Books on the Beach: A Ramble
This post is brought to you by the Swords of Fire anthology series, with the fourth book due in 2026. Like the three previous collections, Read More
Tag: J. R. R. Tolkien
Monsters of the Hyborian Age 17: The Shadow-Bats of Nergal
If you missed the last one… This post is brought to you by Blades & Alchemy by Jack Mackenzie. This is the first of three Read More
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 1950s Firsts
If you missed the last one… This post is brought to you by Jack Mackenzie’s Blades & Alchemy. This is the first in a two-volume 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
Sword & Sorcery: The First Paperbacks
This post is brought to you by collection of young Arthan stories, Bearshirt #5: The Beacon House, the fifth book in the series by G. Read More
A Hundred Years Back: 1925
This post is brought to you by The Paradigm Trap by Jack Mackenzie.The long conflict between humanity and the Kreoch Empire is over. Humanity has Read More
Plant Monsters in Heroic Fantasy Fiction
Heroic Fantasy offers sword-swingers all kinds of monsters to fight: dragons, harpies, ape creatures, just about anything you can imagine. The Sword & Sorcery hero Read More
Epic Fantasy Novel Adaptations of the 21st Century
If you missed the last one… Readers of the 21st century have it pretty good. A big Epic Fantasy series appears in print, with many, Read More
Bronze Age Dragons: 1980s
If you missed the last one… The 1980s offered some new wrinkles to old dragons. One of these was the new paper quality of independent Read More