2008 Reading List

Books, Fiction

  • The Briar King, Greg Keyes
  • The Charnel Prince, Greg Keyes
  • The Servant of the Manthycore, Michael Ehart
  • The Ice Dragon, George R. R. Martin
  • The Road, Cormac McCarthy
  • The Worm Ouroboros, E. R. Eddison
  • Eaters of the Dead, Michael Crichton
  • The Return of the Sword, Jason M. Waltz (Ed.)
  • The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss
  • Thieves’ World, Robert Asprin (Ed.) (Re-read)
  • Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn (Thieves’ World Book Two), Robert Lynn Asprin (Ed.)
  • Shadows of Sanctuary (Thieves’ World Book Three), Robert Lynn Asprin (Ed.)
  • Storm Season ((Thieves’ World Book Four), Robert Lynn Asprin (Ed.)
  • The Broken Sword, Poul Anderson
  • The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett
  • The Face of Chaos (Thieves’ World Book Five), Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey (Eds.)
  • Wings of Omen (Thieves’ World Book Six), Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey (Eds.)
  • The Blood Knight, Greg Keyes
  • Gentleman of the Road, Michael Chabon
  • Morality Play, Barry Unsworth

Books, Non-fiction

  • Universities in the Middles Ages, Alan B. Cobban
  • The Wandering Scholars, Helen Waddell
  • Life in the Medieval University, Robert S. Rait
  • Wine, Women and Song: Students’ Songs of the Middle Ages, John Addington Symonds
  • Creating Short Fiction, Damon Knight
  • The Rise of Universities, Charles Homer Haskins
  • Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Kenneth L. Feder
  • Magic in the Middle Ages, Richard Kieckhefer

Magazines

  • Archaeology, January/February 2008
  • Ancient American, Volume 12, Number 76
  • All Possible Worlds, Volume 1, Issue 1
  • All Possible Worlds, Volume 1, Issue 2
  • Paradox, Issue 7, Summer 2005
  • Flashing Swords, Issue 9
  • Archaeology, March/April 2008
  • Cricket, September 2007
  • Archaeology, May/June 2008
  • Parabola, Spring 2008
  • Paradox, Issue 10, Winter 2006-2007
  • Paradox, Issue 11, Autumn 2007
  • Parabola, Vol. 5, No. 2, May 1980
  • Archaeology, July/August 2008
  • Flashing Swords, Issue 10
  • Flashing Swords, Special Edition Summer 2008
  • Black Gate, Issue 12, Summer 2008
  • Archaeology, September/October 2008
  • Paradox, Issue 12, Spring 2008
  • Flashing Swords, Issue 11
  • Parabola, Vol. 33, No. 2, Summer 2008
  • Archaeology, November/December 2008
  • Archaeology, January/February 2009

Tales

  • “Something Wicked This Way Plumbs,” Vylar Kaftan, Shimmer
  • “What Child is This I Asked the Midnight Clear,” Ken Scholes, Shimmer
  • “King Rainjoy’s Tears,” Chris Willrich, In Lands That Never Were (re-read)
  • “The Sworn Sword,” George R. R. Martin, in Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King
  • “The Thief with Two Deaths,” Chris Willrich, Fantasy & Science Fiction (June 2000)
  • “Penultima Thule,” Chris Willrich, Fantasy & Science Fiction (August 2006)
  • “A Wizard of the Old School,” Chris Willrich, Fantasy & Science Fiction (August 2007)
  • “The Burning River,” S. C. Bryce, Flashing Swords (Issue 1)
  • “The Demon War,” S. C. Bryce, Flashing Swords (Issue 3)
  • “The Dragon’s Scale: Rise of the Necromancer Part One” S. C. Bryce, Flashing Swords (Issue 6)
  • “To Find Peace: Rise of the Necromancer Part Two,” S. C. Bryce, Flashing Swords (Issue 7)
  • “Little Death,” Chris Willrich, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Mid-December 1994
  • “Wizard’s Six,” Alex Irvine, Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2007
  • “First Was the Word,” Sheila Finch, Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2007
  • “The Twilight Year,” Sean McMullen, Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2008
  • “Childrun,” Marc Laidlaw, Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2008
  • “An Invitation Via E-mail,” Mike Allen, Weird Tales, July/August 2008, Vol 63, No.3
  • “The Stone-Hearted Queen,” Kelly Barnhill, Weird Tales, July/August 2008, Vol 63, No.3
  • “The Sword of Welleran,” Lord Dunsany in In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales
  • “The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth,” Lord Dunsany in In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales
  • “The Sword of Loving Kindness, Part I,” Chris Willrich, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #1
  • “The Sword of Loving Kindness, Part II,” Chris Willrich, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #2
  • “The People of the Black Circle,” Robert E. Howard, The Bloody Crown of Conan

Articles and Chapters

  • “How the Stirrup Changed Our World,” by Dan Derby, in Strange Horizons
  • “Schools and Scholars,” by Marjorie Rowling, in Life in Medieval Times
  • “Where Head and Tail Meet: E. R. Eddison’s The Worm Ouroboros,” by Ryan Harvey, at swordandsorcery.org


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