There are summariesof the Cossack Adventures at Google Book Search.
I also like going to Fantastic Fiction for author bibliographies. The entry for Harold Lamb is here. If you click on the titles, there's a one to two sentence summary for some of them. Oddly enough, I don't see the Cossack Adventures in his bibliography. Looks like it might leave out stories he wrote for Adventure magazine that were later consolidated.
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Harold Lamb
- Kveto from Prague
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I got the four volumes of the Cossack tales in the University of Nebraska reprints when they came out. Nice solid trade paperbacks. Not sure of their availability in Europe.
In case you are still interested, the collection ranges from adventures on the steppes down into Persia, the Turkish highlands and on into India during the Moghuls. Plus adventures into the Gobi and other ancillary areas. They are quite good and lots of fun. I will warn you though that Lamb was definitely a man of his times. And his perceptions of both race and gender are very dated and very closeminded and bigoted for this day and age. On the other hand, I get a sense that Lamb was someone who appreciate the exotic cultures he was writing about in a way that perhaps was not the norm for that time period in the U.S.
I also have hidden away somewhere a tattered copy of his Crusades duology that I simply devoured as a kid. I'm really hoping that Bison Press (U. of Neb. press imprint) picks back up in re-issuing his works as I would love to stock up on some affordable copies that don't threaten to fall apart or turn to dust if sunlight hits them.
In case you are still interested, the collection ranges from adventures on the steppes down into Persia, the Turkish highlands and on into India during the Moghuls. Plus adventures into the Gobi and other ancillary areas. They are quite good and lots of fun. I will warn you though that Lamb was definitely a man of his times. And his perceptions of both race and gender are very dated and very closeminded and bigoted for this day and age. On the other hand, I get a sense that Lamb was someone who appreciate the exotic cultures he was writing about in a way that perhaps was not the norm for that time period in the U.S.
I also have hidden away somewhere a tattered copy of his Crusades duology that I simply devoured as a kid. I'm really hoping that Bison Press (U. of Neb. press imprint) picks back up in re-issuing his works as I would love to stock up on some affordable copies that don't threaten to fall apart or turn to dust if sunlight hits them.
- Kveto from Prague
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- Joined: September 2008
- Location: Prague, Bohemia
[quote=""gyrehead""]I got the four volumes of the Cossack tales in the University of Nebraska reprints when they came out. Nice solid trade paperbacks. Not sure of their availability in Europe.
In case you are still interested, the collection ranges from adventures on the steppes down into Persia, the Turkish highlands and on into India during the Moghuls. Plus adventures into the Gobi and other ancillary areas. They are quite good and lots of fun. I will warn you though that Lamb was definitely a man of his times. And his perceptions of both race and gender are very dated and very closeminded and bigoted for this day and age. On the other hand, I get a sense that Lamb was someone who appreciate the exotic cultures he was writing about in a way that perhaps was not the norm for that time period in the U.S.
I also have hidden away somewhere a tattered copy of his Crusades duology that I simply devoured as a kid. I'm really hoping that Bison Press (U. of Neb. press imprint) picks back up in re-issuing his works as I would love to stock up on some affordable copies that don't threaten to fall apart or turn to dust if sunlight hits them.[/quote]
thnx.
i found those cossak volumes on abe books and am just waiting till xmas is far enoughb behind us that ill feel less guilty about a capital outlay. do the books need to be read in any particular order or can i dive in with vol 3, for instance?
as for the attitudes, hey ill take a little authentic bigotry over the PC nonsense in most modern books. i read Fu manchu a bit ago and it was interesting to see how many "evil yellow men" references Rohmer could squeeze into one book. not that i endorse it, but its a nice authentic "snapshot" of an authors feelings at a time in history. the simple fact that he was writing about different cultures in a non-stereotyped manner puts him ahead of his times (im assuming)
and im waiting for his crusade tales to be reissued right along with you
In case you are still interested, the collection ranges from adventures on the steppes down into Persia, the Turkish highlands and on into India during the Moghuls. Plus adventures into the Gobi and other ancillary areas. They are quite good and lots of fun. I will warn you though that Lamb was definitely a man of his times. And his perceptions of both race and gender are very dated and very closeminded and bigoted for this day and age. On the other hand, I get a sense that Lamb was someone who appreciate the exotic cultures he was writing about in a way that perhaps was not the norm for that time period in the U.S.
