tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post3539119613655178876..comments2024-03-28T13:22:07.685-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: FrogfatherJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-12841618584240500822011-03-15T18:08:08.060-04:002011-03-15T18:08:08.060-04:00Great to be reminded of Silver John! I haven't...Great to be reminded of Silver John! I haven't read "The Desrick on Yandro" since I was about 12 - and that's a while back - so I followed John Fiala's link to the Baen site. Didn't get much work done thereafter...The Wordmongerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812866827808902568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-36363406725274001802011-03-14T20:22:24.394-04:002011-03-14T20:22:24.394-04:00This is a tale of John the Balladeer before John b...<i>This is a tale of John the Balladeer before John became a balladeer.</i><br /><br>That's a little detail I should have realized, if I'd have paid attention to the publication dates.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-48467652992721162832011-03-14T20:21:06.943-04:002011-03-14T20:21:06.943-04:00I'd love to hear what James thinks about Hok t...<i>I'd love to hear what James thinks about Hok the Mighty.</i><br /><br>Me too! :)<br /><br />Actually, I didn't realize the collection was out yet, so I'll have to give it a look when finances permit.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65732323522248392262011-03-14T14:19:35.640-04:002011-03-14T14:19:35.640-04:00Both this John, and his other John (Thunstone), sp...Both this John, and his other John (Thunstone), spend some time battling against the Shonokins. They are wonderfully timeless characters that lend themselves to playful tales.Christian Lindkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381310217234123318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-26169650332073865312011-03-14T14:18:28.741-04:002011-03-14T14:18:28.741-04:00Yeah, I'll second that recommendation of Paizo...Yeah, I'll second that recommendation of Paizo's complete Silver John stories from upthread. I picked it up and quite enjoyed it, and I'm the type of MWW fan who got the hardbound collections that Night Shade books did a while back. (Absolutely lovely, but not the sort of thing to carry around.)<br /><br />I'll also note that the John the Balladeer collection is available free online as part of Baen Books' electronic library at http://www.library.beau.org/lib/ebooks/baen/03/John%20the%20Balladeer/index.htm . I've... got that collection too. :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14934359516519013740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-19031987467092637122011-03-14T10:14:21.423-04:002011-03-14T10:14:21.423-04:00Fans of Wellman may find this interesting:
This ...Fans of Wellman may find this interesting: <br /><br />This is a tale of John the Balladeer before John became a balladeer. When I didn't recognize this story in what is supposed to be a complete collection of short stories featuring Wellman's character, I found this in the Introduction to the collection:<br /><br />"John first appeared in the December 1951 issue of <i>The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction</i> but Wellman had given us foreshadowings. He sometimes liked to claim that two stories from <i>Weird Tales,</i> 'Sin's Doorway' (January 1946) and 'Frogfather' (November 1946), were stories about John before he got his silver-strung guitar. ..."<br /><br />After Wellman moved to North Carolina and became acquainted with the folk musicians of the area, the character John acquired his guitar and the rest, as they say, is history. Nineteen short stories would follow, cementing John the Balladeer as a unique character in fantasy, battling the supernatural with silver--not silver bullets, but rather the music that flowed from his silver guitar strings. <br /><br />The quote is from <i>John the Balladeer</i> Baen Books, 1988.uwarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317203334211498424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-40058896434762055242011-03-14T10:10:04.048-04:002011-03-14T10:10:04.048-04:00Frog Father is an informal honorific title used am...Frog Father is an informal honorific title used among the military frogmen.Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17049893506185741472011-03-14T09:35:05.026-04:002011-03-14T09:35:05.026-04:00I read that tale in a collection called something ...I read that tale in a collection called something like "little critter stories". Frogfather certainly telegraphs but it is a good tale to read.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52246710179930011522011-03-14T05:10:57.161-04:002011-03-14T05:10:57.161-04:00Karl Edward Wagner favored Manly Wade Wellman'...Karl Edward Wagner favored Manly Wade Wellman's work, even dedicating one of his own novels to him.Jay Duggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181402451119462976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-83886700613861702472011-03-14T01:38:58.645-04:002011-03-14T01:38:58.645-04:00I'd love to hear what James thinks about Hok t...I'd love to hear what James thinks about Hok the Mighty. Quite different than Silver John, but a little closer to the S&S vein.<br /><br />--ErikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-53354246927076054322011-03-14T00:51:52.206-04:002011-03-14T00:51:52.206-04:00Wellman is great and the Silver John stories are w...Wellman is great and the Silver John stories are wonderful! I love Paizo's Complete Silver John. http://paizo.com/planetStories/v5748btpy85jz<br />I'm currently reading their collection of his Hok the Might stories and enjoying them as well.Theodric the Obscurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201793290118146978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13706551908577814872011-03-14T00:20:06.892-04:002011-03-14T00:20:06.892-04:00"...I'd love to hear them read by someone...<i>"...I'd love to hear them read by someone, preferably someone with a Southern Appalachian accent."</i><br /><br />I never knew there were regional variations in Appalachian accents.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.com