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sSensor Sweep: Tolkien, Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Monday , 29, July 2024 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentWeird Tales (Tellers of Weird Tales): A question came up in that entry, namely: Who was the editor of the first-anniversary number of Weird Tales? Some comments went back and forth. I can’t say that we have a definitive answer. I’m not sure there will ever be a definitive answer. But I would like to […]
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 […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 27 July 2024
Saturday , 27, July 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. All Here (The Weapon #3) – Richard Fox The Red Man remains… The Dead Man risked everything to rid himself of the malfunctioning cybernetic implant corrupting his mind. He failed. The Red […]
D&D (Havard’s Blackmoor Blog): Jon Peterson announced at The Playing at the World Facebook Page that the new edition of his book will be ready soon: It has been something of an epic journey since 2012. Playing at the World returns shortly in its new MIT Press edition – or at least, the first volume […]
Russian cinema can be interesting. I have watched my share of Russian made WW2 movies on Tubi. They are on a big scale. In the 1950s, the Soviets made Ilya Muromets, a fantasy movie based on mythology (also on Tubi). In December 2006, I was Russia and saw billboards in Moscow for a movie called […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 20 July 2024
Saturday , 20, July 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. Bright Red Line (Backyard Starship #22) – J. N. Chaney and Terry Maggert When a running battle brings the Fafnir home to earth, it ends with the death of a trusted friend—and […]
Weird Tales (Rough Edges): I’ve been meaning to read Henry Kuttner’s Elak of Atlantis stories for a long time now, and I’m getting to the age where I’m feeling a bit more urgency about getting around to the things I want to do. Star Wars (Nerdrotic): The Acolyte is everything Kathleen Kennedy’s Lucasfilm wants and […]
The arrival of the electronic format of text and print on demand has allowed a flourishing of the small press. Niche genres that the Big 5 would not look at can be presented economically. Savage Realms April 2024 is if I am correct, the 28th issue of the magazine. I salute their hard work the […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 13 July 2024
Sunday , 14, July 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. The Burned Book (Arkwright Cycle #1) – Brian Niemeier An outcast boy with a terrible secret … A disillusioned priest seeking release from fate … The restless son of a fading race […]
Sensor Sweep: Edgar Rice Burroughs, D&D Slave Lord Module, Michael Moorcock
Monday , 8, July 2024 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentFantasy (Rageaholic): The Witcher vs. Elric: Popular Plagiarism Games (Bounding Into Comics): To the surprise of no one without a grain of sense, Japanese players are not happy with Ubisoft’s decision to use Assassin’s Creed‘s first official foray into the island nation as a platform for more ‘diversity activism’. Comic Books (Paperback Warrior): Gold Key […]
I have read foreign language fantasy translated into English when I find them. DAW Books had some translations of French writer Daniel Walther. The anthology Terra SF II (DAW Books, 1983) had more fantasy than science fiction, all from European writers. I have wanted to read the two novels of Norwegian writer Egil Rasmussen for […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 6 July 2024
Saturday , 6, July 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. Daughter Of The Night – Toby Neighbors She didn’t ask to be taken She didn’t go looking for power Now she’ll have to choose a side and live with consequences… if she […]