Painting Metal -- Ken Kelly
Artist Ken Kelly turns seventy-three today. Among many other things, he can boast a proud legacy of heavy metal cover paintings that spans five decades.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 5/19/2019
This week: Moorcock, ERB, Zelazny, Frazetta, Brackett, Vance, and much more.
Read MoreMundy Monday: “Tros of Samothrace”
Set in the summer of the year 55 B.C., “Tros of Samothrace” tells of Julius Caesar’s first invasion of Britain and those caught up in the turmoil of one of Caesar’s wars.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 5/12/2019
This week: Howard, Brackett, Gene Wolfe, George R.R. Martin, Bruce Pennington and more.
Read MoreThe Moody and Desolate Art of Bruce Pennington
UK artist, Bruce Pennington, turns seventy-five years young today. Bruce has done loads of great art in the sub-genres of sword and sorcery/heroic fantasy, sword and planet and Dying Earth fiction. Right in the DMR Books wheel-house!
Read MoreBooks of Gold: Reading Gene Wolfe
In my last post, I discussed Gene Wolfe's life, his funeral and how I came to be a fan of his work. Now, I'd like to take a look at Gene's writing style, as well as recommending some of his novels.
Read MoreGene Wolfe: Gone Beyond the (New) Sunset
Gene Wolfe would have turned eighty-eight years old yesterday. Mr. Wolfe died a few weeks ago on April 14. The man had lived to a ripe old age, and was suffering from various physical and mental ailments as a result of that, but it still hit me hard. A titan of literature had gone from our midst.
Read MoreKing of the Pulps: H. Bedford-Jones
The King of the Pulps died on this date seventy years ago today. Henry James O’Brien Bedford-Jones, better-known to his millions of fans during the pulp era as "H. Bedford-Jones," passed away in his comfortable Beverly Hills home after forty years of living well off his pulp fiction.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 5/5/2019
This week: Howard, Brackett, Lovecraft, Smith, Williamson, and more.
Read MoreThe Sword & Planet Art of Stephen Fabian
It has been far, far too long since the DMR Books blog has run a post featuring the art of the mighty Stephen Fabian. By the same token, we haven't done anything Sword & Planet-related for quite some time. Stephen Fabian. Sword & Planet. Two great tastes that taste great together.
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