[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

It sounds like you've had some really great times with some of the greats.

I've been fortunate enough to be able to meet and spend time with them.

I really enjoyed the arcane knowledge that appeared in Amra, especially from De Camp. I realize now that these professional writers contributed to Amra because of their love for sword-and-sorcery and for the (as I see it) growing Fantasy trend during that period of time.

de Camp was a fount of arcane knowledge. It would be lovely if someone would re-issue _The Ancient Engineers_. It's a great antidote for the folks who claim the ancients had mystic powers we've forgotten because they built X. "Er, no. We know how they did it, and there's nothing mystical about it. Here. Read this..."

There were a lot of sword-and-sorcery novels being published, and I read most of them.

I would love to see a return to form of this sub-genre, but perhaps I remember it so fondly due to being the right age (a teenager) when I discovered it. "Devoured" is a better word.

Thinking about it, yes, I don't recall anything that might be considered S&S published at all recently. But I haven't been keeping track. S&S never really appealed to me, and while I was certainly aware of Conan, I have only a passing familiarity with the work featuring him. I much preferred Fritz Leiber's "Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser" tales.

It was, as you surmise, The Incompleat Enchanter and other collaborations between Pratt and De Camp that just didn't ring right with me. I should probably go and pick up an ebook now and see how it strikes me.

Various rights issues finally got sorted out, and there is a Compleat Enchanter collection with all of the Harold Shea stories. Certainly worth a try.

By the way, Dennis, thanks for the interesting personal information you've provided in your recent posts to this Thread - I find your remembrances fascinating.

I'm pleased that you enjoy them.

Have you thought of writing them down? This is a book I would gladly pay to read.

Er, I have been writing them down, in posts here...
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Dennis