I cut my teeth on Edgar Rice Burroughs and a bunch of pulp adventure novels. Post apocalyptic futures, dinosaurs, mutants, ruined cities, swamps, underground worlds…Oh, yeah. This… Read more “Comic Review: Xenozoic”
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Book Review: The Arsenal of Miracles
This review was originally written for the blog In the Mouth of Dorkness in 2016. It was among my last reviews for that site. I hadn’t read… Read more “Book Review: The Arsenal of Miracles”
Book Review: The Woman Who Would Be King
I have been fascinated by ancient Egypt since I can remember. The iconography, the mystery, the mythology. It’s all crawled around in the back of my… Read more “Book Review: The Woman Who Would Be King”
Wonder Woman, Red Sonja, & a Shrink Ray
The strange evolution of Baal and the Conquest of the Sphere Where do you get your ideas? It’s a question a lot of authors are asked. Not… Read more “Wonder Woman, Red Sonja, & a Shrink Ray”
Book Review: Star Hunter
I originally wrote this review for In the Mouth of Dorkness back in early 2016. I’m always in the mood for classic science fiction. I’m thinking I… Read more “Book Review: Star Hunter”
Book Review: Cthulhu’s Reign
“When the stars are right…” Throughout the ever expanding Lovecraftian circle of weird fiction, there is an impending doom. People who set themselves against the powers of… Read more “Book Review: Cthulhu’s Reign”
Book Review: At Winter’s End
I first read this book when I was 12 or 13 and it definitely had an effect on me. I think part of it was the not… Read more “Book Review: At Winter’s End”
Book Review: The Fortress of Pearl
After re-reading Elric of Melnibone a few months ago, I was still in the mood to read some trippy, psychedelic Fantasy. So I returned to the Young… Read more “Book Review: The Fortress of Pearl”
Book Review: Rehearsals for Oblivion: Act I
Robert W. Chambers wrote a lot, but very little of particular note. It is sad, looking at his work, that he spent most of his efforts creating… Read more “Book Review: Rehearsals for Oblivion: Act I”
Book Review: The Madness of Cthulhu
Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi has assembled a heck of a collection of stories ostensibly inspired by At the Mountains of Madness, arguably H.P. Lovecraft’s best work. It’s… Read more “Book Review: The Madness of Cthulhu”
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