![]() ![]() Charles Saunders' brooding Imaro obviously owes a lot to Conan, but the tales of his exploits have a depth and substantiality all their own. I've read latter-day sword-and-sorcery by the likes of Fritz Lieber and Michael Moorcock, and found it enjoyable enough, but to me it just doesn't carry the bite or freshness of Robert E. Something about it just resonates with me. I read (er, listened to) Saunders' 1981 fix-up novel Imaro over the weekend, and finished up Imaro 2: The Quest for Cush today.Īnd, wow. Vredenburgh has also reviewed it at Black Gate. Saunders' work over at Swords and Sorcery Mr. Saunders, seminal writer of sword-and-soul set in a mythical Africa-that-never-was. I'm very happy this week to find myself enjoying an author I hadn't read before: Charles R. ![]()
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