{"id":34854,"date":"2020-01-21T18:17:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T15:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=34854"},"modified":"2020-01-21T18:17:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T15:17:32","slug":"new-book-flame-and-crimson-a-history-of-sword-and-sorcery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2020\/01\/21\/new-book-flame-and-crimson-a-history-of-sword-and-sorcery\/","title":{"rendered":"New book: Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new article on “Why I Wrote Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery”<\/em><\/a>, by the author. The article opens with some useful signposting to previous worthy attempts at such. <\/p>\n

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I definitely don’t care for book’s front cover, with a skeleton-warrior seen sporting a curious pose. He looks likes he’s been caught by a flash-photograph at the moment of passing a chalk-turd. But Flame and Crimson<\/em> is a welcome 290-page book<\/a>, and it’s published today. The author states that…<\/p>\n

Flame and Crimson is an academic study of the genre, principally on its literary antecedents and key contributors. It\u2019s heavily referenced with a lengthy ‘works cited’. I wanted to publish something authoritative and not (solely) opinion-based, that readers could use as a springboard for further research or pleasant Saturday afternoon of Internet searches. [Yet] I didn\u2019t want to write something dry and pedantic. One of my goals was to try and tell an exciting tale of non-fiction. Sword-and-sorcery has a story of its own to tell, of a confluence of pulp talent, a mercurial renaissance, a staggering commercial fall, and a second life in the popular culture. I wanted to write the kind of academic study that I\u2019d want to read — informative, but also entertaining.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Currently only in paperback, and let’s hope the eventual ebook will have a front cover that’s more mighty-thewed and appealing to the masses. As for the contents, here’s the TOC…<\/p>\n

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A new article on “Why I Wrote Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery”, by the author. The article opens …<\/p>\n

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