Comments on: The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 096): Sword & Sorcery Panel, Part 1

By: Robert Mammone

Robert Mammone — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:20:44 +0000

Sorry, my comments above relate to the recent S&S podcasts that went out in March.

By: Robert Mammone

Robert Mammone — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:19:40 +0000

I note some of the authors mention Eddings/Feist over the course of the interview, and I think it was Jaym who mentioned Gemmell. As someone who started reading all these authors when I started high school in 1984, I’d be keen to hear an interview podcast about what current authors think about the abovementioned authors, from what I consider the golden age of fantasy novels in the 1980s. I mean, take Gemmell – a real titan of the genre, who only a few years after his death feels almost forgotten. Same with Feist (happily alive) and Eddings (not so happily dead).

Anyway, just a thought.

By: zornhau

zornhau — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:38:34 +0000

Amazing discussion!

(Can’t always tell who is doing the talking. Handy if the moderator could do that sotto voice thing as people talk.)

By: toni

toni — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:00:09 +0000

First time I listened to a podcast. what a great discussion! wonderful thoughts nibbling at my mind. especially when one person mentioned about being tired of destined ones. so am i!! looking forward to part 2

By: Odilius Vlak

Odilius Vlak — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:34:04 +0000

Oh... It looks like our swords will get blunt in thi battle. I don't think that to stick to a genre is a sight of lack of creativity; because each field is an universe with infinity possibilities for the imagination. And by the way... Do you consider the biblical story of Samson being a kind of example of Sword and Sorcery in another context? We only have to change the donkey's jawbone for a sword, and... Eureka!

Beside... It's got sorcery.

By: Blue Tyson

Blue Tyson — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:21:15 +0000

Speaking of length, Stormbringer is a fixup of several shorter works.

By: John D.

John D. — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:40:32 +0000

Fixed — Thanks, Bill! [Glares at Patrick again...]

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:24:06 +0000

That should be Ryan Harvey, not Ryan Anderson: http://www.realmofryan.com/

I have not heard this since we did it, looking forward to giving it a listen!

By: James Holder

James Holder — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:37:55 +0000

The download page jumps from the first seconds of audio to the end, so I thought the download would not work. But I just downloaded it. My bad.

By: John D.

John D. — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:20:05 +0000

I was able to download it, no problem.

By: Patrick Hester

Patrick Hester — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:55:24 +0000

@Paul

BWA-HA-HA.

@Aldo

So glad you like it! :)

@James

Thanks so much!

In what way is the download broken? I was able to DL it straight from the link with no issues.

~P
@atfmb

By: James Holder

James Holder — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:07:48 +0000

Oh, by the way, the downloadable version seems to be broken.

By: James Holder

James Holder — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:05:36 +0000

This has to be one of the best podcasts I've ever listened to. Very, very interesting and cool.

By: Aldo Ojeda

Aldo Ojeda — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:30:18 +0000

Great podcast, but now I will have to wait a week for the second part. I'll be here waiting.

By: Paul (@princejvstin)

Paul (@princejvstin) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:31:14 +0000

Epically good and interesting.

And yet another unwritable idea fulminates in my brain...a YA sword and sorcery novel with a female protagonist...