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Scott Oden

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Website

https://scottoden.wordpress.com/

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@orcwriter.bsky.social

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, History, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Robert E. Howard, Harold Lamb, Mary Renault, Steven Pressfield

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Scott Oden is a liar. He is a forger and a thief; a scoundrel and a spreader of gossip . . . which is all just a fancy way of saying Scott Oden is a writer. He is perhaps best known for his ability to mimic Robert E. Howard's style of prose -- though he does a passably good A.A. Milne, as well. His books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, earned him recognition as an Amazon Editor's Pick, and garnered a Gemmell Award nomination. Or so he says. Who can believe him, really? For all we know, he's just a triumvirate of raccoons with a trench coat and access to Chat GPT.

His notable works include Men of Bronze, Memnon, The Lion of Cairo, and the Grimnir Saga. His less notable works include Claude Moreau's Garden: d ...more

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	A Gathering of Ravens (Grimnir, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 801 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memnon 3.98 avg rating — 688 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men of Bronze 3.85 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lion of Cairo 3.79 avg rating — 452 ratings — published 2010 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twilight of the Gods (Grimnir #2) 4.32 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conan: The Shadow of Vengeance 4.31 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Doom of Odin (Grimnir #3) 4.53 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Lion 4.20 avg rating — 44 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Xenia in the Court of the Winds: A Tale of the Ancient World 4.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amarante: A Tale of Old Tharduin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fiction versus History

If there is one thing fiction is far better at than history, it’s the freedom to reduce complex political situations down to what really matters. Let me explain: I’m working on a scene set in Acre in the summer of 1290 AD — just months before the city’s fall to the Mamluks would end the... Continue Reading → Read more of this blog post »

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Scott Oden wrote a new blog post Fiction versus History If there is one thing fiction is far better at than history, it’s the freedom to reduce complex political situations down to what really matters. Let Read more of this blog post »
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Scott answered Troy's question: Will Doom of Odin be getting an audiobook release? I absolutely loved the first two. Sadly, I doubt it. The company that did the first two opted not to return for the third, citing poor sales.
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“This was no game of thrones where generals sacrificed and maneuvered on the backs of their soldiers; this was the most primal sort of conflict—Odin’s weather, the red chaos of slaughter—where men stood breast-to-breast and shield-to-shield, and dealt the same blows they took in kind.”
― Scott Oden, A Gathering of Ravens

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“It occurred to him that there were many forms of poison, the most insidious being the poison of words. [...] It was a poison with no easy antidote.”
― Scott Oden, Men of Bronze

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“All we must do, child, is live well, help where we can, and take the good times with as much grace as the bad.”
― Scott Oden, A Gathering of Ravens

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Polls

Vote for Jan-Feb Theme. Recall, this period we always have an Anthology focus for one theme. This vote would be for a possible second discussion.

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Children of Húrin

8 votes, 23.5%

Brian Staveley's The Emperor's Blades

The Emperor's Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1) by Brian Staveley

8 votes, 23.5%

Brian Lumley's Hero of Dreams

6 votes, 17.6%

Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind

The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss

6 votes, 17.6%

David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus

2 votes, 5.9%

Scott Oden's A Gathering of Ravens

1 vote, 2.9%

Scott Oden's A Gathering of Ravens. However, that book will not be released until May 2017! (write-in)

1 vote, 2.9%

The Name of the Wind (write-in)

1 vote, 2.9%

Brian Staveley's The Empreror's Blades (write-in)

1 vote, 2.9%

William King's Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus

Gotrek & Felix The First Omnibus by William King

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