A Look Back: Deuce's Books of 2019
It’s that time of year again. I decided that, before the revelry got too outta hand, I better get this list posted.
Read MoreForefathers of Sword and Sorcery: Rudyard Kipling
Today is Rudyard Kipling’s birthday. A fitting occasion on which to bestow the rank of Forefather upon him and it’s an honor he richly deserves. Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith and L. Sprague de Camp were all admirers of his work.
Read MoreThe New Year's Guest Bloggerama Returns in 2020
Back in January we decided to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the DMR Books Blog with a New Year’s Guest Bloggerama. The event was a resounding success, so of course we must do it again in 2020!
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 12/29/2019
This week: Michael Moorcock, CAS, ERB’s mahars, REH’s Almuric, Blind Guardian, and more.
Read MoreReading Bard II For the First Time
Today being Keith Taylor’s birthday, it got me to thinking about just when I became a full-blown fan of his work. It was in the spring of my junior year of high school. That’s when I bought Bard II.
Read MoreForefathers of Sword and Sorcery: Sax Rohmer
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 -- 50 Years Gone
Seabury 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 MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 12/22/2019
This week: Clark Ashton Smith, Conan, tharks, Jerry Cornelius, Lovecraft, new pulp and sword and sorcery magazines, and more.
Read MorePoe and Cosmic Horror
We 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 MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 12/15/2019
This week: Robert E. Howard, Weird Tales werewolves, Tarzan, Vallejo, Max Brand, Karl Edward Wagner, and more.
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