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The Fundamentals of Sword & Planet, Part I: Don Wollheim, Edwin L. Arnold,...
Swordsmen in the Sky (Ace, 1964). Cover by Frank Frazetta Swordsmen in the Sky, edited by Donald Wollheim If our genre has a holy grail to find, this would be it. I read this collection as a kid....
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Vintage Empires: James Nicoll on Galactic Empires, Volumes One & Two, edited...
Galactic Empires, Volume One and Two (Orbit, October 1976). Covers by Karel Thole My fellow Canadian James Nicoll continues to be one of my favorite SF bloggers, probably because he covers stuff I’m...
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Where Dreams and Nightmares Come True: Greyhawk Adventures: Saga of Old City...
Greyhawk Adventures: Saga of Old City (TSR, October 1985) Greyhawk… A cruel city. A harsh, pitiless city for a young orphan boy with no money and no friends — but plenty of enemies! Enter the Old City...
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The Fundamentals of Sword & Planet, Part II: John Norman
The first six books in the Gor series, all from Ballantine Books: Tarnsman of Gor, Outlaw of Gor, Priest-Kings of Gor, and Nomads of Gor (all 1976), Assassin of Gor (1970), and Raiders of Gor (1976)....
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Tor Double #11: James Tiptree, Jr.’s Houston, Houston, Do You Read? and...
Cover for Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by Ron WalotskyCover for Souls by Dieter Rottermund Houston, Houston, Do You Read? was originally published in Aurora: Beyond Equality, edited by Susan Janice...
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The Fundamentals of Sword & Planet, Part III: Michael Moorcock, Michael...
The Warrior of Mars trilogy by Michael Moorcock: Warriors of Mars (DAW, January 1979), Blades of Mars (as by Edward P. Bradbury; Lancer, 1966), and Barbarians of Mars (DAW, March 1979). Covers by...
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Tor Doubles #12: Roger Zelazny’s He Who Shapes and Kate Wilhelm’s The...
Cover for He Who Shapes by Wayne BarloweCover for The Infinity Box by Royo He Who Shapes was originally serialized in Amazing Stories between January and February, 1965. It won the Nebula Award, tying...
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Pseudoplumes, Nom de Nyms, Birds, & Oooze: Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Language...
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin (trade paperback reprint from Perigee Books, 1980). Cover by Michael Mariano I’m not a big fan of literary...
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The Fundamentals of Sword & Planet, Part IV: Dray Prescot by Alan Burt Akers
Dray Prescot #17-24, all from DAW: Captive Scorpio (1978), Golden Scorpio (1978), A Life for Kregen (1979), A Sword for Kregen (1979), A Fortune for Kregen (1979), A Victory for Kregen (1980), Beasts...
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Tor Doubles #13: Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Blind Geometer and Ursula K. Le...
Cover for The New Atlantis by Michael BöhmeCover for The Blind Geometer by Peter Gudynas The New Atlantis was originally published in The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction, edited by...
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