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
Tag: Lin Carter
Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed XIII
If you missed the last one… “The Seal of Zaon Sathla” by Lin Carter was first published in Carter’s anthology, The Magic of Atlantis (1970). Read More
Monsters of the Hyborian Age 14: Devil of the Outer Darkness
If you missed the last one… Conan fought several flying monsters in his career, though we have only looked at the Winged Ape previously here. Read More
The Lost Cities of Mars
If you missed the last one… I am currently reading Lin Carter’s The Man Who Loved Mars (1973). It features Ilionis, “…the long-lost and extremely Read More
Jeffrey Catherine Jones: Early Sword & Sorcery Comics
Jeffrey Catherine Jones did some early Sword & Sorcery comics before and after the rise of old Conan. Some of these comics aren’t pure S&S Read More
Creating a Fantasy Character – Lin Carter and Beyond
Jandar of Callisto Lin Carter’s “Creating a Fantasy Character” appeared in Savage Tales #7 (November 1974). Carter wrote a number of non-fiction pieces for Marvel Read More
Lin Carter’s Gondwane – Oz For Adults
Lin Carter’s Gondwane epic is Oz for Adults. It truly brings all the craziness of L. Frank Baum’s enchanted land into a format for more Read More
Carl Jacobi, Master of the Weird Tale – Part II
If you missed Part 1… The 1950s saw the passing of the Pulps and Weird Tales in particular. Because of this Carl Jacobi’s work becomes Read More
Sword & Sorcery Stories You Might Have Missed XII
The Guardian of the Vault “The Guardian of the Vault” by Paul Spencer (Years’ Best Fantasy 2, 1976) is a story chosen by Lin Carter Read More
Top Ten Monsters of William Hope Hodgson
The Top Ten Monsters of William Hope Hodgson are of particular interest to any fan of H. P. Lovecraft and his Cthulhu Mythos. Much of Read More