New Book: Blades and Abominations
In the first volume of this series I covered the origin of the idea of Ka Sirtago and Poet. That was twenty years ago. This Read More
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Asimov on Sword & Sorcery
This post is brought to you by Bearshirt #5: The Beacon House and Other Stories by G. W. Thomas. This collection about Arthan the Bear-man Read More
10 Sword & Sorcery Pulp Era Firsts
This month RAGE machine Books is all about Sword & Sorcery. Jack Mackenzie has released his first of two collections about Sirtago & Poet, Blades Read More
Cele Goldsmith: Champion of Fantasy
Today’s post is brought to you by The Masterless Assassin by T. Neil Thomas. This sequel to The Masterless Apprentice continues the adventures of Tin the Read More
Monsters of the Hyborian Age 15: The Slug of Larsha
If you missed the last one… “The Hall of the Dead” was an L. Sprague de Camp composition based on a Robert E. Howard outline. Read More
LINK: What Is the Single Best Sword & Sorcery Anthology?
A reader, who I will call Utahjim, asked me a great question the other day. He had been reading L. Sprague de Camp’s The Spell Read More
Plant Monsters of the 1960s
If you missed the last one… The 1960s opens with what might be one of the last, great Pulp adventure tales for plants. After Harrison’s Read More
The Definition of Sword & Sorcery
I don’t waste much time on defining Sword & Sorcery but it seems to be a thing again on the Internet. Men like Lin Carter Read More
Top Ten Favorite Swords in Heroic Fantasy
The enchanted sword has been a part of heroic fantasy since the beginning. Beowulf slays Grendel’s mother with an elder blade he conveniently finds in Read More
The Fiend Without a Face and Amelia Reynolds Long
A few days ago I wrote about invisible monsters in Weird Tales. Little did I know that one of those tales was the basis of Read More