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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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Over at Black Gate I’ve put up a post that provides links to many of my reading related posts from the last year, including the recent ‘Ramp Up Your Reading’ three-parter over at Grasping For the Wind, and some of my old favorites from BG itself, such as my posts on book lists, bookmarks, and [...]
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. . . Not even a bibliophile. Since my Black Gate blog day falls on Friday I have the heavy responsibility of coming up with something for Christmas. So, go scan ye merry gentlemen ‘Books at Christmas,’ a simple post I’m offering for kids from one to ninety-two. In it I talk about how books [...]
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