Lord Dunsany, An Early Influence On Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser?
In discussing the early to mid-twentieth century origins of the seminal sword an’ sorcery series, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by FritzContinue Reading
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Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser, And The Tuatha Dé Danann
Despite their elevated status among devotees of fantasy literature I have yet to read any of the short stories andContinue Reading
2000 AD Creator Pat Mills On The Struggling UK Comics Business
There is a great interview with Pat Mills, the acerbic doyen of the British comic books’ industry, over on QuietusContinue Reading
Season Seven Of Game Of Thrones Stretches Believability To Breaking Point
Having watched the final episode of season seven in the Game of Thrones television series, I wonder if I am the onlyContinue Reading
The Mist, TV Stereotypes In Search Of Plot And Motivation
Way back in the day, when Fibber Magee’s was the place to be, I was something of a goth. OrContinue Reading
George A. Romero And Knightriders, A Unique Vision Of A Unique Director
The passing of the director-producer George A. Romero has led to a wave of retrospective articles on the one-time doyenContinue Reading
Beren And Lúthien, JRR And Edith Tolkien
The complex, never quite complete tales of the couple, Beren and Lúthien, date to 1917 and the earliest writing ofContinue Reading
Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville, Claudia Christian’s Starhyke
I’ve largely enjoyed the animated comedy work of the talented US writer and director Seth MacFarlane. The early seasons of FamilyContinue Reading
Destroyer Of Cities, Homer, JRR Tolkien And George RR Martin
When I was fifteen or sixteen I read a relatively well-known book called In Search of the Trojan War by the British historianContinue Reading
Forty Years Of 2000 AD
The seminal British sci-fi and fantasy comic, 2000 AD, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week so I thought I’dContinue Reading
The Ballad Of Halo Jones, An Ian Gibson Interview
My earliest exposure to comic books came through the pages of the British weekly, 2000 AD, an imported publication which I began toContinue Reading
Tom Shippey Discusses JRR Tolkien’s Beowulf Translation In Three Video Lectures
JRR Tolkien began to write a tentative prose edition of the Medieval epic poem, Beowulf, while teaching at the University of Leeds inContinue Reading
Two Blade Runner Fan Films, Slice Of Life And Tears In The Rain
There are two short films dong the rounds at the moment, both inspired by Ridley Scott’s seminal 1982 science-fiction release,Continue Reading
Iain McCaig, From The Forest Of Doom To The Broadsword And The Beast
Though he illustrated only a handful of publications in the Fighting Fantasy line of roleplaying gamebooks by Steve Jackson andContinue Reading
Tad Williams, An Interesting World-Builder But No JRR Tolkien
The Guardian newspaper has a somewhat effusive interview with the American fantasy writer Tad Williams, author of the popular Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series andContinue Reading
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The Nerd Crew – A Pop Culture Podcast By Red Letter Media
If you have ever listened to or watched a geek-focused podcast (and I have experienced far too many of both) then enjoy thisContinue Reading
Rogue One – A Star Wars Story
If you know any serious Star Wars fanboys or -girls the first three minutes of this Half in the BagContinue Reading
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The Epidemic Of Passable Movies, Why Genre Films Are So Average
I’ve pretty much abandoned my former interest in genre cinema over the last decade or so. A large chunk of the blame canContinue Reading
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The Nativist And Revisionist Approaches To Celtic Mythology Find A Hybrid Balance
I regularly scan the internet for new books or articles examining Medieval Irish literature, particularly those discussing the possible religious beliefs of the pre-ChristianContinue Reading
Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets, The Movie Trailer
While many genre fans are familiar with the historical tongue-in-cheek adventures of the French comic book hero “Astérix“, the stories of his science-fiction competitors, “ValérianContinue Reading
Marvel’s U.S. Avengers Meet Captain Britain. Also Known As… Brian!
The announcement of a new comic book series, “U.S. Avengers“, from the American publishing and multimedia giant, Marvel Entertainment, was greetedContinue Reading
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula, In Irish But Not Of The Irish
Mary Robinson of the Special Collections and Archives department at Maynooth University Library has published an interesting post in the lead up toContinue Reading
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