Lord Samper's Library

After reading Jim’s thoughts on the ‘Raiders of the Realms’ series of short stories , back in July last year, it didn’t take too much for me to go out and buy the eBooks for myself. Jim knows his stuff and if it features on his blog, I’m interested. It took me a little while longer to get round to reading them but to be fair, the latter parts of last year were a little bit of a mess ;o) That was last year though, it’s 2026 now and as I’m staring down the barrel of a particularly intense week, I thought that now would be a good time to finally read at least a couple of them. I’ll see if I can get through the rest of them over the next few days but for now, lets take a quick look at ‘Conn Crowhand’s Last Oath’ and ‘Vipers of the Marsh’… ‘Conn Crowhand’s Last Oath’ – Graham Thomas Wilcox (Black Library) Page Count: 45 Pages Paranoid that allegiances have shifted within his tribe, the Darkoath chieftain Crowhand hosts a bloody feast and demands his two best warriors, Nuatha and Syve, root ...

It's not hard (at all), I just really needed a title for this post... ;o) Last week was an intense one but I got through it, yay me :o) Next week is looking like more of the same (hospital appointments along with some other stuff) but I'm feeling pretty good about my chances, I've got this ;o)  I'm not quite there yet though, I still have a habit of promising myself books if I make it through a week and, if I'm caught between two tough weeks... I end up buying a few more than I probably should have done. It really is time for the 'one in, one out' policy to be implemented. That's not for today though (not when I've my kids coming over later). No, lets take a look at the books that came home with me over the last few days... I'd already had some anxiety over going back into the office so, last week, I sweetened the deal with the promise of a 'Robin of Sherwood' book if I made it in. And I did so, here we are :o) I'd always thought that...

This week hasn’t been a bad one but it has been pretty intense (what with one thing and another, and another) and my reading took a bit of a hit. I’ve got the day to myself so hopefully I can catch up with myself a little bit :o) In the meantime, I did manage to get a few more ‘Warhammer 40K’ reads under my belt last night so lets talk about them :o) ‘Eternal’ – Dan Abnett (Black Library) Page Count: 8 Pages Captain Froer of the Astra Militarum and his men receive a new ally in their attempts to push into enemy territory - a Space Marine of the Blood Angels Chapter. But as Brother Gammarael wages war with a monstrous foe, Froer gets a glimpse of the eternal darkness that lurks at the heart of the sons of the Angel. I chose to stick my hand in my wallet, for an 8 page tale that costs exactly the same as Black Library eBooks three times the length, so I can’t really complain but… It’s worth bearing in mind if you’re thinking about giving ‘Eternal’ a read. Maybe try looking for it in an a...

I've been back at work for a few weeks now but yesterday was the first time I'd been into the office since the middle of September... It didn't go badly at all but I'll be honest, I fell asleep on the bus home and when I got back, I crept into bed and stayed there :o) No 'book post' today then but while I'm working (and trying to figure out what to read next...), you get a trailer for 'Masters of the Universe' and... I think it's looking good. I wasn't hugely into 'He-Man', back in the day, (I watched the cartoon though, of course I did) but I love a bit of sword & sorcery in the cinema so, yep, I'll be watching it in a few months time :o)

  I’ve had a pretty good run, just recently, with books and movies that I’ve really got into and enjoyed and I’ll be totally honest, that’s exactly how I planned it. If I’ve got a bit of free time, I want to spend it reading and/or watching stuff that I know I’ll enjoy; that’s how I recharge my batteries before jumping back into all the other stuff ;o) Every so often though, we all need to step outside our comfort zone and try something new. I’ve always been partial to a bit of body horror and any film with a title like ‘Septic Man’ is more or less guaranteed a viewing sooner rather than later. It’s a weakness and I’m not proud of it; I’m happy to live with it though ;o) Anyway… I’m not sure quite what brought ‘Septic Man’ to my attention but the clip I watched certainly caught my eye so I had to give it a go and last night, that’s exactly what I did. To be honest, I really wish that I'd watched something else instead. A sewage worker is trapped inside a septic tank, during a water...

  Page Count: 12 Pages ‘It turns out that if I’d actually read ‘The Haunter of the Ring’, I’d know that we’re looking at three REH adaptations in one ongoing ‘Scourge of the Serpent’ tale. I really need to read ‘The Haunter of the Ring’ now…’ That’s what I said, at the end of last year , when I realised that there was yet another gap in my ‘REH Reading’. Well; it took me a little longer than planned to get round to addressing that but last night, ‘got round to it’ I finally did ;o) I’m reading a lot of ‘Warhammer 40K’, at the moment, and while that’s not a bad thing, I do need to vary things a little bit. ‘The Haunter of the Ring’ popped into my head at just the right time. If you’re looking to read ‘The Haunter of the Ring’ yourself (and no surprises but I think you really should), you can find it in ‘The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard’ (Del Rey) or if you like your eBooks, on Project Gutenberg . I found it in the ‘Necronomicon’ collection (which I’d been meaning to pick up an...