book reviews – Page 11 – Jonathan Moeller, Pulp Writer

The books of Jonathan Moeller

Robert E. Heinlein and the hubris of the present

I think it is fallacious to judge deceased writers by the political fads and fashions of the modern era. Specifically,

I thought Ancient Shades, by James Lecky, was an altogether excellent story. Alexander the Great, Crusaders, forgotten tombs, sorcery, and

“Lost to the West”, by Lars Brownsworth, is a short (about 300 pages) popular history of the Eastern Roman Empire,

An interesting Black Gate post about storytelling in games. And a related post about the “Death Spiral” (possibly alleged, possibly

SFSignal did one of their “what is the definition of this genre” articles, with various writers weighing on the definition

In my wanderings, I recently went to the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois, and picked up a few books on

Via a Black Gate post, an interesting essay by Gene Wolfe in defense of The Lord of the Rings’ underlying

I read the collection of Robert E. Howard’s “Kull of Atlantis” stories this week. Kull, a barbarian of Atlantis, flees

This is the first epic fantasy I’ve liked in quite some time. There’s the usual elements. A Dark Lord ruling

Perhaps the original sword & sorcery novel, and indeed one of the best. The plot: a band of disaffected nobles