Lord Samper's Library

  Page Count: 179 Pages My resolution (well, ‘kind of’ resolution) to read books that I already own, instead of just buying more, continues at… Well, kind of a meander if I’m being honest ;o) I’m still picking books but it’s gradually becoming more of an ‘occasional thing’ rather than ‘regular’ but that’s ok. Small beginnings and all that. And thinking about it… If I buy a book, leave it for a few weeks then read it, that counts… Doesn’t it? Hmmm… ;o) Anyway. Regular visitors here will know that I’ve built up a small(ish) pile of ‘Doctor Who’ TV novelizations, over the last few years, that I’m slowly working my way through. The other day, while looking for something completely different, I came across my copy of ‘The Dinosaur Invasion’ (hidden away and ‘separated from the herd’, as it were) and figured that it was long overdue a read. I’d also finally watched ‘Invasion of the Dinosaurs’ ( a few years ago now ) and was interested to see how the TV serial compared to the book. And...

All my reading plans went south yesterday but on the other hand, I finally figured out the name of a movie that I’ve been trying to remember for about the last year. On that basis, I would normally put yesterday in the ‘Win Column’ but the movie was ‘Swamp Shark’ and after watching it, I was kind of nonplussed to be honest. It wasn’t bad, just not as awesome as my memory had tricked me into thinking. Oh well… :o) Anyway… The title is a bit of a giveaway but I did manage to make some time to catch up with some comic book reading. I’ll see if I can finish anything more substantial this week but for now, lets catch up with… ‘The Savage Sword of Conan #12’ – Ryall, Rodriguez, Zircher, Colak, Nicieza (Titan Comics, Heroic Signatures) ‘The Savage Sword of Conan Vol.2’ is still waiting to be read but I’m doing better with the single issues. This is probably how I’m going to collect the series going forwards. #12 was a pretty good read although I wouldn’t have minded seeing ‘Conan: Heart of Da...

It hasn't been a bad week but it has been one of those weeks where you feel like it trampled all over you in a rush to get to the weekend first. I can't blame it, it has been an interesting few days ;o) I thought I'd give myself a little break then and let 'Past Me' come up with a post while I either catch up with some reading or catch up with some sleep, it could go either way... I'm still a big fan of Conan's time in Dark Horse Comics so thought I'd take a look at an older blog and see what I could share, 'Road of Kings' is the post I settled on. I've trimmed the thoughts of 'Past Me' a little bit, you can find the original post over Here . I'll leave you to it. See you tomorrow :o) When I heard tell that Dark Horse were publishing ‘Conan: Road of Kings’ I thought they’d dug up the old Karl Edward Wagner tale of the same name. Having only read Wagner’s ‘Dark Crusade’ (which is excellent and I highly recommend it) I was really lo...

I spent a large chunk of yesterday trying not to fall asleep at my desk so I didn’t even try to read anything last night, know your limits and all that… ;o) Nope. I sat down, in the comfy chair, instead and watched a couple of movies; mostly because that was all I was good for but also because I’ve gone through a spell of watching disappointing films, just recently, and I really wanted to break that streak (it had gone on far too long). And you know what? You can consider the ‘Bad Movie Streak’ well and truly broken :o) A zombie movie is more or less guaranteed to always do that (apart from if it’s ‘Hard Rock Zombies’) but there was still room for another movie that I was pleasantly surprised by. Lets start with the zombie movie. ‘We Bury The Dead’ (2025) After an experimental EMP weapon is accidentally detonated off the coast of Tasmania, the populace of the island is utterly wiped out and the Australian government mounts a massive clear up operation with volunteers flown in to collec...

Just a quick post today… I spent yesterday with my daughters (which is always great) and today looks like it’s going to be a very busy one; this is the little bit of time in the middle where I can get something on the blog ;o) Yesterday was all about shopping in town, book shopping to be more exact. It was pretty much inevitable that we’d end up in Forbidden Planet and that’s where I took the opportunity to get caught up with my ‘Conan’ reading. I haven’t made it through the latest ‘Savage Sword of Conan’ yet but did manage to read the following in the meantime… ‘Conan The Barbarian #28’ – Zub, Dagnino, Rodriguez And I was doing so well collecting the single issues… That all came to an end yesterday when I found myself going to #28 without having picked up #27. It happens and it’s not as if I can’t go back and buy it later. I read on anyway though and yep, I really should have been better at picking up #27, that’s on me though. It’s not too hard to get back into the groove though and w...

  Page Count: 418 Pages ‘The greatest conflict this galaxy has ever seen reaches its climax and the players in this drama must congregate. From the lead actors to the chorus, where else in this melodrama could any soul of consequence be drawn?’ -  ‘The Fury of Magnus’ I’d blame it on middle age, if I could, but the truth is that I’m naturally awkward so when I saw these lines in ‘The Fury of Magnus’, my first thought was, ‘Really? Does everything have to be tied off neatly…?’ Because, really, does it? That’s not how life works, for everything that does come to an end, everything else keeps on moving and not necessarily in the same direction. When you’re looking at a ‘mega-series’ like ‘The Horus Heresy’ though, I guess there’s some justification for it, and I’m not just talking about the need to eke a few more coins out of readers. With a series of this length and the resulting size of the cast, everyone is going to have favourites that they follow and I guess it’s only fair t...