tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post4928553634326465359..comments2024-03-27T11:04:31.390-04:00Comments on From the Sorcerer's Skull: Sword & Planet Character Name GeneratorTreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-76821338284110955132018-11-03T17:33:53.248-04:002018-11-03T17:33:53.248-04:00Surprised there hasn't been any mention of the...Surprised there hasn't been any mention of the anthologies by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois:<br /><br />* <i>Old Mars</i><br />* <i>Old Venus</i>evangineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447046319208392248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-70169989948246035752018-10-31T11:16:49.076-04:002018-10-31T11:16:49.076-04:00Meant to post this before now but a few more conte...Meant to post this before now but a few more contemporary takes on Sword and Planet of note are:<br /><br /><i>Champion of Mars</i> by Guy Haley<br /><i>Jane Carver of Waar</i> and <i>Swords of Waar</i> by Nathan Longevangineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447046319208392248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-69983951915218616642018-10-19T22:48:54.097-04:002018-10-19T22:48:54.097-04:00This is very cool.
You could always add a Kline v...This is very cool.<br /><br />You could always add a Kline variation, too.<br /><br />So this morning was getting a robot to pick me random numbers for names!Blue Tysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-68471504804830310922018-10-19T02:24:10.686-04:002018-10-19T02:24:10.686-04:00Another author whose way with names that I liked w...Another author whose way with names that I liked was Tanith Lee. Her Birthgrave series has a sword and planet feel to it at times, and I liked how the names of places and people rolled well off the tongue. <br /><br />By the way, I'm starting a new sword and planet project myself tentatively titled Swords of Maruzar. An excerpt of the intro is on my blog http://hariragat.blogspot.com/2018/10/battle-for-maruzar.html.Darielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13806327785685632058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-2044535669023065242018-10-18T19:50:50.254-04:002018-10-18T19:50:50.254-04:00Let's make a royal couple!
Queen Kima
King S...Let's make a royal couple!<br /><br />Queen Kima<br /><br />King Sonaihana<br /><br />They sound a bit tropical to me. Perhaps they rule a kingdom on Venus?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493700749333105771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-20328270242853973662018-10-18T16:49:33.960-04:002018-10-18T16:49:33.960-04:00Awesome. I'm going to pick up Paragaea. I'...Awesome. I'm going to pick up Paragaea. I've tried reading Stirling before and couldn't quite get into his writing. Too bad no one with the skill of Gene Wolfe has taken on the genre. Billy Longinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544023934311537486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-73407169620036029142018-10-18T14:00:30.375-04:002018-10-18T14:00:30.375-04:00I'll interpret contemporary as post-1990.
Par...I'll interpret contemporary as post-1990.<br /><br /><i>Paragaea</i> by Chris Roberson is probably the most pure planetary romance while updated thing I'm aware of in prose. S.M. Stirling also has two novels that do a modern rationalized sci-fi take on the pulp versions of Mars and Venus in <i>In the Courts of the Crimson King</i> and <i>The Sky People</i>.<br /><br />There was also an updated comics versions of Flash Gordon from Dynamite in 2014.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8302487761596456689.post-34382140814153452962018-10-18T13:03:14.233-04:002018-10-18T13:03:14.233-04:00The world needs more sword-and-planet.
I haven...The world needs more sword-and-planet. <br />I haven't followed the genre very deeply, but do you know of any contemporary takes on it?Billy Longinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544023934311537486noreply@blogger.com