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sRobert E. Howard (Horror Babble): “King of the Forgotten People” by Robert E. Howard. Gaming (Endymion): The creator of DOOM has suddenly changed his tune claiming we must now come together & stop fighting, only after one side has started to slip in control, Sam Hyde has a thing or two to say about it […]
Sensor 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sensor Sweep: John Carter Comics, Solomon Kane, Terror Tales, Sidearm & Sorcery
Monday , 1, July 2024 Sensor Sweep 2 CommentsScience Fiction (William Emmons Books): This installment of the Official William Emmons Books Newsletter is a look at the October 1949 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. I’ll be getting into the meat of the issue in this post. But since this is the first full issue of Astounding I’ve reviewed here, I’ll start by laying […]
Sensor Sweep: Conan, Robert E. Howard, D&D Comic Ads, Lloyd Alexander
Monday , 24, June 2024 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentWeird Tales (Tellers of Weird Tales): Three stories appeared in Weird Tales under the byline “Houdini.” I have nominated Otis Adelbert Kline as the author of the first, “The Spirit Fakers of Hermannstadt” (two-part serial, Mar.-Apr. 1924). John Locke has offered Harold Ward as possible author of the second, “The Hoax of the Spirit Lover” (Apr. […]
Sensor Sweep: The Acolyte, C. L. Moore, Kobolds, Oz
Monday , 17, June 2024 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentStar Wars (Fandom Pulse): George Lucas elaborated on his critique, saying, “It’s like, ‘I saw something, let’s do something like that.’ It’s also a way that movies are sold. If you go in and say, ‘I’ve got something that you’ve never seen before and you don’t understand it,’ it’s very hard to get a deal.” […]
Comic Books (Fandom Pulse): Marvel Ultimate’s stretch has been going for some time now, but the most recent Ultimate Spiderman, which started in January, brought waves of excitement back into the comic industry. The main cover of the first issue hit over $100 on eBay! This had some fans weary that Marvel would not stay […]
Sensor Sweep: Swords Against Darkness, Blue Star, Ian Fleming
Monday , 3, June 2024 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentFiction (Syfy.com): An oft-discussed, but seldom seen, short story written by a young Rod Serling has finally entered our dimension. Now available to read in the latest issue of The Strand Magazine, “First Squad, First Platoon,” is a semi-autobiographical tale based on The Twilight Zone creator’s harrowing experiences during Pacific combat in World War II. Told from […]
Sensor Sweep: Sax Rohmer, Marvel Comics, LotR Radio
Monday , 27, May 2024 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentComic Books (Fandom Pulse): Disney might have accidentally dropped some damning news for the mainstream comic industry in the form of a job listing. Comic shops have been struggling at all-time lows for sales heading into the second half of 2024, and now, it appears as if Marvel Comics may be on the chopping block. […]
Sensor Sweep: James Bond, Hobbit Comic Book, Conan Comic Book, Warhammer
Monday , 20, May 2024 Sensor Sweep 1 CommentComic Books (Rip Jagger Dojo): As far as I can remember the Eclipse Comics adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit came out of left field. I don’t remember much buzz about it at the time, but it was a period when I was less connected to comics overall. After the burst of interest in fantasy […]