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The first Sword and Sorcery story: Robert E. Howard’s first Sword and Sorcery story: The first Conan the Barbarian story:

So, while I’m hear I’ll fill you lovely people in on some of the kewl fantasy series/books I’ll be starting/finishing next year for kool kids: Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun Series Jack Vance’s Dying Earth Series Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast Trilogy E. R. Eddison‘s The Worm Ouroboros Charles Saunders' Imaro Series C.S. Friedman’s Coldfire Trilogy Robert Lynn Aspirin's Thieves' World Anthology Series

Hey kiddos, it's old man Wraith here to talk to you today about some fantasy series worth reading. Bored of Bookwalker? Aghast at anime? Incensed by isekai? Fearful of Fire Emblem? Then let me tell you about the days of high adventure. I'm sure you'll find something to your liking if you look. I've provided links to the audio books of most of these series which you can find on Audible to purchase or on LibriVox and Youtube for free. In you want to own physical copies of these books, I'd buy them either at: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/ https://www.bookdepository.com/ Strong Recommendations: Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion Series: Elric of Melnibone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo2WkEa6Qao Corum, The Prince in the Scarlet Robe and The Prince with the Silver Hand https://www.graphicaudiointernational.net/corum-1-the-knight-of-the-swords.html Hawkmoon, History of the Runestaff and Chronicles of Castle Brass Erekose, The Eternal Champion The Three Musketeers of Weird Fiction: H.P. Lovecraft's Dream-quest Stories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMUb2WATD_Y Clark Ashton Smith's Zothique, Hyperborea, Averoigne and Poseidonis Cycles https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLQvLPYzTOHT5E4F4-XhYtG1JQCCAIz6Y https://www.audible.com/series/Collected-Fantasies-of-Clark-Ashton-Smith-Audiobooks/B00EZS1W1E?ref=a_author_Cl_c19_lSeries_1_2_1&pf_rd_p=1ae0e65e-ad09-4aa7-aa73-772cefb1b5e1&pf_rd_r=X34ZC6C6H0C36ZRKG1EA Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian, Kull: Exile of Atlantis, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and his horror stories https://librivox.org/author/937?primary_key=937&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results https://www.audible.com/author/Robert-E-Howard/B000AP5LHW?ref=a_search_c3_lAuthor_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=78X7CQ078CCGFKE3VH80 More Weird Fiction: Lord Dunsay's The Sword of Welleran and The Book of Wonders https://librivox.org/the-sword-of-welleran-and-other-stories-by-lord-dunsany/ https://librivox.org/the-book-of-wonder-version-2-by-lord-dunsany/ Arthur Machan's The Great God Pan and Other Weird Tales https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Great-God-Pan-and-Other-Weird-Tales-Audiobook/B078NGBJQN?qid=1590612636&sr=1-2&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_2&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=4WZM115FE7JDKCS8FD35 Algernon Blackwood's The Touch of Pan and Other Stories https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Touch-of-Pan-Other-Stories-Audiobook/1094093408?qid=1590612601&sr=1-3&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_3&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=X6CGQ0GTEEY7HX0B58GV Sword and Sorcery: Fritz Lieber's Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser https://www.audible.com/series/Fafhrd-and-the-Grey-Mouser-Audiobooks/B007XID680?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=N0Q5F0KGVKZ5QT5EMA96 C.L. Moore's Jiriel of Joiry https://www.audible.com/pd/Black-Gods-Kiss-Audiobook/B00TSN4J4I?qid=1590613470&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=38P536VGGVEZKWY6XCGK Karl Edward Wagner's Kane Series Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions https://www.audible.com/pd/Three-Hearts-and-Three-Lions-Audiobook/B004TBQM62?qid=1590613635&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=JFA0HR4QC5RH1HSJA0K2 Sword and Science: Edgar Rice Burrough's John Carter of Mars Series https://www.audible.com/pd/Barsoom-Series-Collection-7-John-Carter-Stories-Audiobook/B01C7PCUOO?qid=1590613661&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=A2W2MXM6JJZFKX59KQFE https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZTfiaUWDcz-2H2vOH_vd7UFUMKdTL86_ Dark Fantasy: Glen Cook's The Black Company Series https://www.audible.com/series/Black-Company-Audiobooks/B005NBPHB8?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=54JZ19Z56V7VC4ZRRPDX Decent Recommendations: Joanna Russ's The Adventures of Alyx Andrzej Sapowki's The Witcher https://www.audible.com/series/The-Witcher-Saga-Audiobooks/B00YU09S0Y?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=3DCZM5GSS14RBK9BQG0N J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings https://www.audible.com/series/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-Audiobooks/B009CFOEGK?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=793GRRYRAYBCHTB7RYX2 From the Dying Days of My Childhood: Brian Jacques' Redwall Series https://www.audible.com/series/Redwall-Audiobooks/B006K1R4B6?ref=a_author_Br_c19_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=1ae0e65e-ad09-4aa7-aa73-772cefb1b5e1&pf_rd_r=S4N5DCTMYH7MHR60N6S0 Series That Have Caught My Eye: Glen Cook's The Dread Empire Series https://www.audible.com/series/Dread-Empire-Audiobooks/B00B4WAD5A?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_2_7_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=GXQAFDFA1RCC5FB77DH3 C.S. Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy https://www.audible.com/series/Coldfire-Audiobooks/B0083DGAGO?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=2DZ2553ABC4XG7TRF561 Jack Vance's Dying Earth Series https://www.audible.com/series/The-Dying-Earth-Audiobooks/B005NB3API?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=Q5ZKATPVZZBZN2292HCA Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun https://www.audible.com/series/Book-of-the-New-Sun-Audiobooks/B006K1LMZ0?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=XYP1VNWMMR01AASPD6J1 Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Broken-Sword-Audiobook/B004XDWD5U?qid=1590614009&sr=1-4&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_4&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=TCC3DJBVEC4EWJG7ZRA2 Brian McNaughton's The Throne of Bones https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Throne-of-Bones-Audiobook/B00COA7PQQ?qid=1590614035&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=7H80BQ8XS135Y4GNDCKY Charles Saunder's Imaro Series https://www.audible.com/series/Imaro-Audiobooks/B00I2Y6R6C?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=0Z7X2KF9J8ZJREGXSXK2 Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber Series https://www.audible.com/series/Chronicles-of-Amber-Audiobooks/B008LV5SPC?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=3QR0NFRJ0JQ6EB1CM4T9 Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern https://www.audible.com/series/Pern-Novels-chronological-order-Audiobooks/B07NYWDDLK?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=FTHWNMFXQRHHZRAESDC6 Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Series https://www.audible.com/series/Wheel-of-Time-Audiobooks/B005NB81EI?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=4ZYJTNZ8VMN7G5340ADY Ursula Le Guin's Books of Earthsea https://www.audible.com/series/Earthsea-Audiobooks/B007CLJZMO?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=000AHKTKVMX8FKKEFTW2 Frank Fazetta and Jame Silke's Death Dealer Series Robert Lynn Asprin's Thieves' World Anthology Series Fred Saberhagen's Swords Series https://www.audible.com/series/The-Book-of-Swords-Audiobooks/B00BY7NIBG?ref=a_search_c3_lSeries_1_1_1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=STHXJPC13YE3AKQEQERD

