Tag: Essay
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The Colossus of Nyumbani
by Anthony Perconti in Issue 86, March 2019 In 1981, DAW Books published Imaro by Charles Saunders. The contents of this edition, six short stories, originally appeared in the Canadian fanzine run by comic book artist, Gene Day entitled Dark Fantasy. At the time of its publication, Imaro did not break any records in terms of sales. However, as the…
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Return to Hyboria
by Rick Hudson in Issue 38, March 2015 It would be very easy to slight Robert E. Howard’s (1906-1936) Conan stories. It would be very easy to trot off the same old lines about how they were stereotype muscular hero nonsense fantasy stories. When one is a critic nothing is easier than putting something down;…