Schuyler Hernstrom To Appear at PulpFest August 21
PulpFest is only a week and a half away! DMR author Schuyler Hernstrom will be stopping by our table on Saturday, August 21.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 8/8/2021
This week: Michael Moorcock, the current Lord Dunsany, historical swashbuckler films, Jack Vance, HPL, Dracula, and more.
Read MoreBikers From Hell: Frank Frazetta
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally began today. Bikers have been compared to ‘barbarians’ again and again. Frank Frazetta’s lone ‘biker novel’ cover is a good one.
Read MoreReflecting on Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Island of the Fay”; Florid Musings on Fantasy
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 MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 8/1/2021
This week: Edgar Rice Burroughs, PulpFest, Bran Mak Morn, Tanith Lee, Clark Ashton Smith, Seven Footprints to Satan, and more.
Read MorePoul Anderson: Going For Infinity (2002)
Today 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 MoreReview: Mr. Cannyharme by Michael Shea
Michael 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 -- Fifteen Years Gone
David 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 MoreViking Adventures Coming in August
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 MoreHappy Birthday to Tom Barber!
Tom 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.
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