Lord Samper
@lordsamper.bsky.social
Avid reader of comics and books (horror & fantasy for preference) and telling you all about it here - https://lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/
While I try and bend Saturday to my (admittedly fragile) will, have some quick thoughts on the cover art and blurb for @tadwilliams.bsky.social's 'The Splintered Sun' 👍 @hodderscape.bsky.social lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/09/cove...
Cover Art and (Newer) Blurb... 'The Splintered Sun' - Tad Williams
I know, I posted about this, back in December , but I was mooching about on Amazon and saw that there was cover art to go with a different b...
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Talking Karl Edward Wagner's horror with @lordsamper.bsky.social . I wrote an essay about Wagner's horror and heroic fantasy, available here. dmrbooks.com/test-blog/20...
Karl Edward Wagner: Horror at Heart — DMR Books
Karl Edward Wagner will probably be best remembered as the creator of the hero-villain Kane, but he always considered himself a horror writer. Even when he was writing heroic fantasy, Karl’s Kane tale...
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ICYMI earlier, I made up for poor movie decisions with a couple of very good reading choices 😁 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/09/in-p...
‘In The Pines’ and ‘Where The Summer Ends’ – Karl Edward Wagner
‘In The Pines’ – 31 Pages ‘Where The Summer Ends’ – 28 Pages I’ve been trying to make some room on my bookshelves, just recently, and… Yea...
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It's good to know that I can still make decent reading choices, ending the week with a little Karl Edward Wagner horror... 👍 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/09/in-p...
‘In The Pines’ and ‘Where The Summer Ends’ – Karl Edward Wagner
‘In The Pines’ – 31 Pages ‘Where The Summer Ends’ – 28 Pages I’ve been trying to make some room on my bookshelves, just recently, and… Yea...
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ICYMI earlier... It's me, grumbling about my own poor 'moving watching choices'... 😉 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/09/movi...
Movie Night! ‘What the…?’ Edition
You know that feeling you get between Christmas and New Year? Where it feels like what’s left of the year doesn’t really know what it’s mean...
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Movies that I've watched recently; from the 'not too bad' to the 'dreadful'... And 'Night Train to Terror' 🤔 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/09/movi...
Movie Night! ‘What the…?’ Edition
You know that feeling you get between Christmas and New Year? Where it feels like what’s left of the year doesn’t really know what it’s mean...
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ICYMI earlier, I've been reading vol.1 of 'D'Orc' and it's looking pretty cool so far... 👍 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/09/dorc...
‘D’Orc Volume 1: The Book of Certain Doom’ – Brett Bean (Image Comics)
Page Count: 128 Pages After I DNF’d ‘Scourge The Heretic’ , the other day, I decided to head back to my ‘Comic Book TBR Pile’ and try some...
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One 'change of reading direction' later and... 'D'Orc' is looking like a very promising read. I'm definitely up for Volume 2 now 😁👍 @imagecomics.com @brettbean.bsky.social lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/09/dorc...
‘D’Orc Volume 1: The Book of Certain Doom’ – Brett Bean (Image Comics)
Page Count: 128 Pages After I DNF’d ‘Scourge The Heretic’ , the other day, I decided to head back to my ‘Comic Book TBR Pile’ and try some...
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I didn't want to start September with a 'DNF' but... That's exactly what I'm doing 😁Not all #Warhammer40K fiction is a hit for me, won't stop me buying it though... lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-di...
A ‘Did Not Finish’… ‘Scourge The Heretic’ – Sandy Mitchell (Black Library)
Page Count: 413 Pages (of which I made it through 153 Pages before saying to myself, ‘just because I’m unemployed now, doesn’t mean the ti...
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'God Hates Astronauts' has pretty much everything going on... Except God's confirmed opinion on astronauts. And that's ok 😀 @imagecomics.com lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/god-...
‘God Hates Astronauts Volume 1: The Head That Wouldn’t Die!’ - Ryan Browne (Image Comics)
Page Count: 180 Pages When I was reading ‘Eight Billion Genies’, the other day , the blurb reminded me that Ryan Browne had written ‘God H...
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Kicking off the week with... I'm not 100% sure exactly but it was a hell of a read 😉 @imagecomics.com @ryanbrowne.bsky.social lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/god-...
‘God Hates Astronauts Volume 1: The Head That Wouldn’t Die!’ - Ryan Browne (Image Comics)
Page Count: 180 Pages When I was reading ‘Eight Billion Genies’, the other day , the blurb reminded me that Ryan Browne had written ‘God H...
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Going all 'old school' with todays 'Trailer Post' #alligator lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/trai...
Trailer: 'Alligator' (1980)
Yesterday was intense but it's all done, I just need to fond another job now. Easy... :o) I'm got a few things to do then and while I do the...
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ICYMI earlier (and even if you didn't...), have some thoughts on 'Conan the Barbarian #33', courtesy of @comicstitan.bsky.social & @heroicsignatures.bsky.social 👍 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/cona...
‘Conan The Barbarian’ #33 - Zub, Dagnino, Rodriguez (Titan Comics, Heroic Signatures)
This will be a much shorter post than normal… While you’re reading this, I’ll be doing ‘fun stuff’ like clearing my work locker out, shred...
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Rounding off the week with a little #ConanTheBarbarian (and losing my job but Crom is indifferent to that, lets keep it Conan😉) @jimzub.com @comicstitan.bsky.social @heroicsignatures.bsky.social lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/cona...
