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Greg O'Driscoll
Jul 31, 20234 min read
"They call me Blade-- Dick Blade."
THE MOUNTAINS OF BREGA WIZARD OF RENTORO WARRIORS OF LATAN by Jeffrey Lord At first glance, these titles scream fantasy series....
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Greg O'Driscoll
Jul 17, 20232 min read
Savage is more marketable than Lover
THE ETERNAL SAVAGE by Edgar Rice Burroughs An interesting, but short novel even by Burroughs' standards. The Eternal Lover chronicles the...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 17, 20233 min read
Get Brak! Get Brak to where you once belong!
The Mark of the Demons by John Jakes In honor of the recent passing of John Jakes, I offer this review of a less well-known work. Well,...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 15, 20234 min read
All in on Knaves Over Queens
Knaves Over Queens by the Wild Card Collective edited by George R.R. Martin and Melinda Snodgrass Thank God for this book. After the...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 7, 20232 min read
Where no Elf has gone before!
In my recent review of Kull and the Barbarians, I briefly mentioned Weny Pini’s portrayal of Red Sonja as an early example of cosplay....
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Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 6, 20232 min read
Tarzan's Revenge - starring Glenn Morris (1938)
The third film in our Ape-Man mini-marathon is Tarzan's Revenge, featuring Glenn Morris as Tarzan and Eleanor Holm as, well, Eleanor Reed...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 4, 20233 min read
Tarzan and the Green Goddess - starring Herman Brix (1938)
It seems as if I'm getting on a Tarzan movie kick, so here's a second Ape-Man review. This time we're talking about another hybrid beast,...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 3, 20232 min read
Kull and the Barbarians #2
After a debut issue full of reprints there are new stories this time! Even the cover, another early work by famous fantasy artist Michael...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 2, 20232 min read
Tarzan the Fearless - starring Buster Crabbe (1933)
A review of the adventure serial turned movie, starring Buster Crabbe as Tarzan.
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Greg O'Driscoll
Mar 26, 20235 min read
Hold the Texas Hold 'Em, please!
TL:DR I promised myself I would keep this one mercifully short. Here it is, as short as I can make it: If you like George R.R. Martin’s...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Mar 11, 20234 min read
From Thongor to Jongor
Thongor is Missing! It’s cookie season for Girl Scouts and, seeing as two of those scouts are my daughters, that means I have spent a lot...
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cyborgcaveman
Feb 22, 20233 min read
Conans are from Earth, Thongors are from Mars
Thongor and the Dragon City by Lin Carter "The adventures of the mightiest sword and sorcery hero of them all!" So sayeth the cover copy,...
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cyborgcaveman
Feb 21, 20233 min read
Book Llarn-ing
WARRIOR OF LLARN by Gardner F. Fox A gift from my good friend and very talented artist James Hanson, Fox's sword and planet story stands...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 18, 20235 min read
Conan and the Bridge Too Far
CONAN - THE SWORD OF SKELOS by Andrew Offutt The next entry in our review of the non-Howard Conans is Andrew Offutt's Sword of Skelos. A...
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cyborgcaveman
Feb 16, 20234 min read
Conan and the Retconned Romance
CONAN AND THE SPIDER GOD by L. Sprague De Camp Fresh off De Camp and Nyberg's Conan the Avenger, and continuing to hack through the...
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cyborgcaveman
Feb 15, 20235 min read
But Who Will Avenge This Book?
CONAN THE AVENGER by L. Sprague DeCamp and Bjorn Nyberg Tenth book in the Conan paperbacks from Ace Fantasy, Conan the Avenger centers...
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cyborgcaveman
Feb 13, 20235 min read
Every Hero Needs A Hand Sometimes
The Chronicles of Corum by Michael Moorcock The Swords Trilogy, comprised of The Knight of Swords, The Queen of Swords, and The King of...
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cyborgcaveman
Feb 4, 20232 min read
When Mom says "We have Conan at home!"
Thongor in the City of Magicians by Lin Carter Miles better than his last outing, Thongor in the City of Magicians avoids many of the...
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Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 12, 20234 min read
Joker Moon: The Next Phase of Wild Cards
Joker Moon edited by George R.R. Martin assisted by Melinda M. Snodgrass For me, it can get a little tricky figuring out the number and...
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