That's the story these days and apropos for our next two month's titles (I presume, only having read one), both full of swordplay in armor, a hot and sweaty activity indeed.

August's selection is Michael Moorcock's The Jewel in the Skull , first in his series featuring Dorian Hawkmoon, Duke of Koln, one of the many aspects of the Eternal Champion.

September brings Swords and Dark Magic, an anthology of 17 new stories, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders. As with The Shining, Shining Path by Dale Short (in person) and One Jump Ahead by Mark van Name (with Baen editor Toni Weisskopf) and Blood of Ambrose by James Enge (by phone), we'll have a chance to interact with someone directly involved with the book, provided Lou doesn't have a scheduling conflict.

Some tidbits of interest passed along to the blog by the gang:

Robert sent this link showing the response of Comic-Con's attendees' to a protest by those wonderful human beings from the Westboro Baptist Church. They never had a chance. He also brought Jane Austen's Fight Club to our attention, meaning he forgot the first rule of Fight Club.

Mary Anne dug up this clip featuring a re-enactment of the beginning of Star Wars on a New York subway, prompted by a mention of the incident by Robert.

Busy guy this month.

For my part, more Green Lantern goodness with a couple of clips of Ryan Reynolds reciting the GL oath for a young fan. That had to be an awesome moment for the kid. And, yeah, I got a chill too. Pretty doggone cool. Also, a series of posters were released featuring the principles from the film, Hal, Carol, Sinestro, and Hector Hammond, whose poster is quite revealing if you know your Corps lore and the basics of the film's plot. We'll see if my theory about the plot's accurate in a little under a year.