The Blog That Time Forgot

Well, if you want to get technical, it isn't for a wee while yet . Mr Stevenson legally waived all rights to 13th of November as his bi...

(Once again, many apologies for the dearth of posts recently.) As a fan of many things, one has to wonder at times where the distinction b...

    My esteemed Cimmerian blog colleague Jeff Shanks has adapted his excellent 2011 ACA/PCA paper that studied Howard's worldbu...

Ever since Lost Soul Andy introduced me to MrBTongue's series "Tasteful, Understated Nerd Rage" to me, I've been ent...

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #16 Brian Wood (W), Davide Gianfelice (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Massimo Carnevale (Cover) On sale May 15 FC, 32 ...

Today marks C.L. Moore's 102nd birthday. Her contributions to the Sword-and-Sorcery genre have been acknowledged at Resources for Scienc...

I write about bears with primitive faults and failings and even if I am nothing but a cub writer, still the faulty characters I mak...

I'm always a bit haphazard observing my favourite writers' birthdays and other days of observation, but luckily I was reminded ...

(I have a post regarding the comic launch in the works, but until then, here's a quick post) On a whim, I decided to pick this up back...

So I've been making all these vague references to "real life" issues, cryptic allusions to off-internet concerns. Well, I thi...

Some might say, sure, Al, everyone gets the cold, it's no big deal. And I'd agree. But this... this is no mere cold. It may have all...

Iggy Pop dressed as Conan, looking about as depressed as I do looking at this cover to Conan the Barbarian #10. Well, time for anoth...

Once again, I apologise for the lack of activity on the blog. Essentially, I've been getting ready for a big project not related to Howa...

I thought I'd share this interesting little link by author Connor Coyne (what a name!) which discusses Howard in context with Tolkien....

"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" may be only 9 pages long, but it's one of Howard's biggest stories, tying in an awfu...

 Yes, this is an actual cover for an actual upcoming monthly for Conan the Barbarian . My thoughts? It's the most amazing troll I...

This is just too incredible not to share.  Truly it turns our perspective of Howard and his work completely on its head! At the time of...

To his further disconcertion, he soon found that he had attracted the attention of a huge foggy monster with the rough outlines of a tyranno...

Mark Finn posted a most intriguing piece on the art of reviewing.  I'm glad I missed the kerfuffle on Good Reads, as it's exactly t...

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