The DMRtian Chronicles, 9/1/2019
This week: HPL films, REH poetry, an ERB novel, Frank Kelly Freas, Star Wars, Jack Vance, Ray Bradbury and more.
Read MoreHats Off to Roy Glashan
Roy Glashan is a somewhat shadowy figure. While it’s obvious from perusing Project Gutenberg and Roy’s own Library website that he’s contributed to PG for quite a few years, little else is known about the man. One thing is apparent: Roy is a fan of the type of old-school, rip-roaring adventure that we here at the DMR Blog also love.
Read MoreSojan Shieldbearer: The Original Eternal Champion
Sojan is a mercenary swordsman on the strange planet of Zylor. Much unlike many of Moorcock’s later creations, Sojan is somewhat of a barbaric and reckless character. He relies on his fast wit and superior fighting skills, as well as his sword and air pistol.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 8/25/2019
This week: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Jirel of Joiry, Solomon Kane, Conan, Jack Vance, Leigh Brackett, and more.
Read MoreRichard L. Tierney - The DMR Interview
A good many Sword and Sorcery fans know Richard from his Red Sonja novels and maybe his Simon Magus tales published in the Swords Against Darkness anthologies (starting back in the late 1970s) if they are lucky. If that is the case, you are merely scratching the surface. Richard is the author of at least ten published novels, more than forty short stories and enough poetry to choke the proverbial horse.
Read MoreThe Kingdom Unvanquishable
When “The Shadow Kingdom” by Robert E. Howard appeared in the pages of Weird Tales, no one would have guessed that it would continue to provide inspiration for fantasy authors for ninety years and counting. This remarkable story is often pointed to as the beginning of the sword and sorcery genre, although this opinion is not unanimous.
Read MoreLovecraft's "The Teuton's Battle-Song"
H.P. Lovecraft’s paean to the fighting men and gods of the Teutons.
Read MoreMundy Monday: “Messenger of Destiny”
The only chance Tros has to draw Caesar away from Britain is to begin the process of turning his attention to Rome and the inevitable contest to become master of the known world. He must walk a knife’s edge in a game of intrigue that, win or lose, will consume tens of thousands of lives.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 8/18/2019
This week: Dejah Thoris, Solomon Kane, Talbot Mundy, and lots of new and classic pulp sword and sorcery.
Read MoreThe Aztec Treasure House by Evan S. Connell
While Evan S. Connell may have spent most of his years writing about “relevant” topics for the literary cliques, books like The Aztec Treasure House and some of his later works reveal that, deep down, he was a spiritual brother to those of us who love exotic adventure, the “bad old days” and the interesting byways of history.
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