Monthly Archives: August 2018

James Alderdice Gets Fierce

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Fierce
James Alderdice
print $16.99
ebook $4.99

Last summer I highly enjoyed Brutal, the first volume in the Brutal Trilogy.  At the end of July, the second volume went on sale.

Fierce is the type of book too often missing in the fantasy offerings from the mainstream publishers.  It reads at times like it was written by the love child of Robert E. Howard and Karl Edward Wagner.  Although the influences of both can be seen at places, Alderdice very much has his own voice and tells his story on his own terms. Continue reading →

Signal Boost: Pre-Tolkien Fantasy Challenge

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Alexandru Constantin, over at Barbarian Book Club, has issued the Pre-Tolkien Fantasy Challenge.

Here’s how it works:

  • Identify 3 Fantasy stories written before Lord of the Rings was published. 3 stories written before 1954.
  • Review all three on your blog, focusing on pre-Tolkien differences of similarities, and making sure you let us know where we can find them for ourselves.
  • Share the challenge.

I don’t know about you, but I’m in.

I’ve written plenty of posts on C. L. Moore, Robert E. Howard, and Henry Kuttner, more than I can list here.  Check the sidebar for their names.  I didn’t focus on how the works of those authors compared with Tolkien, though.  I’ll do that in future posts.