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Keith John Taylor

Born

in Tasmania, Australia

December 26, 1946

Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Keith John Taylor is an Australian science fiction and fantasy writer.

Born in Tasmania, Taylor now resides in Melbourne, Australia. Getting his start in Ted White's Fantastic magazine, Taylor went on to collaborate with Andrew J. Offutt on two novels based upon the Robert E. Howard hero, Cormac Mac Art. His series of novels centering around the Irish bard, Felimid mac Fal, was published throughout the 1980s. Much of Taylor's fictional output in the 1990s was in the Arthurian fantasy sub-genre. Many stories featuring his character, Kamose the Magician, were published in Weird Tales in the late 1990s and early 2000s. ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 743 ratings · 90 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bard 3.93 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1981 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bard 2 3.98 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bard III: The Wild Sea 3.98 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ravens' Gathering really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Felimid's Homecoming 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Servant of the Jackal God: The Tales of Kamose, Archpriest of Anubis really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sorcerer's Sacred Isle (Danans, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Search for the Starblade (Danans, #3) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cauldron of Plenty (Danans, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lances of Nengesdul really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Keith John Taylor

Bard (5 books)
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Keith John Taylor

3.98 avg rating — 522 ratings

The Danans (3 books)
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Keith John Taylor

3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings

Quotes by Keith John Taylor (?)

“Three smiles that are worse than grief; the smile of snow melting, the smile of a leaping dog, and the smile of your wife to you after sleeping with another man.”
― Keith John Taylor, Bard

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Flame and Crimson A History of Sword-and-Sorcery by Brian Murphy

Robert E. Howard A Literary Biography by David C. Smith

Renegades and Rogues The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard by Todd B. Vick

Non-Fiction S&S i.e. biographies of REH like Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery, Robert E. Howard: A Literary Biography, or Renegades and Rogues: The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard, or any of the pen pal letters between REH and other others.

8 votes, 23.5%

Scott Oden Presents The Lost Empire of Sol A Shared World Anthology of Sword & Planet Tales by Scott Oden

Fresh Meat from RBFScott Oden Presents The Lost Empire of Sol: A Shared World Anthology of Sword & Planet Tales. Tons of great authors in this one.

8 votes, 23.5%

Sorcery Against Caesar The Complete Simon of Gitta Short Stories (Simon of Gitta Chronicles) by Richard L. Tierney

Sorcery Against Caesar: The Complete Simon of Gitta Short Stories, Richard L. Tierney's Simon of Gitta is accessible now. Up for weird adventure, anyone?

7 votes, 20.6%

Fresh Meat: Coming in April: John R. Fultz's Worlds Beyond Worlds
https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2021/3...

5 votes, 14.7%

Bard, or the series, by Keith John Taylor has been suggested a few times. Ebook are available now, I think.

2 votes, 5.9%

The Mists of Doom (Cormac Mac Art, #1) by Andrew J. Offutt

REH-Character Pastiche: Conan one's like Conan the Rebel, Conan: Sword of Skelos Conan and the Emerald Lotus....OR.... any of Offutt's Cormac Mac Art....Ramsey Campbell's Solomon Kane, etc.

2 votes, 5.9%

The Dream Lords Book One Rebellion by Adrian Cole

Mad Shadows III The Heroes of Echo Gate by Joe Bonadonna

Rakefire and Other Stories by Jason Ray Carney

Fresh Meat from Pulp Hero Press: Lots to choose from. Here are some: Adrian Cole's The Dream Lords Book One : Rebellion, Joe Bonadonna's Mad Shadows III: The Heroes of Echo Gate, Jason Ray Carney's Rakefire and Other Stories

1 vote, 2.9%

lost empire of sol (write-in)

1 vote, 2.9%

34 total votes

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