10 Sword & Sorcery 1950s Firsts
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Link: L. Sprague de Camp 2: Hyborian Times
As mentioned in an earlier post, L. Sprague de Camp attempted to turn Sword & Sorcery down a logical, Science Fictional route (ala John W. Read More
Fantasy on the March – Fritz Leiber’s Rallying Call
“Fantasy on the March” was Fritz Leiber’s rallying call to fans of Fantasy, both heroic and dark. The piece appeared in The Arkham Sampler (Spring Read More
More Robert E. Howard Pastiches
Conan the Cimmerian was the first Robert E. Howard character to be written about by others. This began when L.Sprague de Camp converted non-Conan tales Read More
Gods of the North
“The Gods of the North” originally appeared in The Fantasy Fan, March 1934, a fanzine published by Charles Hornig. The story was rejected by Farnsworth Read More
Conan Novels
The Conan Novels have their own history alongside that of Robert E. Howard and his famous Cimmerian. Even if you never saw a copy of Read More
Conan the Described
Robert E. Howard described his most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, not in minute detail but more like a force of nature. In his first Read More
Tros of Samothrace: Howardian Forefather
In 1900 Mark Twain defined: “A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.” That definition comes close to Read More
Fantasy Fiction: An Oasis of the Fifties
Fantasy Fiction was a Pulp magazine that ran for only four issues from March to November 1953. It was produced by Future Publications, the publisher Read More
Link: Sword & Sorcery and J. R. R. Tolkien
In September 1937 an English Don named John Ronald Reuel Tolkien published a children’s book called The Hobbit. Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, Read More