Praise for Rage of the Behemoth
RotB garners another glowing review, this time from Jaym Gates (of Fantasy Magazine), writing on her newly unveiled professional blog, Wings Lifting Wide. RBE author Bill Ward and I met Jaym at Dragon*Con 2009, where she promptly gave Bill her cold and grabbed a copy of our anthology.
Jaym gives a nice analysis of the anthology’s merits, both S&S and presentation. I especially liked her statement that
The real strength of the collection is in its portrayal of men as fallible, monsters as sympathetic, and humanity in all its shame and strength. Rage of the Behemoth is about as far from the recent, often-parodied excuse for Sword and Sorcery as it can be and still be listed in the same genre. As stated in the forward, this is a return to the Sword and Sorcery of Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard and David Gemmell.
It’s great to find new reviews of Rage of the Behemoth appearing on the web, even better to know of a few more that should be appearing soon. If you’ve read the anthology and have a keyboard, consider posting your comments somewhere and help spread word of this excellent anthology of heroic action adventure fantasy. If you haven’t picked up your own copy yet, do so now and take advantage of the Get the Word Out! Campaign while it lasts!
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Obviously here is someone with discerning taste. Glad to read another good review. Thanks for posting the link.
Woo hoo! Nice review!
Hmm, I’d say
Oy. I think that Bill and I already *had* this discussion…I did not have a cold, so I couldn’t give him anything! *g* Believe it or not, sugar and alcohol do not mix well in my world, and I have strong words for a certain Browncoat who convinced me to drink spiced rum and coke. (Having just tested this last night…no more sugary alcohol. Ever. Worse than allergies or a cold.)
But I loved the book, and I’m sorry that I couldn’t get it up on Fantasy…(no pun intended, honestly.). Looking forward to future anthologies, you guys are doing good things.
Thanks much, Jaym. I’ll not deny what you’re saying
Are you no longer associated with Fantasy, or was it simply nixed due to timing? I’m surprised if it’s the latter simply because I would have thought they’d be interested in looking at Lois Tilton’s first tale in a long while. Oy is right!
I’m kind of loosely associated with Fantasy right now. Doing a lot more work with Crossed Genres, a little with Apex.
And the Tilton story was amazing. One of the ones that I keep going back to. ROTB has moved into my ‘loaner’ pile to start indoctrinating people to Sword and Sorcery done right.
OH, totally cool to hear that, Jaym. ‘Loaner’ status is the best! So…the next title could appear in review at a couple of places, eh?