Eric Brighteyes
H. Rider Haggard — best known for his adventure tales set in Africa, like King Solomon’s Mines and She — wrote one of, if not the first, modern English sagas in the Icelandic model. (William Morris’...
View ArticleThe woman who would be king
Hatshepsut was a pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. The most interesting thing about this pharaoh is that he was a woman, and despite her nephew and successor’s efforts to eradicate inscriptions and monuments...
View ArticleAbout reviews
I post book reviews here once in a while, and reviews of gaming materials. My book reviews more regularly appear on Goodreads.com, which is a pretty neat web site if you haven’t heard of it. This link...
View ArticleH.P. Lovecraft and the modernist grotesque
I’ve been down with a cold for the last couple of days and after forcing myself to go in to work one day, I took day off and binge-read a dissertation on H.L.Lovecraft that a guy I know wrote. It is...
View ArticleArmor never wearies by Timothy Dawson (review)
But the writing here sure does. :) I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that a book on such an esoteric topic would be dry, but Dawson scrupulously avoids any kind of summary or conclusions. He gives a...
View ArticleFalse advertising
DMGR1/2112. The Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide. This is actually a pretty good reference book for DMs. There is general advice on designing dungeons and indoor environments, and lots of stuff...
View ArticleIn the dust of this planet / Eugene Thacker
This book has a gained a small measure of notoriety because its cover appeared in a few places in pop culture and because professional moron Glenn Beck singled it out as a destructive force in...
View ArticleAttila the Hun (Command series)
Osprey books are usually researched pretty well and always have great illustrations. Attila the Hun is no exception. I haven’t read many titles in the Command series — in fact I think the only other...
View ArticleCreature compendium by Richard J. LeBlanc, Jr.
Oh god, not another monster book, right? OGL/OSR monster books are, all too often, crapulous retreads of existing D&D monsters, with maybe a few variations: these orcs are blue! here’s a 2e...
View ArticleBadasses of the old west
Badasses of the old west : true stories of outlaws on the edge, edited by Erin Turner Man, the title and cover really oversell this book. It’s actually a collection of short profiles of criminals of...
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