The “summer of adventure” rolls on! June saw the release of the anthology of classic sci-fi, Planetary Adventures, which was followed by Prehistoric Adventures in July. Now in August comes the highly-anticipated Viking Adventures!
Read MoreTom Barber, legendary 1970s artist, turned seventy-five today. He survived the Vietnam War, created some of the coolest covers of the 1970s and has now come roaring back with new, great covers.
Read MoreThis week: Jack Vance, Lord Dunsany, Stephen Hickman, Elric, Thieves’ World, Robert E. Howard, Krull, and more.
Read MoreLegendary pulp scholar, Don Herron, has a few things to say about August Derleth and David Drake.
Read MoreWord got out last weekend that the highly-respected SFF artist, Stephen Hickman, had died of natural causes. Hickman’s art has a timeless quality that would look equally at home on a pulp from 1921 or on a Baen paperback in 2021.
Read MoreThis week: Robert E. Howard, HPL, PulpFest news, Ray Harryhausen, Jack Vance, and more.
Read MoreCharles R. Saunders would have turned seventy-five this past Monday. When news of his death got out to sword-and-sorcery fandom in late 2020 and the tributes were posted , I felt I didn’t have that much to add. Upon further reflection, I decided that my interactions with CRS—and the coverage he was given at The Cimmerian blog—should be remembered.
Read MoreSometime Lofty Towers does not disappoint. Bonds are forged, allegiance is betrayed, and one bloody afternoon will settle the score, at least for now.
Read More“Spear and Fang” offers glimpses to a stranger, bestial transformation of elements associated with the Decadent movement. These elements, these glimpses, are used in a way representative of Howard’s style, and I believe that reading this story offers a good idea of what a Robert E. Howard story is essentially.
Read MoreThis week: The first Michael Moorcock graphic novel, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Schuyler Hernstrom, caveman comics, Thongor, horror by Leiber and Wagner, and more.
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