tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post7046384668117527604..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Karl Edward Wagner's Kane: The Frank Frazetta CoversWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-64500881553503717102020-05-02T18:42:30.779-07:002020-05-02T18:42:30.779-07:00If you enjoy his short fiction, I would absolutely...If you enjoy his short fiction, I would absolutely recommend the Kane stories. Many of them are basically horror, and all of them are at least horror adjacent. Of the novels, I’d only really recommend Dark Crusade, but all of the short story collections are top-notch, with Night Winds being my personal favorite. I would comfortably put alongside with Night Shift and Sandkings as one of the Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444646518350228184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-77099586179919000722015-08-19T11:50:44.770-07:002015-08-19T11:50:44.770-07:00The Kane stories are classics of sword-and-sorcery...The Kane stories are classics of sword-and-sorcery fiction. The pre-modern ones, that is. Wagner later wrote a little bit of material about Kane living in the present day and, while interesting, it's inferior to the prehistoric stories. <br /><br />Sword and sorcery in general is a good genre for horror fans to slide over toward since at its core it's merging swashbuckling adventure with Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624614486574035692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-12448071127163003872015-06-30T05:26:27.408-07:002015-06-30T05:26:27.408-07:00I loved Kane. It often made me wonder how twisted ...I loved Kane. It often made me wonder how twisted I'd become if I was immortal.<br /><br />I remember reading Bloodstone in my early twenties while a couple of sheets to the wind. The climatic battle of that seriously creeped me out.<br /><br />Kane is possibly the best anti-hero in fantasy fiction.Romantic Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988507771792100606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-29768481258687865922014-12-23T09:05:07.821-08:002014-12-23T09:05:07.821-08:00All of the Kane stories are deeply influenced by K...All of the Kane stories are deeply influenced by KEW's knowledge of the horror genre, and he frequently employs some of the genre's key archetypes, particularly those of cosmic horror/the Cthulhu mythos. Even those stories that aren't particularly supernatural (such as the novella "Cold Light") draw on ideas of existential horror similar to much of KEW's non-Kane short Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045864239474384305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-85020592140762977352014-12-18T17:24:41.346-08:002014-12-18T17:24:41.346-08:00I enjoy the Kane stories and novels a great deal. ...I enjoy the Kane stories and novels a great deal. The AD&D developers must have too, they "borrowed" the maimed witch Zuggtmoy for the Greyhawk backstory.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZuggtmoyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755393226640706872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-42156288115213459812014-12-08T21:14:37.043-08:002014-12-08T21:14:37.043-08:00Ah. While I'm thinking of it Will, I can'...Ah. While I'm thinking of it Will, I can't say I know exactly what you stock on your shelves, but I'd imagine there might be a good chance you have a copy of either Splatterpunks II or The Cutting Edge anthos which contain a stealth Kane story, "Lacunae", so you could start there. Also, the tale "At First Just Ghostly" is included in both Best New Horror by Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530188453997612858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-71506296461292981522014-12-07T21:49:21.942-08:002014-12-07T21:49:21.942-08:00Absolute perfection. Absolute perfection. Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17530188453997612858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-24351494517941507032014-12-05T18:13:57.382-08:002014-12-05T18:13:57.382-08:00Love Kane, but especially the short stories/novele...Love Kane, but especially the short stories/novelettes like "Undertow" and "Reflections for the Winter of My Soul," which have much more of a horror vibe compared to the battles and world-domination aspects of the novels. I mean, who doesn't love the whole "snowed-in while being hunted by...something" theme, which is done to perfection in "Reflections?"Jack Tripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033020329763413508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-64318237132088705142014-12-04T18:41:09.060-08:002014-12-04T18:41:09.060-08:00Excellent books. I spent 30 years tracking down al...Excellent books. I spent 30 years tracking down all the books on KEW's "Best" list that he published in the old Twilight Zone magazine.Tim Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191899859528990414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-64179253037439499552014-12-04T17:00:44.764-08:002014-12-04T17:00:44.764-08:00Agreed -- KEW's Kane stories will hold immense...Agreed -- KEW's Kane stories will hold immense appeal to horror readers.<br /><br />This post, though, brings back some personal shame, though. When I was younger -- 11 to 13 or 14, probably -- I would go down to my local used bookstore and, along with my horror picks, would buy pbs with Frazetta and Boris Vallejo covers -- so all the Conan and Gor novels and whatever else I could find. I&#Ron Clintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433028755791230589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-64078877618206663592014-12-04T14:48:28.361-08:002014-12-04T14:48:28.361-08:00Happy birthday to KEW!
So weird that this post c...Happy birthday to KEW! <br /><br />So weird that this post came up this week, because I've recently been getting back into classic, gritty swords-and-sorcery, like Howard's Conan, Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Burroughs's Barsoom (that last one kinda counts, right? Sword and planet?). Must be some kinda spooky kismet that will surely manifest as a comely, seductive woman Alejandro Omidsalarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15539800558494273368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-9114699769237767692014-12-04T12:07:45.340-08:002014-12-04T12:07:45.340-08:00Wonderful covers.
At the time the Kane novels wer...Wonderful covers.<br /><br />At the time the Kane novels were among the best fantasy that was published, and they are still better then most of the multi-part series. Wagner wrote in the field of Robert E. Howard, and he did it better then his contemporaries, especially in his novellas. There are so many concepts Wagner did first with Kane. An immortal wanderer, maybe Cain, cursed by his god, andAndyDeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806906746754478064noreply@blogger.com