Thank you, Fire Emblem. I'm on a play-through right now of Radiant Dawn and remembering how excellently written the story is. It's fast-moving, with lots of twists and turns, and importantly, a ton of interesting character development, especially for Pelleas, Micaiah, and Elincia. Thanks to my healthy obsession with Fire Emblem, I actually was inspired to start writing a novel, a steampunk-fantasy crossover with a lot of war and magic about four years ago. Four years later, I have finally made a hard copy of my novel available on Amazon (along with the previously available eBook). Here's the link to the hard copy. Here's the link to the eBook (part 1). Here's a link to my blog (with posts about it). A number of the plotlines are super fire emblem inspired, so I figured I would self-promote here and also be happy that I love Fire Emblem and this community was actually very significant in helping me achieve a huge dream of mine! The "back cover": The uncompromising idealist Samuel and his lazy but kindhearted brother, Owen, move in with their uncle, an ambitious man living in a magnificent medieval castle. When the brothers' curiosity gets the best of them, they discover he plans a military coup of the town they might call home: idyllic Cadivel, by the rough edges of the sea. Samuel and Owen, a fledgling magician, are eager to stop him but find themselves powerless against his deadly magic. Yet Samuel will not give up the fight for Cadivel after meeting a beautiful girl he cannot leave behind. Though only renowned newcomers from the distant Salt Empire have the strength and resources to shift the tide of the war, Samuel possesses a quality that could save Cadivel from an even greater threat. Cadivel tells a story of epic scale and intimate scope: stunning landscapes, scheming politics, and fragile love. It also sings a poem about the sea and the unexpected traits it may possess in a world of magic. The part II (sequel) "back cover" (SPOILERS but more Fire Emblem elements lol): Probably the biggest Fire Emblem influence lies in an initial subplot which turns out to be the main plot: the princess Linde, exiled by her family, with only the companionship of the ex-General Russell Lemming and the fledgling magician Evander, seeks to overturn her father's dangerous and destructive war. They must gather allies, fight battles, etc. etc... Anyways, thanks so much for reading this overlong post. The point is, I wrote a NOVEL thanks to FE. Woot. And if anyone is interested in reading, the eBook is super cheap and I think Amazon just slashed the price of the hard copy, which has parts I & II, to about $13 ($$$ is going to a fund for me to hire artists to make dope ass character art). Also, if anyone writes fantasy book reviews, or blogs about books, I want reviews, so you could totally get a free copy... Even though it's a finished product, I always love getting feedback on my writing, so if you do choose to read, please consider messaging me your honest thoughts and feedback.