Introducing….The Masterless Apprentice
It’s not very often I get to introduce a new writer to RAGE machine Books. (We don’t actively seek other writers but this one is Read More
Category: Fantasy
Creating a Fantasy Character – Lin Carter and Beyond
Jandar of Callisto Lin Carter’s “Creating a Fantasy Character” appeared in Savage Tales #7 (November 1974). Carter wrote a number of non-fiction pieces for Marvel Read More
The Sword & Sorcery of Gardner F. Fox
The Sword & Sorcery of Gardner F. Fox begins in the 1950s with the creation of the first true S&S comic book hero, Crom the Read More
Ray Bradbury in Planet Stories
Ray Bradbury in Planet Stories follows Ray’s first publications in Weird Tales. Where those stories would eventually lead to Dark Carnival (Arkham House, 1947), the Read More
Lin Carter’s Gondwane – Oz For Adults
Lin Carter’s Gondwane epic is Oz for Adults. It truly brings all the craziness of L. Frank Baum’s enchanted land into a format for more Read More
Sword & Sorcery in Odd Places 1: Coven 13
Sword & Sorcery can show up in some odd places. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when I find heroic fantasy in the pages of Read More
The Lost World in Comics II
If you missed the last one… Last time we looked at comic book adaptation’s of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 classic then went onto show some Read More
Rainbow of Reprints
Everything Old Is New Again! Reprinting Science Fiction began right from the beginning of American Pulp Science Fiction. Farnsworth Wright, over at Weird Tales, brought Read More
Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed XII
The Guardian of the Vault “The Guardian of the Vault” by Paul Spencer (Years’ Best Fantasy 2, 1976) is a story chosen by Lin Carter Read More
The Underwater City in the Golden Age
The concept of the underwater city, usually a futuristic deal under a glass dome, is as old as Science Fiction. John Wilkins, in Mathematicall Magick Read More