I also have hidden away somewhere a tattered copy of his Crusades duology that I simply devoured as a kid. I'm really hoping that Bison Press (U. of Neb. press imprint) picks back up in re-issuing his works as I would love to stock up on some affordable copies that don't threaten to fall apart or turn to dust if sunlight hits them.[/quote]
thnx.
i found those cossak volumes on abe books and am just waiting till xmas is far enoughb behind us that ill feel less guilty about a capital outlay. do the books need to be read in any particular order or can i dive in with vol 3, for instance?
as for the attitudes, hey ill take a little authentic bigotry over the PC nonsense in most modern books. i read Fu manchu a bit ago and it was interesting to see how many "evil yellow men" references Rohmer could squeeze into one book. not that i endorse it, but its a nice authentic "snapshot" of an authors feelings at a time in history. the simple fact that he was writing about different cultures in a non-stereotyped manner puts him ahead of his times (im assuming)
and im waiting for his crusade tales to be reissued right along with you
- Kveto from Prague
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just found this
http://www.amazon.com/Swords-West-Harol ... 0803220359
with as much as im enjoying lambs cossak tales, this looks great. harold lamb, crusades, looks like more fun than you should be allowed to have with a book.
http://www.amazon.com/Swords-West-Harol ... 0803220359
with as much as im enjoying lambs cossak tales, this looks great. harold lamb, crusades, looks like more fun than you should be allowed to have with a book.
Thanks for the heads up, Keny. Great to see some Harold Lamb being reissued. I see that there is a companion volume coming out as well, called "Swords of the Desert"
- Kveto from Prague
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- Location: Prague, Bohemia
here are the Lamb books in the works for the next two years
Swords from the West (2009)(Forthcoming)
Swords from the Desert (2009)(Forthcoming)
Swords from the East (2010)(Forthcoming)
Swords from the Sea (2010)(Forthcoming)
I just love that Lamb is getting the attention he deserves. the old harold lamb site the curved sabre seems to be up and running.
http://www.haroldlamb.com/fiction.htm
Swords from the West (2009)(Forthcoming)
Swords from the Desert (2009)(Forthcoming)
Swords from the East (2010)(Forthcoming)
Swords from the Sea (2010)(Forthcoming)
I just love that Lamb is getting the attention he deserves. the old harold lamb site the curved sabre seems to be up and running.
http://www.haroldlamb.com/fiction.htm
[quote=""keny from prague""]thnx.
i found those cossak volumes on abe books and am just waiting till xmas is far enoughb behind us that ill feel less guilty about a capital outlay. do the books need to be read in any particular order or can i dive in with vol 3, for instance?
as for the attitudes, hey ill take a little authentic bigotry over the PC nonsense in most modern books. i read Fu manchu a bit ago and it was interesting to see how many "evil yellow men" references Rohmer could squeeze into one book. not that i endorse it, but its a nice authentic "snapshot" of an authors feelings at a time in history. the simple fact that he was writing about different cultures in a non-stereotyped manner puts him ahead of his times (im assuming)
and im waiting for his crusade tales to be reissued right along with you [/quote]
And despite all those yellow peril references, Fu Manchu is still a cracking read.
Harold Lamb's Cossack tales are a very fun read.
i found those cossak volumes on abe books and am just waiting till xmas is far enoughb behind us that ill feel less guilty about a capital outlay. do the books need to be read in any particular order or can i dive in with vol 3, for instance?
as for the attitudes, hey ill take a little authentic bigotry over the PC nonsense in most modern books. i read Fu manchu a bit ago and it was interesting to see how many "evil yellow men" references Rohmer could squeeze into one book. not that i endorse it, but its a nice authentic "snapshot" of an authors feelings at a time in history. the simple fact that he was writing about different cultures in a non-stereotyped manner puts him ahead of his times (im assuming)
and im waiting for his crusade tales to be reissued right along with you [/quote]
And despite all those yellow peril references, Fu Manchu is still a cracking read.
Harold Lamb's Cossack tales are a very fun read.