Space Opera: A Ramble
Brian Aldiss once said in an anthology called Space Opera (1974): “Science fiction is for real. Space Opera is for fun. Generally.” And for the Read More
Category: Adventure
Ten More Doc Savage Novels For Halloween
If you missed the last ten… Jack Mackenzie has finished his third Wild Inc. novel, Madam Murder. Here’s the cover for the book that will Read More
Don Glut’s Tales of Sword & Sorcery
You are probably expecting a piece on Dagar the Invincible but Donald F. Glut wrote some other stories under this title and secreted them away Read More
Werewolves of the Silver Age
If you missed the last one… The Silver Age of Comics begins with a general prohibition on werewolves (zombies, vampires and gore). You don’t see Read More
Top Ten Sword & Sorcery Fight Scenes by Ray Harryhausen
Heroic Fantasy needs two things: Monsters and a good fight scene. Imagine Conan winning in a story by political debate. Or the Witcher settling a Read More
Cavemen (No Dinosaurs!)
In past posts I was largely interested in Cavemen & Dinosaurs (my phrase for the fantastic prehistoric, as best represented by Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Pellucidar Read More
New Book: Swords of Fire 3 on Kindle and Paperback!
Contents: THE RISE OF THE BANE-BLOOD by G. W. Thomas G. W. spins four connected segments in the history of Malis, the Slaughter Daughter of Read More
Festus Pragnell: British Enthusiast
Festus Pragnell (1905-1977) was a retired English policeman from South Hampton who wrote when unemployment gave him time to ponder ideas. What we would call Read More
Devil’s Gulch, or How To Write a Weird Western
It’s not very often I talk about a book I am going to write before I write it. This one is unusual in that it Read More
Lords (And Ladies) of the Dino-Jungle
Stories about people finding dinosaurs hiding in strange places go back to Victorian times. As our knowledge of prehistoric life grew, so did our fantasies Read More