at
http://www.sfsite.co.../revustover.htm

I think a few fans here can strongly recommend his Caine books (HEROES DIES and BLADE OF TYSHALLE).

There's a fansite for Stover & his Caine/Overworld books at
http://www.whatthefun.net/stover

Look him up on Amazon.com and you can read some excerpts from HEROES and BLADE.

[Shrews]

Hyborian Adventure line from ACE? Is this something new?

[sat]

Shrews, on May 22 2004, 01:49 PM, said:

Hyborian Adventure line from ACE? Is this something new?

Announced a few months back.

Info at
http://www.conan.com/f_sweet.shtml

[Primeval]

sat, on May 22 2004, 01:39 PM, said:

Primeval, on May 22 2004, 03:36 AM, said:

I am not familiar with Stover. What kind of stuff has he written? I did enjoy the Bran Mak Morn pastiches that were done by Wagner and Tierney.

Check out some info & reviews of Stover's books at
http://www.sfsite.co.../revustover.htm

I think a few fans here can strongly recommend his Caine books (HEROES DIES and BLADE OF TYSHALLE).

There's a fansite for Stover & his Caine/Overworld books at
http://www.whatthefun.net/stover

Look him up on Amazon.com and you can read some excerpts from HEROES and BLADE.

Thanks for the info. I don't care for sci-fi at all, so I won't be reading any of the ones you suggested, but the ones about the Pictish character sound interesting, and might be a nice preview for what he could do with Bran Mak Morn.

[Wraith]

sat said:

I think a few fans here can strongly recommend his Caine books (HEROES DIES and BLADE OF TYSHALLE).

Definitely! I always describe Stover as the only writer who is able to set my brains on fire (metaphorically speaking). I've already mentioned somewhere on these boards that I'd love to read a Conan pastiche by him, and though Bran isn't exactly Conan, at least it's Howard. It's a good thing that Stover's quite busy with other works currently, so I'll be able to read Del Rey's Bran Mak Morn collection before the new novel (if he's actually doing it).
It's an interesting fact, by the way, that Stover dedicated 'Blade of Tyshalle' to, among other "dead friends", a certain "Robert. E.".

Primeval said:

I don't care for sci-fi at all, so I won't be reading any of the ones you suggested, but the ones about the Pictish character sound interesting, and might be a nice preview for what he could do with Bran Mak Morn.

Don't throw away the opportunity to read some of the best works of literature written in the last 50 years because of your aversion to one of many genres that the Caine novels tap into. Ok, that was a little exaggerated, but trust me, 'Heroes Die' and 'Blade of Tyshalle' will be worth your time even if you don't like Science-Ficion at all. The scifi elements are kept to a minimum in 'Heroes Die', and though they feature a little bit more in its sequel, they are very enjoyable and more in the vein of Huxley than Asimov.
The Barra novels are very good too, and probably showcase better what a Bran novel by Stover might look like in terms of story and background, but his Caine and Star Wars book are a better preview for Stover's newer style, which has evolved a lot from the time when he wrote 'Iron Dawn' and 'Jericho Moon'.

[Shrews]

Thank you for the info.
I wonder how you get to write one of those...hahaa

[VoragoExcarnator]

Matt Stover is great. Hopefully this pans out.

[Almuric]

Yeah, he's one of the few authors who could write a truly great REH pastiche.

[Mikey_C]

I've never heard of this writer - but I think I might check out his Iron Dawn series - looks like a kind of modern-day Talbot Mundy type read I'd enjoy. A new Bran Mak Morn book could be very good news indeed, if done properly (that's a great big "if", of course!)