Tag: Review
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Double-Edged Sword and Sorcery: Review
by Anthony Perconti in Issue 158, March 2025 One of the things I find compelling about the modern renaissance in sword and sorcery fiction, is way that some authors have shifted their focus away from traditional Eurocentric settings (or fictional analogs thereof). Hey, it’s a wide swath of human history, why not set adventures in…
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“Old Knucklebone” by PJ Atwater: A Review
by Curtis Ellett I first encountered Old Knucklebone when PJ Atwater queried me about whether I would be interested in it for Swords & Sorcery Magazine as I had published several of his stories previously. My answer was no, the story is too long, but I would be happy to read it. I am very…
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Why the “X Has Fallen” film series is (and isn’t) Swords and Sorcery in a suit, and why it would be better if it went the whole way
by Joel Glover in Issue 148 You may be familiar with the film franchise I will refer to as “has fallen”. Gerard Butler, in his final hurrahs as a borderline A-list action star, combines with glass-of-milk with cheekbones Aaron Eckhart and the ghost of good performances by Morgan Freeman in this land of the free,…
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1 Review
by Anthony Perconti in Issue 142, November 2023 New Edge Sword and Sorcery #1 gives readers a wide variety of stories set within the sword and sorcery genre. I find it heartening that the contributors to New Edge take an expansive approach in fleshing out their individual protagonists. They are not mere cookie cutter, musclebound “thud & blunder” heroes…
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The Red Man and Others: A Review
by Oliver Brackenbury in Issue 114, July 2021 The Red Man and OthersRemco van Straten & Angeline B. AdamsTurnip Lanterns, $11 USD, 201pp The difference between a good and a great book, for me, is that a great book makes me feel something special beyond “This story was very enjoyable”. What The Red Man and Others made…
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‘The Desert Spear’ by Peter V. Brett: A Review
by John C. Adams The Desert Spear by Peter V Brett is the sequel to The Painted Man, his debut novel. Both lie clearly within the dark fantasy subgenre courtesy of the night demons terrorising villagers and city-dwellers alike. There are also aspects of epic fantasy and quest, and a certain amount of the novel is also…