The DMRtian Chronicles, 4/11/21
This week: Lovecraft, H. Rider Haggard film adaptations, Virgil Finlay, Edmond Hamilton, dragons, Manilla Road, Thieves’ World, and more.
Read MoreWisdom from an Angry God: A Rebuttal to Peter Bebergal's Appendix N
Published in 2017 was Jeffro Johnson’s book Appendix N: The Literary History of Dungeons & Dragons. At the time, Johnson’s Appendix N was the only in-depth exploration of how the works listed in Appendix N related to the development of D&D. Now comes along a book with a suspiciously similar title, Peter Bebergal’s Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons.
Read MoreManly Wade Wellman and Shadowridge Press
Shadowridge Press owner Robert Barr says a few words about Manly Wade Wellman, with this being the anniversary of Manly's passing thirty-five years ago.
Read MoreThe REH Foundation Awards Are Back!
Preliminary nominations for the 2020 and 2021 Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards are now live! There is a small window in which to nominate, so get your nominees in to the REHF now.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 4/4/2021
This week: Frazetta’s Tarzan, Kull, snake monsters, Gene Wolfe, Edmond Hamilton, Manly Wade Wellman, and more.
Read MoreLovecraft and Leiber
Much has been made of the correspondence between H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, but Lovecraft corresponded with more writers, including a young Fritz Leiber, Jr. His work bears much influence of the Gent from Providence and Lovecraft was somewhat of a literary mentor of Leiber.
Read MoreREVIEW: Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons
Dungeons and Dragons has become a household name. It is firmly embedded in our pop culture. Whether you have played the game or not, you are aware of it. Within its pages, co-creator Gary Gygax shared a list of stories that inspired him. This list is known as Appendix N.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 3/28/2021
This week: Frazetta, Stormbringer, Conan, Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. Rider Haggard, The Book of the New Sun, and more.
Read MoreKen Barr -- Five Years Gone
The mighty Ken Barr passed away on this date in 2016. He painted some of the coolest book and comic covers of the ‘70s and ‘80s, many of them in the sword-and-sorcery/heroic fantasy vein.
Read MoreComing in April: Worlds Beyond Worlds - The Short Fiction of John R. Fultz
Worlds Beyond Worlds - The Short Fiction of John R. Fultz collects 11 fantasy tales published during 2010 to 2020, most of them set in various imaginary worlds of wonder.
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