Edgar Allan Poe’s fantasque piece of fiction “The Island of the Fay” illustrates profoundly the importance, the puissance, and the enthralling effect of the Fantasy genre in literature, which in this day and vile age is a genre that has been grossly misrepresented, mishandled, and victimized by the loathsome banality of modernism and corporate agents of priggish censorship.
Read MoreThis week: Edgar Rice Burroughs, PulpFest, Bran Mak Morn, Tanith Lee, Clark Ashton Smith, Seven Footprints to Satan, and more.
Read MoreToday we're here to celebrate the career of one of the greatest writers to ever grace the SFF genres with his blazing talent and amazing intellect: Poul Anderson. Specifically, the capstone of his career and love-letter to his fans: Going For Infinity. Personally selected by Poul himself, this collection contains some of his finest SF and fantasy short stories.
Read MoreMichael Shea wrote Mr. Cannyharme in 1981. The H.P. Lovecraft story "The Hound" was the inspiration for this story. Although, as S.T. Joshi points out, with the elaboration of the plot and the change of setting Shea has written a novel that is far more than a literary pastiche.
Read MoreDavid Gemmell, stalwart author of numerous sword-and-sorcery/heroic fantasy novels, passed away on this date in 2006. David lived his life according to his own code. He wrote what he wanted to write and literally died doing what he loved.
Read MoreThe “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.
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