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Losing Control of the Narrative
Thongor and the Wizard of Lemuria, by Lin Carter – I believe this was Carter’s first published book, a sword-and-sorcery tale about another barbarian warrior in the same vein as Conan, whom he’d also go on to write. Set in … Continue reading →
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Three Period Pieces
For my first post of 2022, how about some movie reviews? Licorice Pizza – Beth and I saw this at the theater the other day, and she doesn’t even like licorice or pizza! No, this is a Paul Thomas Anderson … Continue reading →
Posted in African, Celtic, Cold War, Conspiracy Theories, Egyptian, History, Humor, Magic, Music, Mythology, Names, Philosophy, Relationships | Tagged alana haim, aliens, arnold schwarzenegger, cate blanchett, conan the barbarian, cooper hoffman, crystal skulls, gary goetzman, genghis khan, haim, harrison ford, hyborian age, indiana jones, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, james earl jones, joel wachs, licorice pizza, paul thomas anderson, pinball, robert e. howard, set, thulsa doom |
Give Me Back My Name
A subject I’ve sometimes seen come up on Dragon Quest fan communities is that of the names in DQ2. You give the hero, the Prince of Midenhall, whatever name you want, and that somehow determines the names of your companions, … Continue reading →
Posted in Arthurian Legend, British, Buddhism, Comics, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Food, History, Holy Roman Empire, Language, Mythology, Names, Norse, Religion, United Kingdom, Video Games | Tagged alefgard, bran the blessed, cain and abel, charlemagne, conan the barbarian, dragon quest ii, dragon quest iii, dragon quest ix: sentinels of the starry skies, dragon quest of the stars, dragon quest vi, early modern english, eleanor of aquitaine, emblem of roto, erdrick, ernest tonnelat, final fantasy iv, fortune street, game boy, game boy color, kain highwind, king arthur, king lars, king lorik, knights of the round table, lady lora, loran, lorasia, manga, nintendo entertainment system, orfeo, orpheus, prince of cannock, prince of midenhall, princess gwaelin, princess of moonbrooke, queen guinevere, satori, sir gareth, sukesan, tantegel castle, tonnura |
The Gang’s All Here
Picture by Mark Spears I noticed on Joe Bongiorno’s Royal Timeline of Oz that he’s added several fictional works not directly related to Oz or L. Frank Baum, crediting some of them to Win Scott Eckert’s Wold Newton Universe chronology. … Continue reading →
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Hello to Bygone Ages
Looking at Robert E. Howard’s essay on his imaginary Hyborian Age got me to thinking about a few different issues in fantasy fiction that deals with lost civilizations. The essay tells of a succession of great empires contrasted with barbarians, … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Christianity, Discworld, Evolution, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Persian, Prejudice, Religion, Roman, Science, Terry Pratchett, Theosophy | Tagged agnosticism, angels, atheism, atlantis, aule, bori, cataclysms, charles darwin, charles kingsley, conan the barbarian, devolution, dwarves, elves, emperor constantine, god of evolution, h.p. lovecraft, hyborian age, hyperborea, john dough and the cherub, lemuria, middle-earth, mifkets, mithra, mitra, numenor, racial evolution, racism, rinkitink in oz, robert e. howard, small gods, the colour of magic, the last continent, the water-babies, tottenhots, valar, yasmela |
Erlik to Bed, Erlik to Rise
I can’t say I’ve ever come across that much from what Is known as Altaic mythology, which encompasses the beliefs of people from Turkey, Mongolia, and Siberia. Some of it seems to have spread into Finland as well. The evil … Continue reading →
Posted in Altaic, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Mythology, Religion, Zoroastrianism | Tagged conan the barbarian, creation, dogs, enmendurana, enoch, erlik, erlikosaurus, evil, hyrkanians, lucifer, maidere, maitreya, mongolia, robert e. howard, satan, siberia, turkey, ulgan |
Land of Dairy Milk Bars and Honey
Tonight, I’m going to take a look at British Israelism, the movement popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that insisted the British were descended from refugees from Israel. This was essentially a way to be pro-Semitic and … Continue reading →
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News from Nehwon
When I first started reading Terry Pratchett and researching his books online, I found that a major influence on the early Discworld books was Fritz Leiber, creator of the loveable rogues Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. I read a volume … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Discworld, Terry Pratchett | Tagged ankh-morpork, conan the barbarian, fafhrd and the gray mouser, fritz leiber, lankhmar, nehwon, robert e. howard, swords against death, swords and deviltry, swords and sorcery, swords in the mist, the colour of magic |
I Still Love the Old World
One thing that interested me when reading the Conan stories was Robert Howard’s idea of the Hyborian Age, a mythical era in the distant past when the Eurasian continent was physically different but still generally recognizable, and its people ancestors … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, History, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Places, Religion, Technology, Television, The Flintstones, Theosophy | Tagged asgard, atlantis, beleriand, bible, conan the barbarian, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dragons, hyborian age, hyperborea, kali yuga, middle-earth, numenor, ophir, robert howard, snorri sturluson, the enchanted island of yew, vanaheim |
Team Coco
The Complete Chronicles of Conan, by Robert E. Howard – While I’d obviously heard of the famous barbarian hero before, I’ve never seen any of the movies or anything, and I really wanted to explore the original source first. I’d … Continue reading →
Posted in Book Reviews, Mythology, Prejudice | Tagged aquilonia, barbarism, cimmeria, conan the barbarian, crom, crom cruach, h.p. lovecraft, picts, racism, robert howard, the complete chronicles of conan |