The DMRtian Chronicles, 6/23/2019
This week: Robert E. Howard, Jeff Jones, Edmond Hamilton, Lovecraft, Gene Wolfe, and more.
Read MoreH. Rider Haggard: Creator of Lost Worlds
There are few writers who have the distinction of creating a new genre of fiction, still fewer whose influence is felt generations later. H. Rider Haggard is one such writer.
Read MoreRed Bull Tries To Gore Jim FitzPatrick
Artist Jim Fitzpatrick created a logo for an Irish filmmaker. Now, the Red Bull corporation is trying to sue over infringement.
Read MoreGael DeRoane: The DMR Interview
The latest release from DMR Books is The Road to Infinity, a picaresque fantasy novel in the style of Jack Vance. I thought the public would want to know more about the man who wrote it, so here’s my Q&A session with Gael DeRoane.
Read MoreWhy Poe?
What is it about Edgar Allan Poe? A writer of morbid poems and tales of terror who died 170 years ago, Poe stands today virtually without equal in the canon of American literature. Only Mark Twain and perhaps Ernest Hemingway can lay claim to anything like a similar stature in both critical opinion and popularity. Why should he be so central to our imagination now, in the 21st century?
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 6/16/2019
This week: Howard Days, Fritz Leiber, Henry Kuttner, C.L. Moore, Weird Tales, Galad Elflandsson, Lin Carter, and more.
Read MoreIndependent Author Spotlight: Jason J. Nugent
We have a new feature here on the DMR Blog to give some exposure to independent fantasy authors. Kicking things off is Jason J. Nugent, whose first book in the Curse of the Drakku series comes out today. Read the interview, then go check it out!
Read MoreMundy Monday: The Caesar Controversy
“I have followed Caesar’s Commentaries as closely as possible in writing this story, but as Caesar, by his own showing, was a liar, a brute, a treacherous humbug and conceited ass, I have not been to much trouble to make him out a hero.”
Read MoreLin Carter and the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series
Today marks what would have been the 89th birthday of Lin Carter, author, editor, and historian, and an altogether polarizing figure in fantasy fiction. Carter is perhaps best known today for his role as series editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series.
Read MoreBeyond the Gate Between Worlds
When I was eleven years old, I preferred Lin Carter’s Jandar of Callisto series to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ books about Mars. Sacrilege I know, and that’s not the case today, but as a kid, I could almost believe they were true.
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