Donald A. Wollheim debuted—or ‘broke out’—Tanith Lee’s various S&S/heroic fantasy works, Moorcock’s Elric and Dorian Hawkmoon, Saunders’ Imaro and Dossouye and Shea’s Nifft the Lean. In other words, most of the major sword-and-sorcery protagonists of the ‘70s and ‘80s.
Read MoreContrary to what “The Tolkien Professor” Corey Olsen says, the modern fantasy genre does NOT all come from Tolkien, and it would have arrived even without him. In fact, it already had. And pre-Tolkien fantasy matters.
Read More"A Viking warrior dies a dishonorable death...but he has one chance to redeem his soul and enter Valhalla: to return to Earth in service to the goddess of death! As the living Sword of Hel, Grimarr encounters demons, evil warlords, and beautiful sword-maidens!"
Read MoreAlthough there are some discrepancies between the HPLHS movie and the Lovecraft short story on which the movie is based, the HPLHS film does retain a high level of respect and faithfulness to Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu.”
Read MoreThis week: Elric news, Robert E. Howard, Tarzan, Arthur Machen, Witch World, and more.
Read MoreSimon Bisley’s career spans four decades. During the 1990s, he went from strength to strength, creating acclaimed art for Slaine, Lobo and Batman. All the while, he was crafting brutal, yet sensual, art for album covers, movies and video games.
Read MoreYesterday was Esteban Maroto’s eightieth birthday. Maroto drew and painted some of the greatest fantasy art of the ‘70s and ‘80s. especially in the realm of Heroic Fantasy/Sword-and-Sorcery.
Read MoreThe Kalevala is the Finnish national epic. It helped give the Finnish people a sense of nationhood and has inspired numerous authors and artists in the West right up to the present day. The Kalevala is a collection of tales set in the forests and seas of the far North and is filled with magic and monsters.
Read MoreThis week: Conan, E.R. Eddison, The Witcher, a new Dreamlands anthology, Henry Kuttner, Divine Right fiction, Edmond Hamilton, Margaret St. Clair, and more.
Read MoreDave Wolverton—also known as David Farland—was an acclaimed, bestselling SFF author. In addition to his own work, he mentored numerous other successful authors. Wolverton was also one of the great defenders of the fantasy and sci-fi genres, thanks to his landmark essay, “On Writing as a Fantasist”.
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