Showing posts with label Magician's Skull. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magician's Skull. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Prayers for Howard Andrew Jones, ardent sword-and-sorcery champion

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When I heard the news that Howard Andrew Jones was diagnosed with inoperable and fatal brain cancer, it staggered me. I’m still reeling.  Th...
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Saturday, April 1, 2023

Heroes behaving badly: The wondrous and bastardly creations of Jack Vance

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S&S protagonists: Occasionally lovable scumbags. Cugel the Clever probably isn’t a guy you want to invite to dinner. You’d be guaranteed...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Night Winds blowing for Karl Edward Wagner, Kane

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My latest post is up on the blog of Tales from the Magician's Skull: ( Night) Winds Blowing for Kane--Toward a Karl Edward Wagner reviva...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Piecing together Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword

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My review/revisit/recap of/love letter to Anderson's magnificent 1954 novel is up on the blog of Tales from the Magician's Skull. Ch...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Post Halloween roundup: The Willows, mysterious writing projects, and other news and ephemera

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I carved this! Thanks template. I always feel a bit sad when the pumpkin candles burn out and I turn off the porch light on Halloween. My fa...
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Saturday, October 15, 2022

Why bother blogging? And other personal updates

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Why? Why do I continue to keep this blog? I’ve been doing this a long time, since Sept. 2007, save for a long break circa 2013-2019 to write...
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Monday, September 26, 2022

Michael Moorcock and other Stranger Things

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I was OOO (and frankly, only semi-coherent) this past Friday-Sunday, after a sorely needed guys weekend getaway. Me and four other dudes ren...
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Saturday, September 17, 2022

Fantastic essay and other updates

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Failed to mention that my post on Fantastic , that digest-size magazine that ran from 1952-1980 and published a fair bit of sword-and-sorcer...
Wednesday, July 20, 2022

S&S updates: Dunsany, New Edge, book deals, and a fine response to a troubling essay

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Hail to the King of Dreams, baby. A roundup of recent-ish news and updates on the sacred genre. My most recent essay for Tales from the Magi...
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Friday, June 17, 2022

Lin Carter: Enthusiast of the Fantastic

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My latest post for the blog of Tales from the Magician's Skull is up: Lin Carter: Enthusiast of the Fantastic. The world needs more Lin ...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

S&S updates: Scaling the walls of Venarium, and assorted essays

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A couple updates from my corner of S&S fandom. I’m psyched/pumped/jacked to announce that I was honored with the Venarium award from the...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

The fine sounds of a silver stringed bard

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  Ghouls, guitars, and gals... good stuff. My latest essay/review is up on the blog of Tales from the Magician's Skull. Check out The Fa...
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Saturday, March 26, 2022

Fueling the Fire of Fantasy Fiction: Gaming’s Influence on Today’s Writers

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Another post of mine is up and can be found on the blog of Goodman Games/Tales from the Magician's Skull: Fueling the Fire of Fantasy Fi...
Friday, March 18, 2022

Slinging sword-and-sorcery about the interwebs

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A couple recent posts up at two of my favorite hangouts: Catching up with Tom Barber, Classic S&S Artist,  at the blog of DMR Books. Dun...
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Friday, December 10, 2021

Review of KEW special edition Phantasmagoria

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Khan!! I mean, Kane!! I recently finished a special edition of Phantasmagoria dedicated entirely to the life and works of the late, great, K...
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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

I backed Tales from the Magician's Skull; you should too

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Tales from the Magician's Skull has launched a second kickstarter, More Tales from the Magician's Skull, to fund additional issues ...
Friday, October 29, 2021

Unearthing David Drake's The Barrow Troll (back from Dallas)

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Holy fuck. I'm back after 11 straight days of work, including a six-day conference in Dallas that consumed as much as 16 hours on given ...
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Saturday, October 23, 2021

The Day of Might hath come!

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  Today has been decreed The Day of Might by the Skull, and the fine folks over at Tales from the Magician's Skull. It's a day to ce...
Friday, October 8, 2021

Ten Sword-and-Sorcery Tales For the Haunting Season

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My latest post is up on the blog of Tales from the Magician's Skull : Ten Sword-and-Sorcery Tales for the Haunting Season. I'm feeli...
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Saturday, September 18, 2021

Sifting Through a Sword-and-Sorcery Definition

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Latest mini-essay is now up on Goodman Games/blog of Tales from the Magician's Skull . The metaphor of sword-and-sorcery as a sifter cam...
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