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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...
Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 15, 20234 min read


Forecast calls for Storm Front with possible zany antics.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher For years, I passed on the Dresden Files. I never precisely turned my nose up at the popular and long-running...
Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 12, 20234 min read


Assault on Fortress Magneto!
Amazing Adventures featuring the Original X-Men #8 – cover blurb box: “Assault on Fortress Magneto!” This was a reprint of the Stan Lee...
Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 11, 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....
Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 7, 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...
Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 6, 20232 min read


Kull and the Barbarians #3
Cancelled! Another Michael Whelan cover starts things off, though not quite as strongly as the high-water mark of the second issue. More...
Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 5, 20232 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,...
Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 4, 20233 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...
Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 3, 20232 min read


Tarzan the Fearless - starring Buster Crabbe (1933)
A review of the adventure serial turned movie, starring Buster Crabbe as Tarzan.
Greg O'Driscoll
Apr 2, 20232 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...
Greg O'Driscoll
Mar 26, 20235 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...
cyborgcaveman
Feb 21, 20233 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...
Greg O'Driscoll
Feb 18, 20235 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...
cyborgcaveman
Feb 16, 20234 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...
cyborgcaveman
Feb 15, 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...
cyborgcaveman
Feb 13, 20235 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...
cyborgcaveman
Feb 4, 20232 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...
Greg O'Driscoll
Jan 12, 20234 min read
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