The birthday of the mighty Jim Steranko has rolled around again. A living legend of pop culture, I’ve written previously about Mr. Steranko. This time, I’m gonna look specifically at Jim’s awesome legacy of Sword-and-Sorcery/S&S-adjacent art.
Read MoreWhen I seek out Sword and Planet fiction I typically look for and enjoy the type of story Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote. Fast paced and action packed with plenty of derring-do. Many of the stories in this collection attempt to ape this style. Some succeed, some exceed, some are dead on arrival.
Read MoreSwordsmen 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 More“Sword and Planet is my favorite genre. Traditionally an earthman arrives somehow, and has to make his way on an alien world with his wits and prowess. When I heard about this anthology I was very excited. What I encountered was something different than I was expecting.”
Read More2022 marks several landmark anniversaries in the history of the Sword and Planet genre, so skipping Mars Day this year entirely was out of the question.
Read MoreWrightson started crafting sword and planet illos from the start of his amateur career in the 1960s on through the 1970s. Some of that art is truly great.
Read MoreThis summer DMR Books will release three differently themed reprint anthologies, the first of which will appear in mid-June. Entitled Planetary Adventures, it will contain five rare tales from the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
Read MoreFor the last fifty years, Ken Kelly has been painting iconic covers for cool books and cool albums. His seventy-fifth birthday is certainly something to celebrate.
Read MoreMany very familiar characters and locales are featured in these stories, from Barsoom to Lemuria, from Ki-gor to Elak.
Read MoreRay Bradbury took a half-written planetary adventure story started by Leigh Brackett and finished it, creating a minor classic in the process. As Leigh herself said--with thirty years to think on it--Bradbury did a better job than she would have.
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