The Passage of Dilvish
Roger Zelazny’s Dilvish the Damned had two distinct periods of development, separated by a twelve year hiatus. The first explosion of story writing was in Read More
Category: J. R. R. Tolkien
Smaug the Great, a Gallery
Smaug the Great is described: “There was a most specially greedy, strong and wicked worm called Smaug.” When Biblo finally sees this terror with his Read More
Bill Parente and Sword & Sorcery
When Archie Goodwin left Warren in 1967, he was replaced by Bill Parente, who took over as editor and chief writer. This time period is Read More
Wandor’s Ride by Roland J. Green
Wandor’s Ride (1973)Â by Roland J. Green is the opener for a lengthy saga of Sword & Sorcery. While couched in the unfortunate cliche of Read More
Lin Carter & His Pastiches
On Facebook somebody said why doesn’t somebody do a list of all the authors that inspired Lin Carter’s many pastiches? Well kids, let’s give it Read More
Yag-kosha and The Tower of the Elephant
“The Tower of the Elephant” (Weird Tales, March 1933) by Robert E. Howard is one of the central Conan stories, set in his youth. Conan Read More
A Nazghul Gallery
The Ringwraiths or in the Black Speech “Nazguls” of The Lord of the Rings were the original spectral knights. From mentions in Led Zeppelin songs Read More
Robert E. Howard’s James Allison in Comics
Roy Thomas sat in a unique position in the early 1970s. None of the Howard material had been adapted unless you count one very obscure Read More
New Pulp: We Finally Got There
Twenty years ago I made it my mission to write as they did in the old days of Black Mask, Dime Detective and Thrilling Wonder Read More
The Forests of Forever: Thomas Burnett Swann
I can remember when I walked away from Fantasy in the late 1980s. I had read all the good stuff from the Pulp era, the Read More