by mike | Jun 23, 2016 | Books, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
I had tons of experience in tilting at windmills when I first presented this post in 2012. It may surprise you to know that my favorite literary character is not John Carter of Mars, or Conan the Barbarian, or even Frodo Baggins. That distinction goes to a rather odd,...
by mike | Jun 9, 2016 | Books, Fantasy, Publishing, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
In this 2012 post I talk about an amazing discovery that I made about one of my old book covers. These days, I get to play the “age card” for all manner of brain farts and such. It comes in pretty handy when I walk into my office and totally forget why I did, or...
by mike | May 26, 2016 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
I first ran this post about one of my favorite movies back in 2012. There is still talk about a Conan reboot, also starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, on the horizon. They’d better hurry; dude is turning seventy next year! The thundering drums from Basil Poledouris’s...
by mike | May 19, 2016 | Books, Death, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
I wrote this post in 2012 a few days after Ray Bradbury passed away. This excellent writer and even better person cannot be honored enough. For many years now, Ray Bradbury was often referred to as “the world’s greatest living science fiction writer.” Not many people...
by mike | May 16, 2016 | Books, Fantasy, Films About Books, Movies, Romance, Uncategorized |
Okay, who hasn’t seen the 1987 fairytale gem, The Princess Bride? Not ever seeing it would be inconceivable! This film, an instant cult classic, is on countless Top Whatever lists in comedy and other genres. It is definitely one of the fifty or sixty films in my Top...
by mike | May 12, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
This post, about another popular pulp writer from the early twentieth century, first appeared in 2012. Since I’ve spent the last two Throwback Thursday posts on my favorite and most inspirational writer, Edgar Rice Burroughs, I decided to continue that theme with a...