‘Conan The Barbarian’ #33 - Zub, Dagnino, Rodriguez (Titan Comics, Heroic Signatures)
This will be a much shorter post than normal… While you’re reading this, I’ll be doing ‘fun stuff’ like clearing my work locker out, shred...
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Me moaning about my job ending but also me talking about a couple of movies I've watched. Skip the first bit and read the second bit, I don't mind 😉 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/movi...
Movie Night! ‘Winding Down…’ Edition
My last day of employment, in my current role, is actually on Monday but that’s a Bank Holiday so… My last working day is actually tomorrow ...
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ICYMI earlier... Eight Billion Genies, literally eight billion of them 😁 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/eigh...
‘Eight Billion Genies’ – Soule, Browne (Image)
Page Count: 240 Pages If I was still the kind of blogger that did ‘Best of’ lists (I’ve got nothing against them, these days I’d just rath...
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A blog post full of 'Eight Billion Genies'... 😉I absolutely loved this book! @imagecomics.com @charlessoule.bsky.social @ryanbrowne.bsky.social lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/eigh...
‘Eight Billion Genies’ – Soule, Browne (Image)
Page Count: 240 Pages If I was still the kind of blogger that did ‘Best of’ lists (I’ve got nothing against them, these days I’d just rath...
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ICYMI earlier... I have a little grumble about the 'Flames and Betrayal' #HorusHeresy collection but still enjoy James Swallow's 'Garro: Knight of Grey' 👍 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/garr...
‘Garro: Knight of Grey’ – James Swallow, Taken from ‘Flames of Betrayal’ (Black Library)
Page Count: 130 Pages I’m a little bit annoyed with myself for caving in and buying the ‘Flames of Betrayal’ collection but, I really want...
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If you're a fan of #HorusHeresy Nathaniel Garro then you need to read 'Garro: Knight of Grey' if you haven't already . If you have, I dunno... read it again 😉👍 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/garr...
‘Garro: Knight of Grey’ – James Swallow, Taken from ‘Flames of Betrayal’ (Black Library)
Page Count: 130 Pages I’m a little bit annoyed with myself for caving in and buying the ‘Flames of Betrayal’ collection but, I really want...
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ICYMI earlier (even if you didn't...) there are thoughts and stuff to be had on Steve Lyons' 'The Relentless Dead'. Well, mostly thoughts, not so much 'stuff', you know what I mean 😉 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-...
‘The Relentless Dead’ – Steve Lyons (Black Library)
Page Count: 300 Pages These days, what with various bits and pieces going on, I try and make sure that for at least one day over the weeke...
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Kicking off the week with some #warhammer40k and a heady mix of 'Death Korps of Krieg vs. Zombies'... lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-...
‘The Relentless Dead’ – Steve Lyons (Black Library)
Page Count: 300 Pages These days, what with various bits and pieces going on, I try and make sure that for at least one day over the weeke...
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A little later than normal but I am so tired today 💤 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/book...
Books for the TBR Pile... 'Messed Up Sleep ' Edition
Posting a little later than normal because last night was weird... Every time I tried to do something I fell asleep but every time I tried t...
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ICYMI earlier... Have some thoughts on 'Exit 8', a pretty awesome read 😉 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/exit...
‘Exit 8’ – Genki Kawamura (Ithaka Press)
Page Count: 101 Pages ‘Exit 8’ has been making itself known all over my Prime Video, and so the plan was to give it a watch at some point ...
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Weighing in at only 101 pages, 'Exit 8' makes every one of those pages count. Unsettling, tense and definitely worth a look 👍 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/exit...
‘Exit 8’ – Genki Kawamura (Ithaka Press)
Page Count: 101 Pages ‘Exit 8’ has been making itself known all over my Prime Video, and so the plan was to give it a watch at some point ...
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Can someone recommend me a decent film to watch? I'm struggling over here... 🤣 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/movi...
Movie Night! ‘GCSE Results Day’ Edition
Not mine, my eldest daughters (I did my GCSEs far too long ago for them to make for an interesting blog post), I think she’ll be ok, she cer...
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ICYMI earlier... I'm making my way through #Saga, really really slowly... 😉 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/saga...
‘Saga: Volume 3’ – Vaughan, Staples (Image)
Page Count: 144 Pages After all my talk, yesterday, of not diving straight into ‘Dark Creed’… Last night, I almost did just that. The day...
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Didn't make it onto the third 'Word Bearers' book, last night, but did manage to read the third volume of #Saga so it's all good 👍 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/saga...
‘Saga: Volume 3’ – Vaughan, Staples (Image)
Page Count: 144 Pages After all my talk, yesterday, of not diving straight into ‘Dark Creed’… Last night, I almost did just that. The day...
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Because you can never (ever) have enough movies about spider infestations 👍 lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/trai...
Trailer: 'Crawlers' (2026)
'Infested' did it first and I suspect, will take some beating. If you're like me though (can't speak French and have trouble focussing on s...
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ICYMI earlier, I wasn't going to jump straight into a sequel but... I did 😆 #warhammer40k lordsamperlibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/dark...
‘Dark Disciple’ – Anthony Reynolds (Black Library)
Page Count: 254 Pages (at least as far as the ‘Word Bearers Omnibus’ Collection is concerned) These days, I’m trying not to ‘read the sequ...
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In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately.