The DMRtian Chronicles, 10/20/2019
This week: Elric and Dejah Thoris comics, Karl Edward Wagner, REH, HPL, Atlantis & Lemuria, poseurs, and more.
Read MoreThe Macabre Frazetta
‘Tis the Witching Season and it seems apropos to run a post on Frank Frazetta’s macabre artwork here at the DMR Blog. Frank is, of course, known for his brawny barbarians and bodacious babes, but he had an iron in the horror fire starting in the early-mid 1960s, before he was doing actual Sword and Sorcery art.
Read MoreThe Winds of Gath by E.C. Tubb
E.C. Tubb’s Dumarest Saga is a classic SF series. The Winds of Gath is the first of the Dumarest novels.
Read More"[E.C. Tubb’s] reputation for fast-moving and colourful SF writing is unmatched by anyone in Britain.” — Michael Moorcock
Mundy Monday: Tros of Samothrace as a Precursor to Sword & Sorcery
Sword and sorcery tales are characterized by sword-swinging action focused on personal battles rather than world-shaking events, with an element of magic or the supernatural and sometimes one of romance as well. Tros of Samothrace has all those ingredients and was serialized a number of years before REH’s work; doesn’t that mean that it is Sword & Sorcery too?
Read MoreKarl Edward Wagner: A Cimmerian Remembrance
Ten years ago, the bloggers at the award-winning website, The Cimmerian, got together and commemorated the fifteenth anniversary of Karl Edward Wagner’s death.
Read MoreKarl Edward Wagner: Horror at Heart
Karl Edward Wagner will probably be best remembered as the creator of the hero-villain Kane, but he always considered himself a horror writer. Even when he was writing heroic fantasy, Karl’s Kane tales were horror at heart.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 10/13/2019
This week: A Conan cover artist mystery, Moorcock, de Camp, Poe, HPL, Haggard, Merritt, Vance and more.
Read MoreShōgun and James Clavell
This last Thursday would’ve been James Clavell’s ninety-eighth birthday. Clavell, like Alex Raymond, deserves a DMR post. Read this blog entry to its finale to see exactly why.
Read MoreHowie K. Bentley - The DMR Interview
Howie K. Bentley has been an important part of DMR Books since the very beginning. When I came up with the concept getting heavy metal musicians to write sword and sorcery stories, he was one of the first people I contacted. I could tell by reading the lyrics of his band Cauldron Born that his love and knowledge of the fantasy genre was not merely superficial. With the Swords of Steel Omnibus Edition coming out next week, I thought it would be a good time to learn more about the man who wrote such impressive tales as “All Will Be Righted on Samhain” and “Thannhausefeer’s Guest.”
Read MoreThe Sword and Planet Art of Richard Hescox
ERB’s Amtor and Barsoom. Moorcock’s “Old Mars.” Norman’s Gor. “Alan Burt Akers”/Ken Bulmer’s Kregen/Antares. Artist Richard Hescox—who turns 70 today—has painted them all over the course of five decades, making him one of the preeminent living artists in the Sword and Planet field.
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