The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/21/2021
This week: Elric reprint news, H.P. Lovecraft, Tarzan, Robert E. Howard, Eric Brighteyes, and more.
Read MoreSir Richard Francis Burton: Bicentennial of a Legend
He was a Victorian force of nature; a devil-driven, raging-to-live legend in his own time. Richard Francis Burton wrote The Book of the Sword and translated the--Arabic--Book of Love. He was an anthropologist, an archaeologist, a geographer, a linguist, a poet, a mystic, a spy and a sexologist. Withal and besides, RBF still found time to be the best horseman, swordsman and pistol-shot in the British Army...when he wasn't romancing the ladies and infuriating polite society.
Read MoreRichard Francis Burton: A Life of Adventure
Richard Francis Burton is one of the odder Victorian heroes. He had amazing abilities to absorb new languages and a zest to study other cultures which made him perfect for undercover work.
Read MoreGabriel Rodríguez's Art for Clover Press' Rattle of Bones
Clover Press' Rattle of Bones is a loosely horror-themed collection of Robert E. Howard yarns published last summer. The artist for the book was Gabriel Rodriguez. Born in Chile, Rodriguez has that Old World sense of craftsmanship and draftsmanship that I've always associated with artists from Spain and her colonies.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 3/14/2021
This week: Frank Thorne, The Cimmerian, Lovecraft, Leigh Brackett, Heinlein, Fafhrd & Mouser, Michael Moorcock, and more.
Read MoreStephen Fabian: In Lovecraft's Shadow (Part Two)
Back in May, 2020, I did a blog entry on In Lovecraft's Shadow, which was published in 1998. That book contained most of Derleth's Mythos-related short stories and poetry. It was beautifully illustrated by the legendary Stephen Fabian and those illos were the focus of that post. This post, Part Two of what looks to be a four- or five-part series, picks up from where Part One left off, covering two more chapters from In Lovecraft's Shadow.
Read MoreKeith Taylor: "Felimid mac Fal is back!"
When Richard Fisher wrote his December 2020 post in honor of Keith Taylor’s birthday, I expected it to be a well-wrought tribute to one of sword-and-sorcery's living legends. And it was. What I didn't expect was a bombshell announcement from Mr. Taylor himself in the comments section.
Read MoreThe 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.
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