Lin Carter once described Poul Anderson as being obsessed with the “Northern Thing”. A well known and loved author of fantasy and science fiction, the American author had an amazing knack for crafting epic stories that often pulled much from Norse legends and mythology.
Read MoreThis week: Conan, Ray Harryhausen, CAS, ERB, Jack Vance, Gene Wolfe, and more.
Read More“Restoring the 5000 images and gathering the books represented in the Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 Year Art Chronology was a labor of love. It's great to be able to share the adventure I had discovering the fantastic worlds created by ERB, and to share the visualizations of these worlds created by many talented artists.”
Read MoreIn the late ‘70s legendary pulp fictioneer Manly Wade Wellman created a fantasy hero named Kardios, who was the last survivor of Atlantis. The five tales of Kardios Wellman penned appeared in anthologies such as Swords Against Darkness and Heroic Fantasy, which are long out of print. For decades sword and sorcery fans have clamored for all five stories to be reprinted in a single collection.
Read MoreCleopatra enlists Tros in her campaign to first ascend to the throne of Egypt and then to defend Egypt from Rome, the all-powerful and ever-hungry war machine that dominates the Mediterranean world. To do this, she will use every resource she can muster and all of her charms to beguile the one man who can master Rome and make it obey: Caesar himself.
Read MoreThis week: HPL films, REH poetry, an ERB novel, Frank Kelly Freas, Star Wars, Jack Vance, Ray Bradbury and more.
Read MoreRoy 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 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 MoreThis week: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Jirel of Joiry, Solomon Kane, Conan, Jack Vance, Leigh Brackett, and more.
Read MoreA 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.
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