At this point complaining about the quality of Lin Carter’s fiction is beating a dead horse. Some of it is better than others. I happen to think his ersatz Dunsany is excellent. But in general, if you pick up a Carter book you know what you’re getting. Complaining about it is like going to Taco… Continue reading The Wizard of Lemuria, or Thongor the Bullet Point Barbarian
Month: October 2025
Farewell Orycon
I still have one panel left today. But I’m already bidding adieu to Orycon, the convention I’ve been attending off and on since the late 80s. It has been a good run. I’ve had a lot of fun. Now that I no longer live in the Pacific Northwest, attending has been rather inconvenient, yet worth… Continue reading Farewell Orycon
S.P.Q.R. IV The Temple of the Muses
I believe the John Maddox Roberts splurge has ended for a while with S.P.Q.R. IV: The Temple of the Muses. This is not because I’ve grown tired of his writing or the exploits of Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger. I’ve simply finished all of Roberts’ books ready to hand. This seems like a good spot… Continue reading S.P.Q.R. IV The Temple of the Muses
The Queens of Land and Sea. Perpetual Cliffhanger.
The Queens of Land and Sea is the fifth — and, unfortunately, final — volume of John Maddox Roberts The Stormlands series. While one of the early chapters adds a trifle to the travelogue of Roberts’ distant future Earth, this book offers a great deal less world building than the previous four. It does open… Continue reading The Queens of Land and Sea. Perpetual Cliffhanger.