The Towers of Fantasy
The Pulps The towers of fantasy fiction have always been locations of sorcery, mystery and strife. If the bad guy lives in a tower, whether Read More
Tag: L. Sprague de Camp
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Billy Graham (1935-1997)
Billy Graham (not the minister) was one of the few African-American artists working in S&S. Bill got his start at Warren with “The Beast in Read More
Mythos Sites: Nan-Matol
This post is brought to you by The Book of the Black Sun by G. W. Thomas, a mandala of Cthulhu Mythos fiction featuring a Read More
Adventures in Time and Space
Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas are credited with editing and publishing the first major Science Fiction anthology, a volume that said to the Read More
The Arabian Nights and Sword & Sorcery
The 1001 Nights is a collection of ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Indian, and other folk tales including such favorites as Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Read More
American Heroic Fantasy Graphic Novels
The term “Graphic Novel’ was coined in November 1964 by Richard Kyle in the pages of the fanzine, Alpha-Cappa. It started to get more traction Read More
Link: Sword & Sorcery – What’s in a Name?
Sword & Sorcery has become a term of derision since the 1980s. There are good reasons for this but much of that derision is out Read More
Three Sword & Sorcery Novels You May Have Missed
The Fallible Fiend by L. Sprague de Camp (1973) originally appeared in Fantastic (December 1972 and February 1973). It is the first of the Novaria Read More
Sword & Sorcery versus Sword & Planet
A swordsman, his arms bearing red wounds, limps across a battlefield covered in bodies. His helmet is gone; his shield is broken. The flag of Read More