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Sword and Sorcery
Here we discuss the "sword and sorcery" tradition of fantasy literature, which includes Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock, Karl Edward Wagner, David C. Smith, Gary E. Gygax, and many more. “Sword and sorcery” emphasizes active protagonists, supernatural menaces, and preindustrial (mostly ancient and medieval) settings. Sword and sorcery continues to influence visual art, fantasy RPGs, CRPGs, film, comics, music, and much more. No AI art.
62k subscribers169 posts / mo in Sep 202689 authors / mosince 2011
r/SwordandSorcery has 62k members (+50% over the last 12 months). It gets about 169 posts a month from 89 people. Top topics: Conan Comics, Conan the Barbarian and Science Fiction Book Covers.
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- Conan Comics4.5%
- Conan the Barbarian2.9%
- Science Fiction Book Covers2.4%
- Free Fantasy Giveaways0.9%
- DriveThruRPG Flavour0.9%
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- DMR Books
- itch
- BackerKit
- Substack
- Goodreads
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