Nordic mythology, as a scholastic study, has been read for enjoyment for a long while. Yet, if truth is told, its current state represents only a ruin of the mighty edifice that it used to be, back in the days when the ancients recited its songs and drew wisdom from them.
Read MoreSword & Planet fiction (S&P) obviously has some relationship to Sword & Sorcery (S&S). In my opinion, both subgenres of fantastic fiction emerged out of a similar cultural background, during the period from WW1 through to the end of WW2.
Read MoreJoe Petagno, who turns seventy-two years old today, is a legend in the field of rock album art. Since the early ‘70s, he’s done art for hard rock and metal bands. Those bands would include Nazareth, Led Zeppelin, Bal-Sagoth and, of course, Motorhead.
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again. I decided that, before the revelry got too outta hand, I better get this list posted.
Read MoreToday 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 MoreBack 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 MoreThis week: Michael Moorcock, CAS, ERB’s mahars, REH’s Almuric, Blind Guardian, and more.
Read MoreToday 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 MoreRobert 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.
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