Bill Ward's blog of all things genre
Title: Swords From the West and Swords From the Desert Author: Harold Lamb (Howard Andrew Jones, ed.) Genre: Historical Adventure Year: 2009 (1910s & 20s) Harold Lamb (1892-1962) is an author in danger of being forgotten. This should not be the case, for a number of reasons. Firstly, Lamb is good — from his historical [...]
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A little while ago writer Matthew David Surridge penned a hefty trilogy of articles at Black Gate that look in depth at his rereading of The Lord of the Rings. It’s great stuff and well-worth the time to digest, and Surridge really dives into his subject and tries to arrive at just what it is [...]
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So, hot off the presses (er, html) is the news that the Harper’s Pen winner for 2009 is John C. Hocking’s ‘The Face in the Sea,’ appearing in Black Gate #13. Now, as a finalist for the award myself, obviously John wasn’t my first choice for a win . . . but he was a [...]
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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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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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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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