The DMRtian Chronicles, 6/20/2021
This week: Robert E. Howard, Elric, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Clark Ashton Smith’s Hyperborea, Frank Frazetta, Henry Kuttner, and more.
Read MoreThe Winners of the 2020 and 2021 REH Foundation Awards
The 2020 and 2021 Robert E. Howard Foundation awards were handed out in Cross Plains last weekend. While you might have seen the list of winners already, you may not realize how some of the recipients are connected to the DMR Books Blog. Check it out.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 6/13/2021
This week: Lots of Robert E. Howard articles, plus C.L. Moore, Leigh Brackett, Beowulf, sword and planet, cosmic horror, and more.
Read MoreThat Time When Roy Thomas Influenced Conan the Buccaneer...
Roy Thomas is the Guest of Honor at Howard Days this year. That makes his second round as GoH, with his first being during the REH Centennial in 2006…an honor that few others can claim. What you may not realize is that Roy probably had an influence on the original run of Lancer Conans before Conan the Barbarian #1 was ever published by Marvel.
Read MoreConan of the Caribbean
I indulge myself with the belief that Robert E. Howard was, in fact, a ghostly presence in the writers’ room of the STARZ pirate drama Black Sails, where his spectral hand pushed the quill in playing out his foundational theme of civilization vs. barbarism. For that is the underlying theme of this fine, though underrated show.
Read MoreThe Frazetta Museum Celebrates Twenty Years
The Frazetta Art Museum, designed by Frank himself and housing a treasure-trove of his iconic artwork, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary.
Read MoreWritings of Weirdness: Algernon Blackwood’s “The Wendigo” Versus Sword and Sorcery
When thinking about weird fiction elements in sword and sorcery pieces, I wonder what kind of weird essence has usually been attached to it. What are the parts from weird fiction that normally make it into a sword and sorcery tale? When I think of weird fiction elements in S&S, I think of the uncanny, the indescribable, the inevitable, the unnamable…
Read MoreReview: Savage Realms Issues 1-4
I started reading Savage Realms when the first issue came out in January 2021. I was struck by how inventive some of the stories were. They sat firmly within the domain of Sword and Sorcery but there were some surprisingly fresh takes on the genre.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 6/6/2021
This week: Japanese Conan art, Frazetta, Zelazny, Fu Manchu, Highlander, Flash Gordon, Lord Dunsany, and more.
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