tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post7891480589187250976..comments2024-03-28T09:41:39.187-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Gallery: Three Hearts and Three LionsJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65477083160061300892023-03-25T17:11:22.575-04:002023-03-25T17:11:22.575-04:00Well, I just finished the book and loved it. To my...Well, I just finished the book and loved it. To my disappointment, I felt it finished suddenly. I wanted the tale to continue! I can see where many elements of D&D spring from it. RobChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06874937736605424146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7204639405992060342023-02-25T10:39:10.345-05:002023-02-25T10:39:10.345-05:00Ï used to own that Sphere paperback with Patrick W...Ï used to own that Sphere paperback with Patrick Woodroffe illustration. I liked the book in my twenties but it`s been a long while so I don`t know what it would feel like today. I must say I consider Poul Anderson a bit overrated writer. I thought Tau Zero was a great idea but a disappointing execution. And The Broken Sword just left me cold. Jerry Corneliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16761787071129069839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-6071152261664159342023-02-21T03:22:26.419-05:002023-02-21T03:22:26.419-05:00I've been trying to find a copy of Thee Hearts...I've been trying to find a copy of Thee Hearts and Three Lions in local bookstores. Found it once, decided to hold off for my next paycheck, then never found it again. Did find The High Crusade though, and that was great so I look forward to reading it.doccarnbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13406919373469437352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-14664629995144704682023-02-20T19:56:13.749-05:002023-02-20T19:56:13.749-05:00Yeah, it's entirely scifi. Closest it gets to...Yeah, it's entirely scifi. Closest it gets to fantasy is some superstitious beliefs which are just that - superstition.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-91878724686783540582023-02-20T17:13:14.158-05:002023-02-20T17:13:14.158-05:00When I started reading OSR blogs 11 (?) years ago,...When I started reading OSR blogs 11 (?) years ago, I saw Three Hearts name-checked often enough to request a library copy. I didn't have to read far before recognizing it as something I'd checked out from my childhood public library as a kid in the late 70s. As I went on, I relived not having liked it. <br /><br />It's just so randomly episodic --- there's a chapter where they're fleeing from or chasing the bad guys but pause at a mansion to solve a werewolf murder mystery before entering the woods again. I guess there is something old-school D&D about that, but even compared with other young-adult fantasy (like the Taran Wanderer books) it seemed lame. Alec Semicognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507482266305964982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-45096645280786385622023-02-20T14:14:50.889-05:002023-02-20T14:14:50.889-05:00I've read this twice, and I don't remember...I've read this twice, and I don't remember a word of it. I think the Ace cover cemented it in my mind as "goofy". On the other hand, The Broken Sword shaped my approach to fantasy.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10254609348013694357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43833713834244451882023-02-20T12:34:13.720-05:002023-02-20T12:34:13.720-05:00I would say The High Crusade is another of his sci...I would say The High Crusade is another of his sci-fi stories, despite the medieval setting :) Everyone talks up this one, The Broken Sword, for good reason, and his viking stories, but I have a soft spot for Operation: Chaos, his alternate history in which WWII is fought with magic.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure the Lundgren edition is the one I have, but I like Jones's version best of these.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624614486574035692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38268111719256416802023-02-20T09:58:51.886-05:002023-02-20T09:58:51.886-05:00Alas, neither this book nor Anderson's The Bro...Alas, neither this book nor Anderson's The Broken Sword did much for me. :(Geoffrey McKinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532604288018770703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15077389668877379772023-02-20T09:02:29.264-05:002023-02-20T09:02:29.264-05:00I had the Ace edition, more despite the cover than...I had the Ace edition, more despite the cover than because of it. Serviceable, but rather bland and unimaginative.<br /><br />FWIW, I owned and played the SPI High Crusade board game from Ares. It's pretty good, a nice strategic-level simulation that reflects the events of the book fairly well. Well worth picking up that issue of Ares if you can find one intact - and there's a short story in the HC setting that I've never seen printed anywhere else, so that's a bonus. Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-61251838602743609612023-02-20T06:18:58.700-05:002023-02-20T06:18:58.700-05:00Thanks. I will read it.Thanks. I will read it.RobChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06874937736605424146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35644897670881473042023-02-20T05:21:11.800-05:002023-02-20T05:21:11.800-05:00( I enjoy Anderson's fantasy and sf a big deal...( I enjoy Anderson's fantasy and sf a big deal, my soft spot is for his Manse Everard/Time Patrol series)artikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-15029880675067827852023-02-20T05:18:28.097-05:002023-02-20T05:18:28.097-05:00I like the Powers and Woodroffe versions best, the...I like the Powers and Woodroffe versions best, the rest seems mostly skilled but rather ordinary art with little vision.<br />Woodroffe's cover is very psychedelic and reminds me of Bob Pepper's artartikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.com