A. Merritt was a legend of pulp fiction. Virgil Finlay was one of the greatest pulp artists. The paths of their careers crossed in 1937, which resulted in a collaboration that would endure even beyond the death of Merritt.
Read MoreA. Merritt’s classic fantasy novel, The Ship of Ishtar, influenced—in my opinion—not one, but two Elric novels from Michael Moorcock.
Read MoreDMR 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 MoreThe Black Friday weekend is behind us. It’s been nearly a month since DMR Books published the centennial edition of A. Merritt’s The Ship of Ishtar. Now seems a good time to do a round-up of reviews from across the ‘Net and see what our fellow Netizens have to say about this newest edition of a truly classic American fantasy.
Read MoreA. Merritt helped create and define the 'adventurer archaeologist' trope. Without his influence, we might not have the likes of Indiana Jones, Dirk Pitt or Lara Croft.
Read MoreOn November 8, 1924, The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt hit the stands. Drenched in blood, sex and the supernatural, nothing like it had ever seen print before in American popular culture. On November 8, 2024, DMR Books will release a special Centennial Edition of Merritt’s classic proto-sword-and-sorcery novel.
Read MoreA. 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 MoreFinishing up the 2024 Guest Bloggerama, Doug Ellis has some bombshell news for A. Merritt fans!
Read MoreSome readers of the DMR Books Blog may remember my recent post on the sword-and-sorcery/heroic fantasy legacy of Chris Hale. Well, as it turns out, pics from the trip Chris and I made to Howard Days 2007 have survived. Those photos, plus other cool stuff, can be found in this post.
Read MoreChris Hale was a student of sword-and-sorcery. He left this world far too soon, but he achieved notable things in the field of Howard Studies/S&S/Heroic Fantasy. I’m going to look at those achievements in this blog post.
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