A Look Back: Deuce's Books in 2023
A look back at the books I enjoyed reading in 2023. Lots of swords-and sorcery as well as a few surprises, perhaps.
Read MoreE.R. Eddison's Zimiamvia: A Trilogy
E.R. Eddison is best known for The Worm Ouroboros. Yet he also wrote a partially completed series compiled in Zimiamvia: A Trilogy, consisting of Mistress of Mistresses, A Fish Dinner in Memison, and The Mezentian Gate. So, Zimiamvia, what’s it all about then? An easy question to ask, a hard one to answer.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 12/31/2023
This week: Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock, Clark Ashton Smith, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Philip K. Dick, H.P. Lovecraft, and more.
Read MoreWallace Smith: Unbridled Talent
Wallace Smith was a reporter on foreign wars, a fiction author, a screenwriter and—most importantly for us—a graphic artist adept in wildly different styles.
Read MoreThe 2024 DMR Books Guest Bloggerama Is Almost Here
Pay heed, fans of sword-and-sorcery, horror and exotic adventure! The 2024 DMR Books Guest Bloggerama draws nigh. Now in its sixth triumphant year, our 2024 Guest Bloggerama promises to be another great one, bringing back plenty of notable bloggers and authors to stand in the DMR Books shield-wall once again.
Read MoreKeith Taylor: The 2023 Birthday Interview
Keith Taylor has a new Felimid novel in the works: Sunspear. In this interview, Keith talks about everything from Cormac Mac Art to the ‘Bard’ series and upcoming projects.
Read MoreChristmas Greetings from Bob Howard
A precious Yuletide relic, signed by Robert E. Howard himself!
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 12/24/2023
This week: Robert E. Howard, David Drake, Michael Moorcock, Seabury Quinn’s “Roads”, Fritz Leiber, Jim FitzPatrick, Christmas with Lovecraft and more.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 12/17/2023
This week: David Drake, Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, Robert Jordan, the Cthulhu Mythos, Karl Edward Wagner, the Iliad, and more.
Read MoreREVIEW: Lord of a Shattered Land by Howard Andrew Jones
Being that Lord of a Shattered Land is an S&S story you would expect that it is a tale of revenge. That is simply not the case. Hanuvar, a man in his later years, simply wants to locate and free his people from bondage.
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