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The Fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Part IV: The Hollow Earth and Pellucidar
The Hollow Earth novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs: At the Earth’s Core (Ace Books, August 1978), Pellucidar (Del Rey, May 1990), Tanar of Pellucidar, Back to the Stone Age, Land of Terror, and Savage...
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Half a Century of Reading Tolkien: Part Three – The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien
Gollum sat up again and looked at him under his eyelids. ‘He’s over there,’ he cackled. ‘Always there. Orcs will take you all the way. Easy to find Orcs east of the River. Don’t ask Sméagol. Poor, poor...
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And Now For Something Completely Different: The Borrowers, by Mary Norton
The Borrowers and The Borrowers Afield, by Mary Norton (Odyssey/Harcourt, January 1998). Covers by Marla Frazee I’ve done four posts in a row on Edgar Rice Burroughs, with more to come. But right now...
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One of the Finest Achievements of Heroic Fantasy in the 20th Century:...
Dilvish, the Damned (Del Rey, November 1982). Cover by Michael Herring Roger Zelazny was unquestionably one of the great American fantasists of the 20th century. That’s not to say he was perfect. His...
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Of Men, Monsters, and Little People
Of Men and Monsters, by William Tenn (Ballantine Books, December 1975). Cover by Boris Vallejo After posting about The Borrowers by British author Mary Norton (1903 -1992) last week, several people...
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In the History of Vintage Science Fiction & Fantasy, Nothing Compares to...
Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot and the Foundation Trilogy. Robert A. Heinlein’s Sixth Column. Arthur C. Clarke’s first three novels. The entire Conan saga from Robert E. Howard. The International Fantasy...
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The Beating Heart of Science Fiction: Poul Anderson and Tau Zero
Tau Zero (Millennium/Gollancz SF Masterworks, February 2006). Cover by Dominic Harman Science fiction — what is it, really? What elements place a story firmly in the genre? For any requirement that you...
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The Sword & Planet Tales of Ralph Milne Farley
An Earthman on Venus (Avon, 1950). Cover by Raymond Johnson Ralph Milne Farley (1887 – 1963) was a pseudonym for Roger Sherman Hoar. Hoar was a Massachusetts senator and an attorney general, so I can...
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Sword & Sorcery on a Post-Apocalyptic Earth: Blackmark by Gil Kane
Blackmark by Archie Goodwin and Gil Kane (Bantam Books, January 1971). Cover by Gil Kane As I’ve mentioned before, I didn’t grow up with comics. They weren’t available in my small, rural town of...
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Tor Doubles: #0: Keith Laumer’s The Other Sky and The House in November
The Other Sky cover by Thomas KiddThe House in November cover by Mike Embden Between October and December of 1969, Keith Laumer’s novella The Seeds of Gonyl were published as a serial in the magazine...
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