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So I was reading the book on the right but the book on the left I‘ve been waiting for since last week so I‘m switching to it since now I have the whole series

One day in 1963, I stopped in a drugstore on my way home from high school (at that point in time, spinner racks full of mass market paperbacks in drugstores were one of the few places in our town where books were available; there was no actual bookstore), and spotted on the rack an anthology called The Unknown, edited by D.R. Bensen.

From the Introduction by Gardner Dozois
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(1977, original edition 1967)

First in Moorcock's series featuring Hawkmoon, a warrior in a post-apocalyptic pseudo-medieval Germany, fighting the evil empire of Granbretan. Loved this -- it's pulpy fantasy adventure that knows exactly what it's about. Looking forward to the next.

This was my #DoubleSpin read for March

Count Brass, Lord Guardian of the Kamarg, rode out on a horned horse one morning to inspect his territories.

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Oh dear, the beards.

OMG the tension! I know from experience that Duncan can kill off his Blades and now they‘re going into a parallel Russia where a despot Czar rules and his son, who‘s even worse, is just waiting to take over. The Czarina and her sister, betrothed to the King of Chivial, live on a knife‘s edge

I am posting one book per day from my extensive, and ever growing, TBR shelves. Some are old and some are new, some were gifts and some I don't remember why I bought them.
Day 35
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Book mail so this book consists of short stories authors include Steven Erikson, Glen Cook, Joe Abercrombie, Gene Wolf and a few more excited to tbr and read this soon

For days when you dream of calling your enemies “fatherless curs” just before enjoying some aggressive negotiations with your Crom-given broadsword…there is Conan. The original and best still holds up with imaginative short stories of adventure in a long forgotten time. You don‘t have to know or care about any of the modest world-building…each clever, funny, exciting tale catches up with Conan right before the mayhem begins. Crom protect you!

137/150 I will be nice and say that this is "heavily influenced" by Tolkien and Lord of the Rings. It's not a direct ripoff, but there are so many parallels that you can't help but have an overwhelming sense of deja vu. That alone doesn't make it a so-so book, but the writing is bland, more telling than showing. The Brothers Hildebrandt are amazing artists, as seen from the paintings and drawings that illustrate the novel, but as writers ⬇️⬇️