The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/7/2021
This week: Michael Moorcock’s first Corum trilogy, Clark Ashton Smith, Frank Frazetta, Edmond Hamilton, Iron Maiden, and more.
Read MoreReview: Runemaster: Shield Maiden's Blade
Skarl Kirwall has been banished. His crime was consorting with the enemy. Innocent, he yearns for justice. His only hope is dashed when he returns home to a bloody, burning ruin. With only his wits and his father's Runeblade, Skarl carves a bloody furrow across land and sea.
Read MorePainting Metal -- Simon Bisley
Simon ‘Biz’ Bisley has been creating covers for metal albums for nearly thirty-five years, on top of playing in various metal bands himself. The man is one of us, sword-brothers.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 2/28/2021
This week: Julie Strain, Conan, Northwest Smith, Rowena Morrill, Edgar Allen Poe, and more.
Read MoreNew Arrival -- Lovecraft: The Great Tales by John D. Haefele
Two events of note happened today: the anniversary of August Derleth’s birth rolled around again and my copy of Lovecraft: The Great Tales by John D. Haefele fell from the Outer Dark--like a planet-killer asteroid--into my mailbox. The two events are certainly related and, thus, must be a sign from the Great Old Ones.
Read MoreA Fitting, Final Honor for Charles Saunders, Author of Imaro
After dying alone and unknown in May of this past year, his death unreported until September, author Charles Saunders of Imaro fame has, through the actions of fans, received recognition worthy of his contributions to sword-and-sorcery.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 2/21/2021
This week: Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Adrian Cole, Flash Gordon, men’s adventure fiction, Jack Vance, and more.
Read MoreReading Willocks' The Religion, Ten Years On
Ten years after I first read it, The Religion by Tim Willocks still speaks to me in a language filled with brutal beauty and beautiful brutality.
Read MoreThe Conjurer of Rhodes Trilogy by Jack Massa
Jack Massa may not be a name many here are familiar with. My first encounter was with his novel Mooncrow, which was published in 1979. Since then he has published several novels including The Conjurer of Rhodes trilogy. This trilogy is a historical fantasy following the exploits of young Korax as he tries to recover his past and return home to Rhodes.
Read MoreWhen Vikings Ruled Space
Space Viking, written by legendary Science Fiction author H. Beam Piper, is surely among the finest titles ever to grace a Science Fiction novel. In two words it seizes the imagination with a bold image. Every literate person knows what Vikings are: pirates, mercenaries, explorers, settlers, and conquerors. Append to the iconic image of the Viking the word “Space” and you have a new creation, rooted at once in the legendary past and the 20th century’s self-made mythology of Science Fiction.
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