Wait, P. Craig Russell Illustrated Jack London?
Jack London, Robert E. Howard’s literary idol, wrote about a thousand pages worth of SF and fantasy fiction. Let’s take a look at a few collections of Jack’s SFF tales.
Read MoreRobert E. Howard and the Finns
What with the current unrest in north-eastern Europe, I thought a quick look at how REH viewed the Finns might be in order.
Read MoreKalevala Day 2022
The Kalevala is the Finnish national epic. It helped give the Finnish people a sense of nationhood and has inspired numerous authors and artists in the West right up to the present day. The Kalevala is a collection of tales set in the forests and seas of the far North and is filled with magic and monsters.
Read MoreJack London: Blood and Redemption
Struggle defined Jack London’s life and fiction. To London, such struggle was not only natural, but a necessary component of personal fulfillment. And more – he believed that confronting challenges instilled in the individual a sense of purpose which could rescue him from modern aimlessness.
Read MoreJack London, the Frontier, and Sword-and-Sorcery
We know that Robert E. Howard was a huge fan of Jack London. A spinner of rugged wilderness adventure fiction, London did not write sword-and-sorcery, but the thematic material of his novels The Call of the Wild, The Sea-Wolf, and The Star-Rover are evident in Howard’s stories.
Read MoreForefathers of Sword and Sorcery: Jack London
Jack London was born on this date in 1876 and we should be damned glad of it. His intense and gritty prose, imbued with the bleak lyricism of a street poet, inspired admiration not only in Robert E. Howard, but also other sword and sorcery authors as well as a few of his fellow "forefathers."
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