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
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Conan (1967) The Thing in the Crypt
This is the first in a series of posts about the original 196os-1970s Conan paperbacks. I haven’t worried about Howard versus pastichers or any of Read More
The Definition of Sword & Sorcery
I don’t waste much time on defining Sword & Sorcery but it seems to be a thing again on the Internet. Men like Lin Carter Read More
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
Plant Monsters in Movies & Television
Plant Monsters in Movies & Television start in the 1930s and go to the present day with The Last of Us. We all enjoy watching Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 1: The 1960s
Sword & Sorcery at Warren is a tale of a sub rosa movement within another genre. James Warren’s black & white magazines were an innovation Read More
The Broken Sword by George Barr
The Broken Sword by George Barr is a little known adaptation of Poul Anderson’s classic Heroic Fantasy novel. Anderson wrote the book in 1954 to 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
More Golden Age Comics for Sword & Sorcery Fans
Sword & Sorcery comics were few and far between in the Golden Age. But they weren’t non-existent either. “Crom the Barbarian” by Gardner Fox, “The Read More
The Matter of Britain & Fantasy
I am currently reading Mike Ashley’s excellent A Brief History King Arthur (aka The Mammoth Book of King Arthur, 2005). Ashley does a great job Read More