Jean Ray, known as the Belgian Poe, was born today in 1887. I have written about Ray before, particularly in my essay, The Weird Fiction of Jean Ray. This essay contains a short biography and reviews of Ray’s works that were available in English at the time. Since then Wakefield press has released two more works by Ray, The Great Nocturnal and Circles of Dread, and plans to release more.
Read MoreAugust William Derleth died of a heart attack on the Fourth of July, 1971. Thus ended a literary career that spanned six decades. Derleth won awards for his fiction, co-founded one of the most beloved small presses in the history of publishing and nurtured the careers and literary reputations of a legion of legendary authors—H.P. Lovecraft and Ramsey Campbell being just two examples. AWD also helped co-found the Cthulhu Mythos along with HPL, Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith.
Read MoreThis week: Michael Moorcock, Ray Harryhausen, Jack Vance, classic adventure sci-fi, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Weird Tales, and more.
Read MoreJuly will see the release of Prehistoric Adventures, the second themed anthology of the summer from DMR Books. The cover story is “Dinosaur Destroyer,” the cult classic novella by Arthur Petticolas written in the tradition of Robert E. Howard’s James Allison tales, where a modern man remembers his life in a savage age of the distant past.
Read MoreChris Hale was a student of sword-and-sorcery. He left this world far too soon, but he achieved notable things in the field of Howard Studies/S&S/Heroic Fantasy. I’m going to look at those achievements in this blog post.
Read MoreThis week: Wagner’s Kane, Moorcock’s Elric, Kirby’s Thundarr, John Maddox Roberts’ Conan, ‘80s fantasy movies, Icelandic sagas, and plenty more.
Read More2021 marks the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of Murray Leinster’s birth. The man was an SF titan back in the early years of the pulps and his stories remain in print to this day.
Read MoreManuel Pérez Clemente—known to the world as Sanjulián—celebrated his eightieth birthday yesterday. Over the years, he’s painted great horror covers, Conan covers and everything in between.
Read MoreThese days there are so many new books coming out in the fields of fantasy, science fiction, and adventure that it’s hard to keep track of them all! Let’s take a look at some that have been released this month.
Read MoreI just found out that Neal Adams turned eighty years old last week. I’m short on time but respects must be paid and props must be given. Neal Adams revolutionized the look of comics in the 1960s. He went on to create some of the coolest renditions of Tarzan and Conan ever…and he didn’t stop there.
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