Comments on: The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 108): 2012 Sword & Sorcery Mega Panel Part 1

By: John O'Neill

John O'Neill — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:02:19 +0000

Splendid!! I just posted about this at Black Gate.

Looking forward to Part II!!

John O’Neill

By: Paul (@princejvstin)

Paul (@princejvstin) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:36:43 +0000

Hunh.

That’s a brilliant idea you just gave me, Mr. Anders. I have to work it out some more, but…

By: Paul (@princejvstin)

Paul (@princejvstin) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:32:33 +0000

And only rarely does he return and face the consequences of what he has done, but when he does, its powerful and significant, both in the old series and the new.

By: Lou Anders

Lou Anders — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:04:24 +0000

In truth the Doctor isn’t a sword and sorcery character, but rather both the Doctor and the S&S tradition descend from the archetypal “lone gunman” character, in that the Doctor rides into town, deals with a problem, and vanishes in to the sunset/vortex at the end. But the mix of humor and horror in Who is very similar to that in a James Enge novel.

By: John DeNardo

John DeNardo — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:20:30 +0000

Jinx! I have that queued up as a tweet.

By: Paul (@princejvstin)

Paul (@princejvstin) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:49:18 +0000

Lots of great quotes from the podcast.

“Oh my God, Doctor Who is a Sword and Sorcery character” –Lou Anders

By: TW

TW — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:18:34 +0000

A couple of things popped into my head while listening to this (granted I may have misheard, like Mr Weimer, I was on a bike while listening to this…but mine has nearly 1000cc’s…and it was a few hours and a couple of Manhattans ago)

What does the word “literary” mean, in context of Sword and Sorcery?

and

It seemed like people were trying to connect S&S to everything. Which to my mind is a mistake, and a watering down of what is the core of S&S. Sure the stories and structure my have some similarities but at its core Sword and Sorcery still needs to have swords and sorcery (IMNSHO).

By: Paul Weimer

Paul Weimer — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:39:05 +0000

Warning to everyone before you start listening.

Patrick prefaces the podcast by saying you should have some way to take notes before you start listening. So make sure you did that. I stopped listening (I was on the exercise bike) and have not yet listened for that reason…