Andrew Offutt’s “My Lord Barbarian.”
My Lord Barbarian is a slim planetary romance by Andrew Offutt. It begins with an intriguing premise and a reasonable pretext to include spaceships and
June 15, 2025
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NTRPG 2025
Home at last. After the trip to Florida I had a half-day at home before heading north to Dallas for the North Texas RPG Con.
June 8, 2025
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The Black Shields. And a Vacation.
Maybe it is wider margins. Or maybe it is just sheer readability. For whatever reason, I’m surging through John Maddox Roberts’ Stormlands books at nearly
June 1, 2025
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Sherwood. In the Ten Ring.
In the mid-Eighties I added a couple of Parke Godwin novels to my shelf, Firelord and the Last Rainbow. I recall being impressed by the
May 25, 2025
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The State of the Writer, May Edition
2025 is chugging along at a rapid clip. I’m a busy man. MBW and I are still trying to sell Casa Lizzi. Ups and downs,
May 18, 2025
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John Maddox Roberts’ “The Islander.”
The first volume of John Maddox Roberts’ Stormlands series, The Islander, doesn’t read like a 380 page book. I had to slow down, pace myself,
May 11, 2025
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Imaro Ascends to the Pantheon
Charles Saunders’ sword-and-sorcery hero Imaro has been around for years, for most of my lifetime in fact. I’ve been aware of the character, encountering him
May 4, 2025
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Triplanetary: Cosmic Space Opera
E.E. “Doc” Smith is noted for his creation of the Lensman series. Some credit these books as the wellspring from which flow such science-fictional organizations
April 27, 2025
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“The Eagle of the Ninth” Still Flies.
Rosemary Sutcliff had vision. Not only did she have vision, but she could share it with her readers. She could immerse us in detail, not
April 20, 2025
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