Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Fritz Leiber and Karl Edward Wagner. If Sax Rohmer’s influence upon those S&S titans isn’t enough to rank him as a Forefather, then hardly anybody else rates the honor, either.
Read MoreSeabury Quinn, the most popular author in the history of Weird Tales, died on this date in 1969. Quinn was, and remains, essentially a pulp writer. However, being a “pulp writer” certainly isn’t a perjorative here at DMR Books.
Read MoreThis week: Clark Ashton Smith, Conan, tharks, Jerry Cornelius, Lovecraft, new pulp and sword and sorcery magazines, and more.
Read MoreWe here at the DMR Blog always strive to deliver what our readers want. Nothing says “Christmas” quite like a post on Edgar Allan Poe and cosmic horror.
Read MoreThis week: Robert E. Howard, Weird Tales werewolves, Tarzan, Vallejo, Max Brand, Karl Edward Wagner, and more.
Read MoreMachen’s influence upon REH is patent. Yarns like “Worms of the Earth” would not exist without the fiction of Arthur Machen. Clark Ashton Smith, the other co-founder of Sword and Sorcery was also a huge Machen fan, citing “The White Powder” as one of his ten favorite weird tales.
Read MoreWho was Nicholas Roerich? Many, many things. An explorer, a philosopher, an archaeologist and an artist. His art is what concerns us today.
Read MoreByron A. Roberts, mastermind behind the bombastic British metal band Bal-Sagoth, is one of the most talented individuals active in the sword and sorcery field today. His latest work is Karnov: Phantom-Clad Rider of the Cosmic Ice, a collaboration with Matthew Knight and Howie K. Bentley, written round-robin style.
Read MoreLeigh Brackett was an acknowledged fan of A. Merritt. What I aim to do in this blog entry is trace the influence of Merritt upon Brackett chronologically, beginning with the earliest Merrittesque Brackett story I know of and going from there.
Read MoreThis week: A Michael Moorcock audio interview, Leigh Brackett, Allan Quatermain, Frazetta, and more.
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