Just a placeholder post, really. I haven't posted much because I've been busy with stuff that doesn't relate to my typical content. Autumn is still a few weeks away, but tonight is the end of Labor Day weekend, and the end of my having ten days off from the day job.
We had a nice time at the beach, though it appears while my daughter is a beach girl, my son could care less for the sand and oppressive sunlight. Five minutes of splashing in the waves and he was done for the day.
One morning I took him for a stroll to a used book place and scored two John Jakes sword-&sorcery, non-Brak titles; Master of the Dark Gate and Witch of the Dark Gate. Maybe they're sword-&-planet, I'm not really sure. Later that same day, I drove out to a further used book store and stumbled on a hard cover of Manly Wade Wellman's The Old Gods Waken.
I also made the mistake over the past month of getting sucked into three books at once, not counting comics and graphic novels. Given my current reading time per day, I haven't finished any of them. I did complete one graphic novel at the beach, so I hope to review that soon.
Work is going to be very busy and I'm behind on numerous personal goals at home, so I might have a quiet Fall around the "social media" circles. We'll see.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Saturday, July 28, 2012
The Return of Brak
Well, they might not be the best stories in the sword-&-sorcery canon, but John Jakes' Brak the Barbarian saga is back as ebooks. Jason Waltz, of (unfortunately defunct) Rogue Blades Entertainment somehow found this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqA_ydQhWSs&feature=share
Jakes gives a thumbnail description of how Brak came about, and also mentions that the final Brak tale is outlined and in his office safe.
It took a little link hunting from the video, but I found the two e'collections links on the third page of thumbnails.
Brak the Barbarian/Mark of the Demons
Witch of the Four Winds/When the Idols Walked
Follow the "buy the ebook" links. $3.99 each. Not bad at all.
Seems that Witch of the Four Winds is Brak vs. The Sorceress renamed.
Both descriptions mention the collections include additional stories. I don't know which ones and if they cover The Fortunes of Brak or not. And I don't know whether these complete all the published Brak tales or not.
Also, there is a link to a free Brak estory,
"The Girl in the Gem"
All good stuff. I'll be taking a look at other authors and ebooks from Open Road Media.
Labels:
Brak,
eBooks,
John Jakes,
sword and sorcery
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