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r/SwordandSorcery
Sword and Sorcery
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Here we discuss the "sword and sorcery" tradition of fantasy literature, which includes Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock, Karl Edward Wagner, David C. Smith, Gary E. Gygax, and many more. “Sword and sorcery” emphasizes active protagonists, supernatural menaces, and preindustrial (mostly ancient and medieval) settings. Sword and sorcery continues to influence visual art, fantasy RPGs, CRPGs, film, comics, music, and much more.
Here we discuss the "sword and sorcery" tradition of fantasy literature, which includes Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock, Karl Edward Wagner, David C. Smith, Gary E. Gygax, and many more. “Sword and sorcery” emphasizes active protagonists, supernatural menaces...
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August 20, 2011
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Total Submissions
1,397
Total Comments
4,327
Earliest Submission
September 1, 2013
Earliest Comment
August 31, 2015
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Most Distinctive Words
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 169 | 19,567 | 1416.2 | 0.2 | 8679.67 | |
| #2 | 54 | 23,227 | 452.5 | 0.2 | 2336.37 | |
| #3 | 513 | 260,966 | 4298.8 | 2.2 | 1975.49 | |
| #4 | 53 | 31,005 | 444.1 | 0.3 | 1717.85 | |
| #5 | 428 | 265,331 | 3586.5 | 2.2 | 1621.05 | |
| #6 | 63 | 65,379 | 527.9 | 0.5 | 968.37 | |
| #7 | 179 | 449,086 | 1500.0 | 3.7 | 400.56 | |
| #8 | 52 | 155,812 | 435.7 | 1.3 | 335.38 | |
| #9 | 165 | 600,281 | 1382.7 | 5.0 | 276.23 | |
| #10 | 42 | 167,039 | 352.0 | 1.4 | 252.68 | |
| #11 | 628 | 3,402,733 | 5262.5 | 28.4 | 185.47 | |
| #12 | 69 | 403,639 | 578.2 | 3.4 | 171.79 | |
| #13 | 54 | 371,542 | 452.5 | 3.1 | 146.06 | |
| #14 | 30 | 233,442 | 251.4 | 1.9 | 129.15 | |
| #15 | 35 | 302,046 | 293.3 | 2.5 | 116.45 | |
| #16 | 35 | 320,810 | 293.3 | 2.7 | 109.64 | |
| #17 | 76 | 857,928 | 636.9 | 7.2 | 89.02 | |
| #18 | 41 | 477,958 | 343.6 | 4.0 | 86.21 | |
| #19 | 53 | 661,018 | 444.1 | 5.5 | 80.58 | |
| #20 | 31 | 413,500 | 259.8 | 3.4 | 75.34 | |
| #21 | 37 | 498,430 | 310.1 | 4.2 | 74.60 | |
| #22 | 53 | 778,354 | 444.1 | 6.5 | 68.43 | |
| #23 | 59 | 888,979 | 494.4 | 7.4 | 66.70 | |
| #24 | 124 | 1,887,382 | 1039.1 | 15.7 | 66.02 | |
| #25 | 70 | 1,187,996 | 586.6 | 9.9 | 59.21 | |
| #26 | 154 | 2,807,459 | 1290.5 | 23.4 | 55.12 | |
| #27 | 49 | 1,055,521 | 410.6 | 8.8 | 46.65 | |
| #28 | 46 | 998,718 | 385.5 | 8.3 | 46.29 | |
| #29 | 99 | 2,237,198 | 829.6 | 18.7 | 44.47 | |
| #30 | 363 | 8,933,160 | 3041.9 | 74.5 | 40.84 | |
| #31 | 283 | 7,139,189 | 2371.5 | 59.5 | 39.84 | |
| #32 | 41 | 1,048,549 | 343.6 | 8.7 | 39.29 | |
| #33 | 66 | 2,086,277 | 553.1 | 17.4 | 31.79 | |
| #34 | 57 | 2,023,681 | 477.6 | 16.9 | 28.31 | |
| #35 | 67 | 2,408,794 | 561.4 | 20.1 | 27.95 | |
| #36 | 34 | 1,248,608 | 284.9 | 10.4 | 27.36 | |
| #37 | 290 | 11,006,915 | 2430.1 | 91.8 | 26.48 | |
| #38 | 36 | 1,423,133 | 301.7 | 11.9 | 25.42 | |
| #39 | 60 | 2,448,698 | 502.8 | 20.4 | 24.62 | |
| #40 | 39 | 1,608,209 | 326.8 | 13.4 | 24.37 | |
| #41 | 40 | 1,793,312 | 335.2 | 15.0 | 22.42 | |
| #42 | 41 | 1,868,984 | 343.6 | 15.6 | 22.05 | |
| #43 | 41 | 1,924,587 | 343.6 | 16.0 | 21.41 | |
| #44 | 36 | 1,784,158 | 301.7 | 14.9 | 20.28 | |
| #45 | 31 | 1,548,765 | 259.8 | 12.9 | 20.11 | |
| #46 | 40 | 2,156,283 | 335.2 | 18.0 | 18.64 | |
| #47 | 35 | 1,993,675 | 293.3 | 16.6 | 17.64 | |
| #48 | 40 | 2,329,479 | 335.2 | 19.4 | 17.26 | |
| #49 | 111 | 6,900,269 | 930.2 | 57.5 | 16.17 | |
| #50 | 47 | 3,020,015 | 393.8 | 25.2 | 15.64 |