The DMRtian Chronicles, 6/6/2021
This week: Japanese Conan art, Frazetta, Zelazny, Fu Manchu, Highlander, Flash Gordon, Lord Dunsany, and more.
Read MoreThe Literary Afterlife and Legacy of Richard F. Burton (Part Three)
Bram Stoker, Lord Dunsany and Sax Rohmer were all admirers of Richard F. Burton. Burton may have died in 1890, but his literary influence reaches right up until the present day.
Read MoreRealism in the Works of H. P. Lovecraft
It may seem a strange thing to talk about realism in the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. Truth be told, it is a strange thing to talk about realism in fiction in general. However, the techniques of realism can be used to enhance a story. Lovecraft often used them.
Read MoreIn the Shadow of Sir Richard Burton
June 1st marks the sixty-second anniversary of the death of Sax Rohmer. DMR Books recently marked the bicentennial of Sir Richard Burton’s birth. Rohmer counted Burton’s multi-volume translation of A Thousand and One Arabian Nights as one of the key influences in shaping both his writing and his lifelong interests.
Read MoreClassic Sci-Fi Anthology Planetary Adventures Coming This Summer
This summer DMR Books will release three differently themed reprint anthologies, the first of which will appear in mid-June. Entitled Planetary Adventures, it will contain five rare tales from the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 5/30/2021
This week: Robert E. Howard, Tanith Lee, Mars in the pulps, Lovecraft, ape monsters, Hammer Films, and more.
Read MoreThe Fantasy Art of John Bolton
I just learned that John Bolton turned seventy years old the other day. That would be John Bolton of England. One of the great SFF/horror artists of the last forty years. An artist whom Neil Gaiman felt compelled to make a short film about. That John Bolton. Not the American neocon diplomat.
Read MoreDMR Books to Reprint Ramsey Campbell's Fantasy Collection Far Away & Never
DMR Books has acquired reprint rights to the dark swords and sorcery collection Far Away and Never by Ramsey Campbell. The agent was John Jarrold. The collection, originally published 25 years ago by Necronomicon Press, contains all of Campbell’s stories of Ryre which appeared in the Swords Against Darkness anthologies.
Read MoreReview: The Song of Bêlit by Robert E. Howard & Rodolfo Martínez
The Song of Bêlit was originally published in 2017 by Sportula, but only in Spanish. It wasn't until the summer of 2020 that it was translated by Rodolfo Martínez and Christopher Kastensmidt into English. What Martínez has done here is incorporate Howard's original work and expand on it.
Read MoreKeith Taylor - The DMR Interview, Part Two
In Part Two of this interview, Keith Taylor talks about his writing career including two novels featuring the Robert E. Howard hero Cormac Mac Art, both co-written with Andrew Offutt, his health, and his current works in progress.
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