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Sensor Sweep: Morgan’s Fort, Philip Wylie, Turin, Against the Giants
Monday , 7, August 2023 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentGaming (Rageaholic): How the industry ruined itself by giving us what we want. Tolkien (Black Gate): I have decided to take “Discovering Tolkien,” the title of this series, as my means of entry into the subject. By doing so, I can only hope that I happen to make (if not “new”) interesting or sideways observations […]
An Interview with Morgan Holmes By Matthew Pungitore Ciao! My name is Matthew Pungitore, and in this article, I’ll be talking with Morgan Holmes. So, without further ado, let’s caper like a comet to the interview. Matthew Pungitore: “Morgan, I’m honored to be able to have this opportunity to talk with you like this. I have […]
Short Reviews – The Devils of Po Sung, by Bassett Morgan
Friday , 4, August 2017 Uncategorized 7 CommentsThe Devils of Po Sung by Bassett Morgan appeared in the December 1927 issue of Weird Tales and was the featured Weird Story Reprint in the March 1939 issue. A scanned pdf of this issue can be found here at Luminist.org. I’ll admit, at first I had a bit of a tough time getting into The Devils of […]
Fantasy (DMR Books): The Ship of Ishtar was first serialized in Argosy All-Story in November 1924. It was immediately a huge hit with Argosy‘s readership. Not since the days of “The Moon Pool” had there been such a furor amongst the Argosy audience–and part of that previous buzz was due to Merritt writing his novella […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 3 August 2024
Saturday , 3, August 2024 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. He Who Fights with Monsters #11 – Travis Deverell Jason and his companions managed to forestall the inexorable undead, but their battle is far from done. Both they and their enemies are […]
The 1950s was a period when historical novels were very popular. Thomas B. Costain, Frank Yerby, Frank Slaughter were among the top tier. Some science fiction writers supplemented their income writing historicals including L. Sprague de Camp and Poul Anderson. Another was Gardner F. Fox. Fox’s specialty was the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. The […]
Sensor Sweep: Conan, Robert E. Howard, D&D Comic Ads, Lloyd Alexander
Monday , 24, June 2024 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentWeird Tales (Tellers of Weird Tales): Three stories appeared in Weird Tales under the byline “Houdini.” I have nominated Otis Adelbert Kline as the author of the first, “The Spirit Fakers of Hermannstadt” (two-part serial, Mar.-Apr. 1924). John Locke has offered Harold Ward as possible author of the second, “The Hoax of the Spirit Lover” (Apr. […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 15 June 2024
Saturday , 15, June 2024 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. Cirsova #19 / Summer 2024 – edited by P. Alexander Fourteen tales of daring adventure and thrilling suspense, including: Strange and disgusting fleshy masses begin to wash up near the University! Is […]
Sensor Sweep: James Bond, Hobbit Comic Book, Conan Comic Book, Warhammer
Monday , 20, May 2024 Sensor Sweep 1 CommentComic Books (Rip Jagger Dojo): As far as I can remember the Eclipse Comics adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit came out of left field. I don’t remember much buzz about it at the time, but it was a period when I was less connected to comics overall. After the burst of interest in fantasy […]
One of my favorite Louis L’Amour quotes is: “The idea that poverty is a cause of crime is a lot of nonsense. It is one of those cliches that is accepted because it seems logical. Crimes are committed by people who have some money and want more. More often they are committed by somebody who […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 25 November 2023
Saturday , 25, November 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. Cloak of Embers (Cloak Mage #10) – Jonathan Moeller A deadly puzzle. A closing trap. My name is Nadia, and I’m a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves. That means […]
Sensor Sweep: Sword & Sorcery, John the Balladeer, Le Fanu, Atomic Werewolves
Monday , 6, November 2023 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentSword & Sorcery (Pulp Super Fan): Robert E. Howard expert Morgan Holmes discusses sword and sorcery stories appearing in Weird Tales. 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the fantasy and horror-fiction magazine. RPG (Modiphius): Welcome to another chilling edition of Halloween Horrors – are you ready to be terrorised as Achtung! Cthulhu presents its now […]