A Look Back: Deuce's Books in 2022
Well, 2022 certainly flew by. Here we are in 2023. Before time flies by any further, I better get my traditional list of 'Books Read' posted.
The list below is comprised of all the books I remember reading or rereading in 2022. There is certainly the possibility that I've forgotten some worthy books I read earlier in the year. Rest assured that all of the books listed are ones I actually liked—books I didn’t like simply became one with the dust of forgotten ages. If a book is listed, I consider it worth reading. Notable periodicals, such as Tales from the Magician's Skull, are also listed. However, I have not tried to list various short stories I’ve read singly here and there. As always, please try to support small and independent publishers/authors—especially the ones who don’t hate you.
As per tradition, I'm not listing the books in any particular order, alphabetical or otherwise. More like, “Here’s the first bookstack. This is the top book on the bookstack.” Some of you might notice a few reoccurring entries from previous years’ lists. That’s because some books are traditional yearly rereads for me and others just needed to be read yet another time. There are a lot of Robert E. Howard-related volumes this year. That is mostly due to my attendance at Howard Days in 2022, with plenty of help from my REH Foundation buds, Paul Herman and John Bullard. I bought well over one hundred dollars' worth of Foundation publications at their booth. Also, I had to study up for my part on the panel, "1932 and REH".
I hope this list sparks some interest in the books mentioned. I also hope DMR Blog readers enjoy the next four weeks of the 2023 DMR Guest Bloggerama. We have some great stuff coming up from Brian Murphy, Morgan Holmes, Charles R. Rutledge and others. Ace book reviewer, Richard Fisher, will have a post up first thing tomorrow morning.
Roads by Seabury Quinn
The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume Two: 1930-1932 edited by Rob Roehm
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
Bran Mak Morn: The Last King by Robert E. Howard
The Chronicles of the Round Table edited by Mike Ashley
Captain: Falchion's Company Book Two by Ken Lizzi
Samhain Sorceries edited by D.M. Ritzlin
Wolf in Shadows by Robert C. Poyton
Lovecraft: The Great Tales by John D. Haefele
Dawnward Spire, Lonely Hill (Volume Two) edited by David E. Schultz and S.T. Joshi
School Days in the Post Oaks edited by Rob Roehm
H.P. Lovecraft: Letters From New York edited by S.T. Joshi and David E. Schultz
The Collected Drawings of Robert E. Howard edited by Rob Roehm
Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery by Brian Murphy
Albion: Origins of the English Imagination by Peter Ackroyd
Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary by J.R.R. Tolkien
Tales from the Magician’s Skull #7 edited by Howard Andrew Jones
King of the Vagabonds by Neal Stephenson
The Hammer and the Horn by Michael Jan Friedman
What’s It like Out There? and Other Stories by Edmond Hamilton
The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Miscellaneous Writings of Clark Ashton Smith by Clark Ashton Smith
The Dark Man #10 edited by Mark Hall
The Collected Letters of Doctor Isaac M. Howard edited by Rob Roehm
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
Swain’s Vengeance by Arthur D. Howden Smith
Dwellers in the Mirage by A. Merritt
Bloodstone by Karl Edward Wagner
Legend by David Gemmell
Warlords, Warlocks and Witches edited by D.M. Ritzlin
Clan by David P. Elliot
The Tyrion and Teclis Omnibus by William King
Challenge! Discovery edited by Jason M. Waltz
The Night Attila Died by Michael A. Babcock
The Annotated and Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe and M. Grant Kellermeyer
Tales of the Mysterious and the Macabre by Algernon Blackwood
The Medieval Underworld by Andrew McCall
Corona-Chan: Spreading the Love edited by David V. Stewart
The Pendragon Chronicles edited by Mike Ashley
The Making of the Roman Army by Lawrence Keppie
The Journals of Lewis and Clark edited by Frank Bergon
The Red King’s Rebellion by Russell Bourne
Where the Bodies Were Buried by T.J. English