steveboy
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Post by steveboy on Apr 1, 2024 5:28:29 GMT
Many of the classics have already been mentioned, but I would be remiss to not also mention Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter of Mars series. Swashbuckling planetary romance at its finest. So awesome you mentioned Burroughs! Whatever faults he may have had (literarily and personally), his action sequences were amazing. I ate the Mars series like chocolate when I was in my early teens.
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Post by Paladin74 on Apr 1, 2024 22:04:21 GMT
My first encounter with swords in fiction was in Bulfinch's Mythology; a gift for my 10th birthday from my Mom. In that, I got the major Greek, Roman, Norse, Arthurian and Charlemagnic tales - my favorites were the latter two. My Mom figured I was ready for LOTR and let me loose on those books. Then I got the Narnia series from my grandmother. All during that time, Marvel was putting out a b/w magazine called Conan the Conqueror and I really got drawn in. Part of the blame for that was my Mom's collection of Frazetta anthology books. His depictions of Conan, and various other half-clad adventurers fueled the imagination (not to mention the scantily-clad damsels in need of rescuing)!
Of late, I've read (and watched) the Saxon Stories; Cornwell has a way of describing battle scenes that are second to none and his Grailquest series is near as good (set during the 14th C and just a bit shorter at 4 novels). I'd also suggest The Sword Brothers series by Peter Darman (the precursor to the Livonian Order), the Traitor Son Cycle by Christian Cameron, which has some of the most realistic depictions of general weapons technique, especially with great swords. Some really great characters in there, too, not the usual hero vs villain archetypes.
If you like a bit of space opera with your swording, check out the In Her Name series by Michael R. Hicks.
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Post by MatthewGMK on Apr 1, 2024 22:51:13 GMT
Knights Of The Round Table Alfred The Great The Vikings ( Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine ) Excaliber
... I can remember as a kid buying a $39 wall-hanger thinking it was the next best thing to Excaliber.
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Post by kfkonrad on Apr 7, 2024 13:27:28 GMT
Usagi Yojimbo comes to mind.
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