A Look Back: Deuce's Books of 2018
I hope that all the Gentle Readers of the DMR Blog survived New Year's Eve and are now glorying in the dawn of a new year. My New Year's Eve was more chaotic than planned. I spent the day mechanicking metal beasts and shepherding trees here in the frosty wilds of Essi-Keh. I also had to field numerous phone calls from friends and family. All in all, it was rather exhausting.
Thus, this post wasn't written yesterday. Dave, our Most Fearsome and Dread Editor here at DMR, had posted his 2018 book list and I resolved to post one of my own. I had been very remiss in getting several book reviews up in 2018 and I felt that, at least, I should mention those worthy tomes in a post here at the DMR blog. I may be a day late, but I will not be a shout-out short.
The list below is comprised of all the books I remember reading or rereading in 2018. I had no idea that I might write this list until a couple of weeks ago, so I wasn't keeping score. There is certainly the possibility that I've forgotten some worthy books I read earlier in the year. Some reread books, like The Mind Spider and Other Stories, I hadn't read in a decade, maybe two. Others are ones I just read in the last week. Rest assured that all of the books listed are ones I actually liked. In general, I have tried to embed a link in each book title to the exact edition I read. That may not be so in some cases. Also, I'm not listing the books in any particular order, alphabetical or otherwise. Too much hassle; I wanted to get this post up and out there. Enjoy!
Mysteries of the Worm by Robert Bloch
Going For Infinity by Poul Anderson
Memnon by Scott Oden
Swords Against the Moon Men by Christopher Paul Carey
The Story Behind the Story by A. Merritt
Into the Mummy's Tomb edited by John Richard Stephens
Brutal by James Alderdice
The Mighty Warriors edited by Robert M. Price
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe
Tales From the Magician's Skull #1 edited by Howard Andrew Jones
Scout's Honor by Henry Vogel
Wolf in Shadows by Robert C. Poyton
The Fantastic Worlds of Robert E. Howard edited by James Van Hise
Bard by Keith Taylor
Outlaws of the Legion by David Hardy
Weirdbook #36 edited by Douglas Draa
StoryHack #0 edited by Bryce Beattie
The Miscellaneous Writings of Clark Ashton Smith by Clark Ashton Smith
Follow the Free Wind by Leigh Brackett
Cirsova #5 edited by P. Alexander
Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds edited by Greg Bear and Gardner Dozois
More Weird Tales edited by Peter Haining
Under a Dim Blue Sun/Lands of the Earthquake by Howie Bentley and Henry Kuttner
Weirdbook #38 edited by Douglas Draa
Roads by Seabury Quinn
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
The Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis
Conan the Conqueror/The Sword of Rhiannon by Robert E. Howard and Leigh Brackett *
Kull: Exile of Atlantis by Robert E. Howard
Burn, Witch, Burn!/Creep, Shadow, Creep! by A. Merritt
Weird Tales edited by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg
Pulp Era Writing Tips edited by Bryce Beattie
A Taste For Blood edited by Martin H. Greenberg
Vengeance Is My Lord's by Jason M. Waltz
The Leiber Chronicles edited by Martin H. Greenberg
The Moon Pool & The Conquest of the Moon Pool by A. Merritt
A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool edited by Sam Moskowitz
Fantasy: The 100 Best Books by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock
The Mind Spider and Other Stories by Fritz Leiber
Dictator by Robert Harris
Worse Things Waiting by Manly Wade Wellman
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story by Rick Bragg
Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Caliphate by Tom Kratman
The Bull and the Spear by Michael Moorcock
The Spell of Conan edited by L. Sprague de Camp
The Dyson Chronicles by Arthur Machen
Niall of the Far Travels Collected by Gardner F. Fox
Imperator by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole
Well, that wraps that up. I hope I didn't forget anybody. Here's also hoping for a great 2019 for all our Gentle Readers and all of us here at the DMR blog. I swear that I'm going to post many more book reviews this year than I did in 2018. Kaor!
* Many thanks to Daniel J. Davis for sending me a copy to replace the one I lost in the Flood of 2012