J.R.R.R. (Jim) Hardison is the author of the humorous fantasy adventure Fish Wielder and, more recently, Demon Freaks, a spoof about the horrors of monsters in the woods and the SATs. Today, he joins us to talk about everyone’s favorite holiday villain, the Krampus—and 11 other baddies who make him look friendlier than St. Nick. […]
The works of H.P. Lovecraft are widely recognized for their unrelenting atmosphere of existential dread. But in writing her Lovecraftian new novel Winter Tide, availble now from Tor.com Publishing, Ruthanna Emrys also found something stranger in his work: optimism. She joins us today to talk about this unexpected, unexplored side of the Mythos.
A big anniversary, two big books honoring a living legend, and a much-anticipated new collection top this week’s list of new releases in sci-fi and fantasy. So what else in new?
I’ve been fascinated with Penguin Classic editions ever since I was a little kid—something about the brightly colored spines and that cheerful little penguin called out to me, making each book seem special. These books are the pinnacle of literature, I’d think to myself, Quality with a capital Q.
Generating blog content is all about capitalizing on trends, capturing the zeitgeist, joining the conversation. And if there is one conversation that has dominated science fiction and fantasy circles in 2016, it has been the legacy of H.P. Lovecraft. Once considered a two-bit pulp writer, later revered as a literary legend, Lovecraft and his Mythos cast […]