Top Tier Sword and Sorcery (Ad Free)
In this episodes, we take a look at two Red Sonja novels, and then discuss some works of S&S fiction that I think are top tier.
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It starts off with, yeah, I have those books. Nifft, yup... and then come the rabbit holes. I maybe had 2/3 of these books. Some deep cuts. "A Quest for Simbilis" is the earlier Shea book that extends Dying Earth (Vance) with the first stories of Nifft the Lean. Lumley I've heard of, but I didn't realize how much I'd probably like him. Crazy since I have all the Arkham Horror novels (both publishers). Man, really good one. I always go down rabbit holes after your videos, especially the novels.
A Quest for Simbilis is pretty cool. Lumley is interesting, in that he's really not a great writer, has almost no style, but his stories are often really entertaining.
I never really thought of Sheelba of the Eyeless face and Ningauble as Chaos gods, but it fits!
I probably just pulled that out of my ass, but it was the only way in the moment I could think to describe them.
Really loving this series Daniel!
Thanks!