January Update
To anyone looking it might not appear that I’m doing any writing. But I am. The staring at the walls or spending entirely too long
January 19, 2025
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Fifty Years Later: “Boneland.”
A few months back I read Alan Garner’s The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath, both of which I considered here. In 2012,
January 12, 2025
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Red Moon and Black Mountain
Joy Chant’s Red Moon and Black Mountain is a book I wanted to like more than I actually did. I’ve a notion that timing is
January 5, 2025
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Alan Garner’s “The Weirdstone of Brisingamen” and “The Moon of Gomrath.”
The cover of the 1960 Ace paperback of Alan Garner’s The Weirdstone of Brisingamen guaranteed I’d pick this up when I found it in a
December 8, 2024
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They Can’t All Be Winners: “Demon in the Mirror” and “Thor: Love and Thunder”
We all know the aphorism: If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. The problem is that this week’s post
November 24, 2024
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Wandering Dunsany’s “Beyond the Fields We Know.”
Beyond the Fields We Know is part of the peerless Adult Fantasy series, edited by Lin Carter. Carter curates and edits selections from Lord Dunsany
November 17, 2024
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Finding ERB’s The Land of Hidden Men
Tarzan and John Carter are deservedly famous. But I have extracted a perhaps unexpected amount of enjoyment from several of Edgar Rice Burrough’s less well
November 3, 2024
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Two Quick Shots: Thundar and Tigers of the Sea
Thundar: Man of Two Worlds was meant as the first in a series, judging by the textual evidence. It is the work of John Bloodstone
October 27, 2024
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The Ship of Ishtar
Look, The Ship of Ishtar is an unusual book. There’s no question of that. It dispenses with traditional tropes. A. Merritt does not tread familiar
October 20, 2024
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