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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: 3.89 · 751 ratings · 96 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bard 3.93 avg rating — 242 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 4.03 avg rating — 120 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 4.01 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 4.05 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 by Keith John Taylor, George Barr (Cover Art) 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

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The Danans (3 books)
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Keith John Taylor

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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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Polling for group-read topics for March-April. Please write in your ideas. Usually, top two topics get a spotlight.

Appendix N The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons by Peter Bebergal

Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons had a postponed release to late Feb, but was supposed to an Anthology Read topic. Why not give it focus in March?

9 votes, 36.0%

The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1) by Lloyd Alexander

The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (Fighting Fantasy #1) by Steve Jackson

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Nostalgia (i.e., mid-life crisis topics); How about we all revisit the books that got us into S&S. I list some of mine as examples, but to each their own. And yes, I am in my late forties and do stare at my old books in my library, but I am not having a crisis yet.

6 votes, 24.0%

Cahena A Dream of the Past by Manly Wade Wellman

Manly Wade Wellman' Cahena: A Dream of the Past looks interesting. We could read anything by him,

4 votes, 16.0%

Bard, or the series, by Keith John Taylor has been suggested a few times. Ebook are available now, I think.

2 votes, 8.0%

Sorcery Against Caesar The Complete Simon of Gitta Short Stories (Simon of Gitta Chronicles) by Richard L. Tierney

Sorcery Against Caesar: The Complete Simon of Gitta Short Stories, Richard L. Tierney's Simon of Gitta is accessible now. Up for weird adventure, anyone?

2 votes, 8.0%

Sometime Lofty Towers by David C. Smith (just released!)

2 votes, 8.0%

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