Karl Edward Wagners Ancient World of Kane, Worlds of Speculative Fiction (lecture 39)

Enroll in the FREE online class, Worlds of Speculative Fiction and get access to handouts, lesson pages, other resources and stay informed about the ongoing series This is the thirtyninth session in a series of monthly lectures and discussions, featuring Dr. Gregory Sadler, and hosted by the Brookfield Public Library. The series focuses on philosophical themes in the works and world of selected classic and contemporary fantasy, science fiction, horror, and other speculative fiction genre authors. We continue the series by focusing in this session on the fantasy and horror writer and editor Karl Edward Wagner, the rather shortlived author of the Kane novels and short stories. We discuss his biography, the narrative universe of his works, and several philosophical themes. The main works we concentrate upon in this lecture are: Darkness Weaves Death Angel s Shadow Bloodstone Dark Crusade Nig