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Sacred to the Memory of Scottish Strangers: Edgar Allan Poe in Scotland

January 19, 2019 by Al Harron

Edgar Allan Poe, who was born on the 19th of January 1809, has a great literary – and personal – connection to Scotland.

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January 19, 2019 /Al Harron
Edgar Allan Poe, Celtic
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Hank Reinhardt -- Lord of Swords

January 18, 2019 by Deuce Richardson

Hank Reinhardt would have turned eighty-five today. Though I never knew him personally, Hank affected my life in some unique ways and he shall receive due honor from me for that.

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January 18, 2019 /Deuce Richardson
Hank Reinhardt
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"Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She"

January 17, 2019 by Deuce Richardson

“The fragment I worked with was first hand-written by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1930. It was left unfinished, and then lay hidden in his safe for decades after his death.”

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January 17, 2019 /Deuce Richardson
Cirsova, Michael Tierney, Edgar Rice Burroughs
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John Jakes’ Dark Gate Novels

January 16, 2019 by Paul R. McNamee

In 1970 and 1972, Jakes produced a duo of planetary adventure novels; MASTER OF THE DARK GATE and WITCH OF THE DARK GATE.

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January 16, 2019 /Paul R. McNamee
John Jakes, sword and planet, Frank Frazetta, Jim Steranko, Doggo
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Thoughts on Karl Edward Wagner’s “Cold Light”

January 15, 2019 by Jon Zaremba

“When you seek to destroy an absolute evil, you must destroy it absolutely. Show mercy in expunging a blight, and you only leave seeds to sprout anew. Kill them all.”

- Gaethaa the Crusader

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January 15, 2019 /Jon Zaremba
Karl Edward Wagner, Kane
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On The Hole of the Pit by Adrian Ross

January 14, 2019 by John C. Hocking

The reader is treated to a well-paced array of surprisingly sensational developments, including a ghost, a sorceress, a satanic rite, and the protean, unknowable Thing that rises from the pit to harass and slay the poor humans trapped in Deeping Hold.

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January 14, 2019 /John C. Hocking
Adrian Ross, M.R. James, Horror
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The DMRtian Chronicles, 1/13/2018

January 13, 2019 by D.M. Ritzlin

This week: Stephen Fabian, Moorcock, Kuttner, Conan and more.

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January 13, 2019 /D.M. Ritzlin
The DMRtian Chronicles
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Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery: Jack London

January 12, 2019 by Deuce Richardson

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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January 12, 2019 /Deuce Richardson
Jack London, Robert E. Howard, Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery
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Poul Anderson's "Northern Cycle": Part One

January 11, 2019 by Deuce Richardson

We have not had a post dedicated to the late, great Poul Anderson on the DMR blog up 'til now. I missed his birthday in November and this situation simply cannot stand.

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January 11, 2019 /Deuce Richardson
Poul Anderson, vikings
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Tolkien and Howard: Two Roads Diverged in Haggard’s Kor

January 10, 2019 by Brian Murphy

It’s not immediately clear where these two very different men developed such similar lines of thought and expression. The most likely answer is a revolt against modernity. But another is their literary influences. Tolkien and Howard shared a common interest the works of H. Rider Haggard.

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January 10, 2019 /Brian Murphy
J.R.R. Tolkien, She, H. Rider Haggard, Robert E. Howard
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