The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13 Heading North: Whispering Shadows And Other Stories Part 2
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13 Heading North: Whispering Shadows And Other Stories Part 2 These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore Robert E. Howard’s short story The Vale of Lost Women didn’t appear in print until thirty-one years after his death, at which point it was quickly accepted into the official canon of Conan the Cimmerian. Despite that, it probably remains at worst,...
The Lincoln Lawyer & Haunted
The Lincoln Lawyer & Haunted Just a couple of quick bites at two very different books I came across this week – one I flew through and the other I didn’t even attempt to finish. First, though, a Public Service warning: if you have an early start in the morning then under no circumstances should you attempt to read the final hundred-odd pages of Michael Connelly’s 2005 novel The Lincoln Lawyer. In my case I had the alarm set for...
Legend (2015)
Carry On Up the Krays: Legend (2015) “I would have no hesitation in recommending Legend…” Wait a minute, let me finish: “I would have no hesitation in recommending Legend as long as you’re the kind of masochist who sits through omnibus editions of Eastenders, says things like ‘I’ll raspberry ripple him’ and enjoys a rousing chorus of ‘Knees up, Mother Brown’, all to the background of a mythologized 60s London.” The story of the...
Wings in the Night – The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 4
Wings in the Night The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 4 Edited by Paul Herman Part Two These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore. In July and November of 1932 respectively, Weird Tales published what would be the last outings in his lifetime for two of Robert E. Howard’s most famous characters: Solomon Kane and Bran Mak Morn. However, beginning with December, 1932 and...
Interview with the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire: Re-assessing Anne Rice’s Modern Classic I recently took a great notion to revisit this famous horror novel, Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire. Back in the day, I had read the first three books in what became known as the The Vampire Chronicles, particularly enjoying this one. By the time I hit the fourth in the series – The Tale of the Body Thief – I had become thoroughly bored with the...
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