The DMRtian Chronicles, 9/23/2018
Sword and sorcery, science fantasy, occult detectives… A little bit of everything this week.
Read MorePre-Tolkien Challenge: The Regent of the North by Kenneth Morris
The tale concerns Halfdan Halfdansson, an aging Viking disgusted by the conversion of Sweden to Christianity. King Igne has cast aside the old heroic pagan virtues in favor of the new foreign creed of meekness. Halfdan refuses Igne’s command to allow a priest into his household and prepares for an assault by the king’s army.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, Pre-Tolkien Edition
What was fantasy like before Lord of the Rings was published?
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 9/9/2018
Elric, Jack Vance, Men’s Adventure, and more in this week’s roundup.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 9/2/2018
This week: Robert E. Howard’s horror stories, Clark Ashton Smith’s effective poetic prose, and more.
Read MoreBurroughs Artist: Roy G. Krenkel
Edgar Rice Burroughs would turn one hundred and forty-three today. Since I have yet to pen "Part Two" of my centennial tribute to Roy G. Krenkel, I thought it apropos to at least look briefly at the treasure trove of ERBian art that flowed from RGK's prolific pen and brush.
Read MorePainting Metal -- Michael Wm. Kaluta
Artist Michael Wm. Kaluta turned seventy-one years old yesterday. He was one of the very first artists who really caught my attention when I was a preteen and I remain a fan to this day.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, Clark Ashton Smith Edition
CAS, CAS, and more CAS!
Read MoreForefathers of Sword and Sorcery: A. Merritt
A. Merritt passed on seventy-five years ago today. He died a very successful man--albeit, overworked and highly stressed--being at the top of his game in the fields of weekly periodical publishing and in the realm of popular literature. He had also left an indelible mark on the formation of the newborn sword and sorcery genre.
Read MoreForefathers of Sword and Sorcery: H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft was born one hundred and twenty-eight years ago today and when it comes to the Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery, he is truly a Great Old One. The two co-founders of sword and sorcery fiction both considered HPL to be possibly the greatest living writer and all of the First Generation S&S authors were part of the Lovecraft Circle. All of them.
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