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Keith John Taylor

Born

in Tasmania, Australia

December 26, 1946

Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Keith John Taylor is an Australian science fiction and fantasy writer.

Born in Tasmania, Taylor now resides in Melbourne, Australia. Getting his start in Ted White's Fantastic magazine, Taylor went on to collaborate with Andrew J. Offutt on two novels based upon the Robert E. Howard hero, Cormac Mac Art. His series of novels centering around the Irish bard, Felimid mac Fal, was published throughout the 1980s. Much of Taylor's fictional output in the 1990s was in the Arthurian fantasy sub-genre. Many stories featuring his character, Kamose the Magician, were published in Weird Tales in the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 765 ratings · 97 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bard 3.94 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1981 — 8 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
	Bard 2 4.05 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1984 — 5 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
	Bard III: The Wild Sea 4.02 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1986 — 4 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
	Ravens' Gathering 4.06 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1987 — 5 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
	Felimid's Homecoming 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — 4 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
	Servant of the Jackal God: The Tales of Kamose, Archpriest of Anubis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 5 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 Sorcerer's Sacred Isle (Danans, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1989 — 4 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
	Lances of Nengesdul really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1982 — 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
	Search for the Starblade (Danans, #3) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1990 — 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 Cauldron of Plenty (Danans, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1989 — 4 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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Series by Keith John Taylor

Bard (5 books)
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Keith John Taylor

4.01 avg rating — 556 ratings

The Danans (3 books)
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Keith John Taylor

3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings

Quotes by Keith John Taylor (?)

“Three smiles that are worse than grief; the smile of snow melting, the smile of a leaping dog, and the smile of your wife to you after sleeping with another man.”
― Keith John Taylor, Bard

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Please vote for the Nov-Dec groupreads . (We have Gonji and Egypt occurring now; Jan-Feb is our annual Anthology time).

: The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett

10 votes, 32.3%

Conan The Road of Kings by Karl Edward Wagner

: Theme: Conan Pastiche (ie non-REH Conan like Conan the Triumphant Conan: Road of Kings...).

9 votes, 29.0%

: Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus by William King (or any of the Gotrek & Felix books)

6 votes, 19.4%

Brunner the Bounty Hunter (Warhammer Chronicles) by C.L. Werner

: Brunner the Bounty Hunter by C.L. Werner

3 votes, 9.7%

The Emperor's Railroad (Dreaming Cities, #1) by Guy Haley

A Sword & Sorcery novella length book (write-in)

2 votes, 6.5%

Gotrek & Felix: The First Anthology (write-in)

1 vote, 3.2%

The Mists of Doom (Cormac Mac Art, #1) by Andrew J. Offutt

: Pastiche Cormac Mac Art (non REH Cormac like (The Mists of Doom or The Sign of the Moonbow: Cormac Mac Art by Andrew J. Offutt and sometimes Keith Taylor)

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