REVIEW: The City of Marble and Blood by Howard Andrew Jones
Baen is billing this as a S&S series. I have to disagree. It is something else entirely. Something different. Something more.
Read MoreScarce Our Mirages Now Are Seen
Whatever his flaws as a writer, Carter’s enthusiasm comes through clearly in Lost Worlds, and in reading it, some of it was imparted to me.
Read MoreThe Land That Time Forgot at 100
The Land That Time Forgot uses science to build the world of Caspak, but the foundations are pure adventure. Edgar Rice Burroughs combines all sorts of wild concepts into a ripping yarn worthy of any adventure fan's library. A century later, it is still by no means ‘forgotten’.
Read MoreRusty Burke: Marked Improvement
Rusty Burke is showing marked improvement in his condition. Read on to learn more.
Read MoreLinks of Steel, 1/14/2024
This week: Clark Ashton Smith, Wagner's Kane, Robert E. Howard, Frazetta's Fire & Ice, Jack Vance and more.
Read MoreGiving "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" Its Due
Clark Ashton Smith was a pioneer of the S&S genre. His “The Tale of Satampra Zeiros” was the first sword-and-sorcery story he ever wrote. It is also, possibly, the most influential tale he told within that genre.
Read MoreSir Arthur Conan Doyle: The White Company
The White Company was Arthur Conan Doyle’s tribute to chivalry and the Middle Ages. He considered it his best novel. Robert E. Howard and George MacDonald Fraser were both fans of it.
Read MoreThe War Ain't Over! DMR Books to Unleash Three New Titles in Early 2024
From a time-lost age of arcane legendry, the barbaric warrior-king Caylen-Tor rises once more to hack and hew his way to blood-spattered glory! The Chronicles of Caylen-Tor Volume III is the first of three titles to be released in early 2024.
Read MoreA Deep Cut of Adventure: The Saga of Swain the Viking, Vol. 1: Swain’s Vengeance
Do you enjoy hall burnings, ship-to-ship combat on the high seas, murderous shield walls, and the terrifying torture known as the Blood Eagle? A man’s head ripped off by brute force during a 1:1 duel? I do, and you’ll find all that in Swain’s Vengeance.
Read MoreMacpherson, Metal, and Memories of the Land
Barbarism, identity in relation to the natural world, and meditations on primeval forces are all conventions in Sword & Sorcery fantasy. In my research of the field of Celticism, I have found works—both mythic and modern—that also embody these concepts.
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