Links of Steel, 1/7/2024
This week: Karl Edward Wagner, Frank Frazetta, Jack Vance, John Carter, El Borak, Poul Anderson in Planet Stories, Godzilla, and more.
Read MoreDavid Drake: Salve atque vale
David Drake’s career spanned six decades. The bloody thread running through it was the waging of war and the wages thereof.
Read MoreRobert E. Howard and Fritz Leiber: A Comparison
Robert E. Howard and Fritz Leiber were the two most important writers of Sword and Sorcery. Both created S&S for the pulps. However, in some ways, they were very different writers.
Read MoreThe Truth of the Matter of Britain: Some thoughts upon re-reading Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord trilogy
There are small “t” truths, defined as either relatively well-known and observable facts, or commonly held and accepted beliefs. Then there is capital T truth, the truth of emotional and human existence. Which historical truth in no way negates. The story of Arthur contains truths equally as important as historical fact.
Read MoreRegarding Rusty Burke...
Rusty Burke, one of the most honored scholars in the Robert E. Howard community, has suffered life-threatening injuries. Read on to learn more.
Read MoreA 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.
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