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Over at the BG today I posted a quick link to an interesting article at Tor.com from Michael Moorcock, all about the origins of his Hawkmoon series against the backdrop of change in the sixties. I highly recommend Moorcock fans check it out.
Now I have to seriously fight the urge to go reread these when [...]
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Over at Black Gate today (yes, I’ve been slacking over there, what’s it to ya?) I’ve posted a notice of the news that has been going around lately about a Dorsai! television series, based on the first novel of Gordon R. Dickson’s unfinished Child Cycle. A surprising and potentially great choice for some original programming, [...]
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Over at Black Gate today I posted a quick notice about the rumors that have been swirling around about a film sequel to HBO’s rather awesome Rome series, which ran for two seasons. While a Rome movie has been more or less an open secret for some time, it’s nice to see it back in [...]
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For those of you who might be using the mafia/farm management simulator known as Facebook, Black Gate now has its very own page, which I’ve invited everyone to join in this week’s BG post. Why would you add BG to your already swollen list of fan pages, especially if there aren’t any weapons caches or [...]
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Read more breaking news in this week’s Black Gate post.
Glimmercloud says Redskull hurt ties by meeting Pondsteel Steelrock
Glimmercloud accused King Redskull of damaging ties by meeting the Pondsteel Steelrock and said it was up to Silkrain to repair relations between the two global powers, while stopping short of threats of retaliation.
Headline courtesy of Fantasy World [...]
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As part of a birthday salute to the bard of Cross Plains, many of Black Gate’s bloggers have posted their personal recollections of reading Robert E. Howard — how they came to his fiction, what they like best about it, and why they keep coming back. I wrote my own short piece, Encountering Howard, but [...]
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Anyone following this blog knows I’m absolutely bananas for a relatively new series called the Oathsworn Saga, from author Robert Low. The Oathsworn is a pitch-perfect historical adventure following a group of far-faring Vikings through the 10th century. I’ve had the pleasure of reading and reviewing the first three books in this projected four-volume series [...]
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Over at the big BG today I posted a brief write-up that looks at a relatively new line of chapbook novellas from small press Blackwyrm. Focusing on stories that skew genre conventions, the Blackwyrm line has a lot of personality, and it’s great to see a publisher — whether big or small — taking the [...]
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