Brian Murphy joins us to discuss Andrew J. Offutt’s “Swords Against Darkness”, reading fantasy fiction as a kid, writing about swords and sorcery, second generation sword and sorcery authors, the understated prose of Poul Anderson, O. Henry’s sword and sorcery, multiclass characters, the collected Ryre stories, elves and dwarves in swords and sorcery, sword and planet, and much more!
This episode made me order Flame and Crimson, which I finished last night. What a great book! Every time I wanted to raise a pedantic quibble, the author addressed it within two pages. Highly recommended!
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