The DMRtian Chronicles, 11/21/21
This week: Barsoom, Robert E. Howard, Edmond Hamilton, Lord Dunsany, Dune, and more.
Read MoreGiving Props to ERB's Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar created the template for the era of 'classic' Tarzan novels to come. Its publication was momentous at the time and—many decades later—that novel was my real intro to the world of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs and much, much more.
Read MoreReview: A Cowboy in Carpathia: A Bob Howard Adventure by Teel James Glenn
Teel James Glenn's story begins on that fateful day. What if Robert E. Howard had chosen to live? With nothing left to keep him in Cross Plains, Howard decides to go see the world he has written about but never seen.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 11/14/2021
This week: Clark Ashton Smith, Hawk the Slayer, Dune, Hyperion, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Planet Stories, berserkers, and more.
Read MoreThe Art of Ian Miller
Today marks the seventy-fifth birthday of Ian Miller. While not a marquee name here in the States, I guarantee that many readers of the DMR Blog have seen his artwork over the years. Intricate, grotesque and very recognizable, Ian’s style is uniquely his own.
Read MoreJack Williamson -- Fifteen Years Gone
Jack Williamson died on this date in 2006. He started out his career being praised by the likes of A. Merritt and Isaac Asimov. By the time his life ended, Williamson was known as the 'Dean of Science Fiction' with Hugos and Nebulas on his wall. His works of science fiction and fantasy remain classics to this day.
Read MoreThe DMRtian Chronicles, 11/7/2021
This week: Robert E. Howard and C.L. Moore, The Spine of Night, Tales from the Magician’s Skull, Karl Edward Wagner, Ray Bradbury, Robin Hood, and more.
Read MoreP. Craig Russell Turns 70
P. Craig Russell is an artist with a nearly half-century career in comics. His renditions of Killraven, Elric, Doctor Strange and Sandman are considered iconic, if not definitive. Russell has collaborated with the likes of Roy Thomas, Neil Gaiman and Michael Moorcock during his illustrious career.
Read MoreThe Fiftieth Anniversary of DAW Books
Today marked the anniversary of the passing of Donald A. Wollheim. Today also marks—perhaps exactly, perhaps within a few weeks at most—the founding of DAW Books by Wollheim in 1971. Throughout the 1970s and well into the 1980s, DAW Books kept the pulp aesthetic alive, publishing far more sword-and-sorcery and sword-and-planet than its competitors.
Read MoreReviewing and Interpreting Clifford Ball’s “The Thief of Forthe”; War and Wizardry
The Thief of Forthe and Other Stories (2018), published by DMR Books, includes an engaging, thought-provoking story that should not be ignored by enthusiasts of dark fantasy or sword-and-sorcery: I am referring to “The Thief of Forthe” by Clifford Ball.
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