Call Me Joe by Poul Anderson (NESFA Press)
Poul Anderson is a bonafide legend in the chronicles of science fiction. Call Me Joe, from NESFA Press, is a worthy collection of Poul’s SF tales spanning over four decades.
Read MoreOne Ring Rules Them All: A Comparison of Karl Edward Wagner’s Bloodstone and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
Karl Edward Wagner (1945-1994) began a draft of Bloodstone and its immortal protagonist Kane in 1960, while just a freshman in high school. Wagner finished the draft of Bloodstone in 1970 while enrolled as a PhD student in neurobiology. By then, J.R.R. Tolkien was everywhere—including, as I argue, in the published version of Wagner’s 1975 novel.
Read MoreReview: The Last Days of Atlantis by Charles Lomon and Pierre-Bathelemy Gheusi
The Last Days of Atlantis, or Les Atlantes, Aventures des temps Legendaires, is a title few know about. A tale of love, a tale of betrayal and a tale of war on an island destined for destruction.
Read MoreBarbarian Life: Volume One by Roy Thomas
Barbarian Life: Volume One by Roy Thomas is a fascinating history of how Marvel Comics’ Conan the Barbarian came to be. Stan Lee, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Michael Moorcock, John Jakes and others…all are discussed in its pages.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 11/22/2020
This week: Fritz Leiber, Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, Alex Raymond, viking comics and movies, and more.
Read MoreUpcoming Reprints from DMR Books: Edmond Hamilton, Tanith Lee, and Renegade Swords II
Even though DMR Books is the preeminent publisher of new sword-and-sorcery fiction, for the next few months we’re going to focus on bringing obscure material by fantastic authors back into print. Here’s what you can look forward to this winter.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 11/15/2020
This week: Conan, Lovecraft, Moorcock, Manly Wade Wellman, William Hope Hodgson, H. Rider Haggard’s Eric Brighteyes, and more.
Read MoreN.C. Wyeth's Art for The Black Arrow
The combination of Robert Louis Stevenson’s prose and N.C. Wyeth’s art was one of the great pairings in the history of book publishing.
Read MoreBettering the Tradition of Mankind: Robert Louis Stevenson at 170
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on this day in 1850. Whether it be historical adventure or cautionary weird tale, Stevenson's prose is exhilarating and compelling enough to persist long after his death 120 years ago, and his legacy as an author is more than assured among the literary giants of eternity.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 11/8/2020
This week: Manly Wade Wellman, Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Aleister Crowley, and more.
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