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sSensor Sweep: Savage Sword, Greyhawk, Arkham House
Monday , 18, November 2024 Sensor Sweep, Uncategorized 1 CommentFiction (Vintage Pop Fictions): Cornell Woolrich’s Black Alibi was first published in 1942. Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968) was an American writer in the crime and suspense genres and a major figure in the evolution of noir fiction. In the 1920s he had tried to establish himself as a writer in the F. Scott Fitzgerald mould, with […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 16 November 2024
Saturday , 16, November 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. Forged in War (Gustav’s Greatswords #1) – Michael G. Thomas and Nick S. Thomas A mercenary captain and his legendary swordsmen battle an unstoppable enemy! Gustav von Altenburg and his elite mercenaries, […]
Fiction (Dark Worlds Quarterly): Science Fiction and Fantasy has always been on a seesaw. At one time it is considered to be worthy of the word “literature” and then suddenly it is not. The seesaw falls and it is called “trash”, “sub-literary” or worst of all “Pulp”. A good example of this is Guy Endore’s […]
The Paperback Barbarians: Torr and Tara Vorkun
Sunday , 10, November 2024 Sword & Sorcery Leave a commentKenneth Bulmer (1921-2005) was a prolific English writer who mainly wrote more action oriented fantastic fiction. He may be best remembered for the 37 volumes in the Dray Prescot/Kregen/Antares/Scorpio sword & planet series. He wrote some historical series with Vikings, Saxons vs. Normans, a couple Roman, sailing ship era, and a WW2 series (Sea Wolf). […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 9 November 2024
Saturday , 9, November 2024 Uncategorized 1 CommentEvery week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Men of Bretton (A Dream of Home #1) – Richard Fox The soldiers of the 11th Bretton Infantry knew they were being dropped into a combat zone on Dharien. But they didn’t […]
Sensor Sweep: Arkham House, D&D, Ray Bradbury, Horror Comic Books
Monday , 4, November 2024 Sensor Sweep 1 CommentPublishing (Don Herron): Ready to order, the book on the Classic Era of Arkham House Ephemera I’ve been promising for years awaits you. 150 Items covered (with 3 playfully hidden away for the readers who like to have a little fun with their ephemera). The back cover blurbage sums it up, I think — you’ll […]
Leisure Books became the prime publisher of sword & sorcery paperbacks in the mid-1970s as Paperback Library was bought out by Warner and Lancer Books went bankrupt. Some of the players at Lancer went on to found Zebra Books that also became a major publisher of sword & sorcery. Leisure reprinted two of Gardner Fox’s […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 2 November 2024
Sunday , 3, November 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. Brink of Destruction (Edge of Imperium #3) – Peter Nealen Things Fall Apart Both Corvan and Zolah are now aware of the threat posed by the ghost ships—yet whether they will act […]