The acclaimed director, John Boorman, turned ninety today. I feel compelled to pay my respects and convey my gratitude for all the enjoyment he has given me over the decades. The creator of Excalibur deserves no less.
Read More“I am completely original, even when I am not original.”
Read MoreA Feast of Ambrosia: The Adventures of Bingor and Donalbain will be available in February. Bingor, a sly scoundrel hailing from Sicilia, and Donalbain, a Scottish bard, are not your typical sword-and-sorcery heroes. Thieving is their main trade, but they have no scruples against burglary, bounty-hunting, treasure-seeking, swindling, and selling information.
Read MoreThis week: Conan, Clark Ashton Smith, The Witcher, A. Merritt, Edgar Allan Poe, Excalibur, No Artpunk II, and more.
Read MoreIn Excalibur’s sound and fury we are witness to heroism, sacrifice, towering human achievement, codes of chivalric honor, hopeless battles against the encroaching dark, lust, betrayal, collapse… and the hope that order and goodness may one day come again.
Read MoreJack London, Robert E. Howard’s literary idol, wrote about a thousand pages worth of SF and fantasy fiction. Let’s take a look at a few collections of Jack’s SFF tales.
Read MoreFrom my perspective, sword and sorcery is not power-fantasy; it is barbarian-fantasy: the longing to return to the primitive, the past, the preindustrial, the raw of terrestrial nature, the simple.
Read More“I’m always trying to do something different, and I think people like that about my work. I usually get complimented on my fight scenes (I taught martial arts for three decades), my snappy dialogue, and the fast pace of my fiction.”
Read MoreThe second collection of Arthur D. Howden Smith’s tales of Swain the Viking is now available from DMR Books. Swain’s Chase collects the thrilling title novel as well as two novellas: “Swain’s Venture” and “Swain’s Payment,” all of which appeared in the classic pulp magazine Adventure in the 1920s.
Read MoreThis week: Robert E. Howard, Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser, historical fantasy, Barsoom, 300, H.P. Lovecraft, Wayne Barlow, and more.
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