Bill Parente and Sword & Sorcery
When Archie Goodwin left Warren in 1967, he was replaced by Bill Parente, who took over as editor and chief writer. This time period is Read More
Category: Fantasy
Wandor’s Ride by Roland J. Green
Wandor’s Ride (1973) by Roland J. Green is the opener for a lengthy saga of Sword & Sorcery. While couched in the unfortunate cliche of Read More
Lin Carter & His Pastiches
On Facebook somebody said why doesn’t somebody do a list of all the authors that inspired Lin Carter’s many pastiches? Well kids, let’s give it Read More
Yag-kosha and The Tower of the Elephant
“The Tower of the Elephant” (Weird Tales, March 1933) by Robert E. Howard is one of the central Conan stories, set in his youth. Conan Read More
Robert E. Howard’s James Allison in Comics
Roy Thomas sat in a unique position in the early 1970s. None of the Howard material had been adapted unless you count one very obscure Read More
The Fantastical Fantasy Writer: Geoff St. Reynard
Robert W. Krepps (1919-1980) produced Science Fiction and Fantasy under the more romantic name of “Geoff St. Reynard” for two publishers in particular, Ray A. Read More
New Pulp: We Finally Got There
Twenty years ago I made it my mission to write as they did in the old days of Black Mask, Dime Detective and Thrilling Wonder Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Ken Barr (1933-2016)
Ken Barr was a Scottish artist who made his mark as a paperback cover man and with Marvel’s Black & White magazines like Doc Savage, Read More
The Forests of Forever: Thomas Burnett Swann
I can remember when I walked away from Fantasy in the late 1980s. I had read all the good stuff from the Pulp era, the Read More