tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post4365180225370238239..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Forgotten Books: DURANDAL - A Crusader in the Horde by Harold Lamb (1931)Evan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-61815930101539666402013-08-09T19:59:09.027-07:002013-08-09T19:59:09.027-07:00Shay wrote "There are a number of Lamb storie...Shay wrote "There are a number of Lamb stories in the magazines on the Unz site."<br /><br />Be warned -- these are all later Lamb, when he was writing formulaic stories for Colliers. Read one, or two, but not all of them back to back, because you'll think he always uses the same trick. This isn't representative of his better, and more famous old blood and thunder work from Adventure magazine, when he was writing of Khlit the Cossack and his Crusaders, and where the plots were constantly surprising.<br /><br />Of the lot there on the UNZ site, "Long Sword" is a standout, and "Alexander's Palace" is pretty good... but they have pretty similar plots. Almost all of his Collier's work felt pretty similar.Howard Andrew Joneshttp://www.howardandrewjones.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-9012326523288678292013-08-09T19:54:09.698-07:002013-08-09T19:54:09.698-07:00I completely agree. It's just a fabulous set o...I completely agree. It's just a fabulous set of novellas. I supplied the text of Rusudan to Donald M. Grant, and the art has been done for years, but it hasn't yet been inked.<br /><br />If it can't come out from Grant, I'd like to see about getting it released from Bison along with one or two other Lamb books for a final part of the collection... ideally with the same cover artist.<br /><br />Howard Andrew JonesHoward Andrew Joneshttp://www.howardandrewjones.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-84835049955062914392013-07-26T22:13:35.935-07:002013-07-26T22:13:35.935-07:00Good news, Shay. Thanks!Good news, Shay. Thanks!Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-51715349814843290652013-07-26T21:03:21.176-07:002013-07-26T21:03:21.176-07:00There are a number of Lamb stories in the magazine...There are a number of Lamb stories in the magazines on the Unz site. I am going to have to read them.<br /><br />http://www.unz.org/Author/LambHarold Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-54220572489824099492013-07-26T10:15:21.773-07:002013-07-26T10:15:21.773-07:00It's a GREAT book. Khlit was Lamb's best k...It's a GREAT book. Khlit was Lamb's best known and longest-running character.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-52829454688015830792013-07-26T09:56:59.631-07:002013-07-26T09:56:59.631-07:00The only Lamb I have is Wolf of the Steps, Complet...The only Lamb I have is <i>Wolf of the Steps, Complete Cossack Adventures vol. 1</i>, a trade paperback, which I have not read.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com