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sSensor Sweep: Unearthed Arcana, Weird Tales Story, Robert Bloch, They Thirst
Monday , 10, April 2023 Sensor Sweep 1 CommentFiction (Sprague de Camp Fan): The Weird Tales Story by Robert Weinberg has seen three different editions. The first was published by Fax Collector’s Editions in 1977. This was a nice hardcover book with interior art by Alex Nino. The book is dedicated: To Margaret Brundage, whose covers might not have reflected the contents of Weird Tales but […]
HighNoon on Proxima B is a brand new anthology from Baen Books. It is the companion volume to Gunfight on Europa Station. David Boop is the editor, 241 pages, trade paperback format, $18.00. Cover by Dominic Harman. Contents: Foreword (High Noon on Proxima B) • essay by David Boop Justice and Prosperity • novelette by Milton J. Davis Five […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 8 April 2023
Saturday , 8, April 2023 Uncategorized Leave a commentEvery week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. The Ascendant Wars 2: Brimstone – Rhett C. Bruno and M. B. Vance The Ascendants’ wargame has begun… Scott Carrick never counted on games within games. Nor would he have believed the […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 4 April, 2023
Tuesday , 4, April 2023 Uncategorized Leave a commentEvery week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. The Red Wrath (The Storyweaver Saga #3) – D. K. Holmberg Legends claim the gods watch over their people, protecting the faithful. That’s only part of the story. Lan spends his days […]
Sensor Sweep: Wally Wood, Sword & Sorcery, John Jakes, Red Sonja
Monday , 3, April 2023 Sensor Sweep 1 CommentSword & Sorcery (Sprague de Camp Fan): When L. Sprague de Camp first got the idea to compile a Sword and Sorcery anthology, he had trouble finding a publisher. More on this later. First a little (a very short) history is needed. Cinema (Roger Ebert): It is by general agreement the most famous shot in […]
Chuck Dixon’s Siege of the Black Citadel is a brand new novel from Castalia House. Dixon started writing King Kull stories for the comic Savage Sword of Conan in 1985. If I am correct his first Conan story was “Winter of the Wolf” in The Savage Sword of Conan #133 (February 1987). If my spread […]
They told me they needed me to go to Samaris, as the rumors had been going on too long… …and the only way to put a stop to them was to send someone there to see what was really happening. On a counter-Earth 180 degrees removed from our own, a young officer in service to […]