Episode 31: Bookclub Hangout: the funniest moments in fantasy

We have a wide-ranging conversation covering the totality of the books we’ve read in our book club thus far. What was the funniest moment? What counts as grimdark? We wind down with a speed round of favorite moments and look at what we are most excited to read the rest of the year. 

 

OUR COMPLETED NOVELS:

2023 -

1. THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER by Gene Wolfe
2. THE CLAW OF THE CONCILIATOR by Gene Wolfe
3. THE SWORD OF THE LICTOR by Gene Wolfe
4. THE CITADEL OF THE AUTARCH by Gene Wolfe
5. THE BLACK COMPANY by Glen Cook
6. SHADOWS LINGER by Glen Cook
7. THE WHITE ROSE by Glen Cook
8. THE EYES OF THE DRAGON by Stephen King
9. GALAPAGOS by Kurt Vonnegut
10. TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs
11. THE RETURN OF TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs
12. THE COMING OF CONAN THE CIMMERIAN by Robert E. Howard (13 short stories)
13. THE BLOODY CROWN OF CONAN by Robert E. Howard (Del Rey Edition Vol. 2)
14. THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN by Robert E. Howard (Del Rey Edition Vol. 3)
15. THE BROKEN SWORD by Poul Anderson
16. ELRIC OF MELNIBONE: THE ELRIC SAGA PART 1 by Michael Moorcock
17. STORMBRINGER: THE ELRIC SAGA PART 2 by Michael Moorcock
18. THE WHITE WOLF: THE ELRIC SAGA PART 3 by Michael Moorcock

 

2024 - 

1. SWORDS AGAINST DEATH: FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER BOOK 2 by Fritz Leiber
2. SWORDS IN THE MIST: FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER BOOK 3 by Fritz Leiber
3. THE SWORDS OF LANKHMAR: FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER BOOK 5 by Fritz Leiber
4. THE SWORDS OF LANKHMAR: FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER BOOK 5 by Fritz Leiber
5. LEGEND (DRENAI SAGA 1) by David Gemmell
6. THE KING BEYOND THE GATE (DRENAI SAGA 2)  by David Gemmell
7. WAYLANDER (DRENAI SAGA 3) by David Gemmell
8. SWORD OF DESTINY by Andrej Sapkowski
9. THE LAST WISH by Andrej Sapkowski
10. THE KNIGHT by Gene Wolfe
11. THE WIZARD by Gene Wolfe
12. MALICE (THE FAITHFUL AND THE FALLEN 1) by John Gwynne
13. VALOR (THE FAITHFUL AND THE FALLEN 2) by John Gwynne
14. RUIN (THE FAITHFUL AND THE FALLEN 3) by John Gwynne
15. WRATH (THE FAITHFUL AND THE FALLEN 4) by John Gwynne
16. SHAGDUK by JB Jackson
17.  THE MABINOGION (Jones and Jones translation & SIONED DAVIES AUDIOBBOOK)
18. LE MORTE D’ARTHUR (part 2, books X-XXI, chapters 19-45 audiobook)  by Thomas Malory
19. IDYLLS OF THE KING by Alfred Lord Tennyson
20. URSULA OF ULM by JB Jackson
21. THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
22. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT by Mark Twain
23. BETWEEN TWO FIRES by Christopher Buelhman
24. THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING: THE SWORD AND THE STONE by T.H. White
25. THE BLACKTONGUED THIEF by Christopher Buelhman 
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