tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post2625933800546951750..comments2024-03-28T15:30:09.903-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Cursed be the CityJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-34643566665102725092021-02-15T13:52:09.709-05:002021-02-15T13:52:09.709-05:00Great post, James. Kuttner is my favorite, and it&...Great post, James. Kuttner is my favorite, and it's always good to see him get some positive press. Adventuresfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907562789681407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-89293409589890549082021-02-15T13:45:40.919-05:002021-02-15T13:45:40.919-05:00I have and I liked it quite a bit, as I recall.I have and I liked it quite a bit, as I recall.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-14358419228387406422021-02-15T12:41:03.122-05:002021-02-15T12:41:03.122-05:00Have you read "The Dark World" by Kuttne...Have you read "The Dark World" by Kuttner? Short but more in the high fantasy/D&D vein with it's menagerie of creatures. ligehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866236293322652977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-12470533407875274392021-02-15T10:04:55.859-05:002021-02-15T10:04:55.859-05:00Part of the greater awareness of CL Moore in the m...Part of the greater awareness of CL Moore in the modern day may simply be the case of here being around a lot longer. Kuttner died very young, only 42 years old in 1958, while she lived till 1987. She didn't write very much following his death (and most of that was script work) but she was active in the scifi author/fan community for at least another 20 years, only stopping due to the Alzheimer's that eventually killed her.<br /><br />I like both their work, which is probably for the best since it's difficult to say who exactly wrote what in their collaborations.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-852243751142505332021-02-15T08:18:13.771-05:002021-02-15T08:18:13.771-05:00Yes, things were pretty different here.
Till the 8...Yes, things were pretty different here.<br />Till the 80s Fantasy was considered kiddie stuff, not-literature.<br />Our generation changed all that, and RPGs played no small part.artikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58976950625371451992021-02-15T07:42:00.838-05:002021-02-15T07:42:00.838-05:00That looks like a very solid anthology of authors ...That looks like a very solid anthology of authors both older and (then) contemporary. From what I saw, the publication date was 1985, which is later than I'd have imagined. Perhaps things were different in Italy than they were in the USA.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9070991128699292112021-02-15T07:15:02.973-05:002021-02-15T07:15:02.973-05:00...and after delving a little I found out that the......and after delving a little I found out that the anthology I spoke about wasn't curated by Carter!<br />It was collected here in Italy by SF and Fantasy expert Sandro Pergameno, and it was quite good a selection of authors https://www.fantascienza.com/catalogo/volumi/NILF104209/fantasy/artikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-77582834120716228432021-02-15T01:59:51.721-05:002021-02-15T01:59:51.721-05:00I think I've read this story (along with a Tho...I think I've read this story (along with a Thongor tale, some Smith, Dunsany and other classics) in an anthology curated by Lin Carter shortly before his deathartikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.com