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Links of Steel, 1/21/2024

January 21, 2024 by D.M. Ritzlin

This week: Edgar Allan Poe, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Tim Powers, C.L. Moore, Beowulf, Lord Dunsany, and more.

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January 21, 2024 /D.M. Ritzlin
Links of Steel
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Thoughts on the Occasion of Merritt’s Birthday

January 20, 2024 by James Maliszewski

For me personally, A. Merritt’s greatest achievement was in opening my eyes to a wider conception of fantasy.

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January 20, 2024 /James Maliszewski
A. Merritt, Gary Gygax
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Premature Burial”

January 19, 2024 by M.C. Tuggle

There are few terrors more gripping than the prospect of being buried alive. Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the horror tale, wrote a number of stories about that horrific yet fascinating topic.

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January 19, 2024 /M.C. Tuggle
Edgar Allan Poe
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REVIEW: The City of Marble and Blood by Howard Andrew Jones

January 19, 2024 by Richard Fisher

Baen is billing this as a S&S series. I have to disagree. It is something else entirely. Something different. Something more.

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January 19, 2024 /Richard Fisher
Howard Andrew Jones
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Scarce Our Mirages Now Are Seen

January 17, 2024 by Christopher M. Chupik

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.

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January 17, 2024 /Christopher M. Chupik
Lin Carter, Donald A. Wollheim
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The Land That Time Forgot at 100

January 16, 2024 by Al Harron

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’.

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January 16, 2024 /Al Harron
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle
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Rusty Burke: Marked Improvement

January 15, 2024 by Deuce Richardson

Rusty Burke is showing marked improvement in his condition. Read on to learn more.

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January 15, 2024 /Deuce Richardson
Rusty Burke
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Links of Steel, 1/14/2024

January 14, 2024 by Deuce Richardson

This week: Clark Ashton Smith, Wagner's Kane, Robert E. Howard, Frazetta's Fire & Ice, Jack Vance and more.

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January 14, 2024 /Deuce Richardson
Links of Steel
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Giving "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" Its Due

January 13, 2024 by Deuce Richardson

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.

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January 13, 2024 /Deuce Richardson
Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Satampra Zeiros
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The White Company

January 12, 2024 by Morgan Holmes

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.

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January 12, 2024 /Morgan Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, Conan, Robert E. Howard
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