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Neither Beg Nor Yield: Stories with S&S Attitude

by Jason M. Waltz (Goodreads Author)

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Constantine Bech said: " This review can be read in full on the Gung-Ho Geeks blog.

It was written by Cameroon Wooten, but by and large I agree with his takes in the matter as I'm slowly making my way through the book myself. He has read an advance review copy of the antholog This review can be read in full on the Gung-Ho Geeks blog.

It was written by Cameroon Wooten, but by and large I agree with his takes in the matter as I'm slowly making my way through the book myself. He has read an advance review copy of the anthology, and has a long format take on the anthology, jotting down a small paragraph for each of the stories therein.

"For starters, I’d like to point out that the dedication and introduction were great and I feel like the folks at RBE really know what they are doing. They get how S&S works and understand how it is set apart from high fantasy. It isn’t the creatures nor the settings, it is the interaction between brawn and brains, the sword and the magic, and the attitude that the characters bring to a setting. The protagonists never give up, they face overwhelming odds and overcome or are slain, but not before taking dozens of foes with them.

This anthology understands the core of S&S."

Cameron goes on to highlight a few of the pieces as standout stories, his favorites and mine aligning pretty much beat for beat, only I take more kindly to samurai tales than he does (as such, I also think Hunters and Prey by C.L. Werner, the first short story in the anthology, is a cracking, evocative read). Prince of Dragons by William King, Harvest of the Blood King by Steve Dilks, Vengeance by the Wind and Tide by Eadwine Brown, and The Stone from the Stars by the one and only Chuck Dixon are only a few of the amazing adventures presented in this collection, and make the overall quality of it readily apparent.

Couple the amazing stories with amazing art (both spreads as well as smaller work), and you have a product that's not only fun to read, but also great to look at, something I'm very much looking for in a book of this sort and genre, being a comic reader and art inhaler at heart.

Cameron goes on to give the book a glowing reccomendation, and I would like to take this opportunity to echo his thoughts: "All in all, I would highly recommend this collection of sword & sorcery tales to any fan of the genre, despite a few stories not being up to par for my personal tastes. We need more pulp, both reprints of old as well as new incarnations, not unlike the stories in this anthology. They truly capture heroism, and usually encompass good writing and breaking of conventions, mostly in short, action-packed tales."

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Feb 12, 2024 12:26AM · see review