Renegade Swords IV Cover Art Revealed
After two weeks of announcing the contents of Renegade Swords IV, it’s time to reveal the cover!
Read MoreRenegade Swords IV Announcement: "Cube from Space" by Leigh Brackett
As can be inferred from the title, “Cube from Space” is a science fiction story, not S&S. But anyone who appreciates tales of hardened, two-fisted men of action facing off against malevolent alien monstrosities will find this story to their liking.
Read MoreC.L. Moore: Of Circles and Solar Systems
Today marks the one hundred and fifteenth birthday of Catherine Lucille “C.L.” Moore. Hailed as a ‘Grandmaster of Fantasy’ and also ‘The Queen of Sword and Sorcery’ by some, Moore contributed mightily to Weird Tales in the 1930s and then blazed trails in the sci-fi realm with her husband, Henry Kuttner.
Read More"The One That Influenced Them All..." -- Reacting to PulpMortem's Dwellers in the Mirage Video
About a week ago, Jake over at the PulpMortem Youtube channel uploaded a video review of A. Merritt’s Dwellers in the Mirage. I thought he did a good—but not perfect—job. So, I thought it would be helpful and informative to do a friendly fact-check/reaction to his episode.
Read MoreWagner, Dumas, Brackett and Louÿs: An Anniversary Round-up
This past week saw four authorial anniversaries, all with some relation to Robert E. Howard. In this post, I pay them proper—albeit brief—respects.
Read MoreJim Steranko's Eric John Stark/'Book of Skaith' Art
Leigh Brackett hand-picked Steranko to illustrate the final phase of Eric John Stark's career. The results have stood the test of time.
Read MoreReviews of DMR's The Ship of Ishtar Across the Webz (Part Two)
DMR Books recently published the centennial edition of A. Merritt’s The Ship of Ishtar. James Maliszewski, proprietor of the Grognardia website is a Merritt stalwart, a champion of A. Merritt's work for over fifteen years. When the DMR Books edition was first released, Maliszewski posted not one, but two, blog entries concerning The Ship of Ishtar. I will not only be commenting on James' posts but also the commenters on his posts. Some of those comments are quite interesting.
Read MoreA. Merritt and The Ship of Ishtar
A. Merritt's landmark heroic fantasy novel, The Ship of Ishtar, still resonates a solid century after its first publication. Since that time, it has inspired classic tales from the likes of Robert E. Howard, Leigh Brackett and Michael Moorcock.
Read MoreReview: Swordsmen in the Sky
Swordsmen in the Sky was published by Ace Books in 1964. Donald Wollheim put together five stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs-influenced Sword and Planet.
Read MoreThrough a Nighted Abyss
I had the chance to read Leigh Brackett’s “Lord of the Earthquake” and almost immediately was struck by a number of parallels between it and her later The Sword of Rhiannon. “Lord of the Earthquake”, published in June 1941 issue of Science Fiction, concerns godhood, time-travel and the lost continent of Mu.
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