http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/149.mp3
In this week’s episode I discuss the sixth book in the Barsoom saga, The Master Mind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Mars will be close to Earth on May 30th – http://www.space.com/33014-mars-closest-approach-2016-on-monday.html
Edgar Rice Burroughs Website: https://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/
ERBzine – http://erbzine.com/
The John Carter Files – http://thejohncarterfiles.com/
http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/148.mp3
I discuss the recent developments surrounding Shane Black’s Doc Savage film, including the apparent casting of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. I also give my general thoughts on the film.
Links:
Shane Black Wants the Rock for Doc Savage: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/23/doc-savage-shane-black-dwayne-johnson
The Rock is reading an outline for a Shane Black movie: https://www.instagram.com/p/BFc0BsyIh3h/?hl=en
Flea Run – The Premiere Doc Savage Group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/flearun/
Fans of Bronze – https://www.facebook.com/groups/386049858136644/
Sanctum Books the publisher of the Doc Savage series: https://www.facebook.com/sanctumbooks/
The New Wild Adventures of Doc Savage series: http://www.adventuresinbronze.com/
http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/147.mp3
In honor of Pulp Crazy’s Three Year Anniversary, I’m going to be discussing a story by my favorite pulp writer, “Delenda Est” by Robert E. Howard. This is a tale of historical fiction with supernatural elements, focusing on Genseric, the King of the Vandals as he sails from Carthage to Rome around 455 A.D.
Read “Delenda Est” in:
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard – http://www.amazon.com/Horror-Stories-Robert-Howard/dp/0345490207
Swords of the North – http://www.rehfoundation.org/2014/11/05/swords-of-the-north/
Genseric – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genseric
The Swords of Robert E. Howard Forum: http://swordsofreh.proboards.com/
The Robert E. Howard Foundation: http://www.rehfoundation.org/
http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/146.mp3
In this week’s episode I’ll be discussing Swords in the Mist, Book 3 of the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser sword and sorcery tales by Fritz Leiber. The collection includes five short stories and one novella. In my mind the stand out tale is the short story, “Lean Times in Lankhmar.”
Links:
Purchase Swords in the Mist from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Swords-Mist-Fafhrd-Gray-Mouser-ebook/dp/B00J84KVA8/
Purchase Swords in the Mist from Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Swords-in-the-Mist-Audiobook/B002V1NRCE
Siege of Tyre at the Ancient History Encyclopedia: http://www.ancient.eu/article/107/
A Fritz Leiber Site: http://www.lankhmar.co.uk/
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser at Stormbringer: http://www.stormbringer.net/mouser.html
http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/145.mp3
In celebration of the announcement of Sean Lee Levin’s Crossovers Expanded Volumes 1 and 2 to be released this summer by Meteor House, this week is a special crossover themed episode. I’ll be discussing Conan Vs Rune by Barry Windsor-Smith, where the Cimmerian battles the Dark God. This is a one-shot comic book published by Marvel Comics in 1995. It is likely never going to be collected or reprinted due to the rights surrounding the two characters. Win Scott Eckert included it in Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 1.
Links:
Purchase Crossovers by Win Scott Eckert: http://www.blackcoatpress.com/crossovers.htm
Preorder Crossovers Expanded by Sean Lee Levin: http://meteorhousepress.com/crossovers
The Crossover Universe (TM) Blog: www.crossoveruniverse.com
The Wold Newton Family Website: http://woldnewtonfamily.com
Barry Windsor-Smith Official Website: http://barrywindsor-smith.com/
Win Scott Eckert Website: www.winscoteckert.com
The Swords of Robert E. Howard Forum: http://swordsofreh.proboards.com/
Conan at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Cimmerian
Rune at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rune_(comics)
http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/144.mp3
In this week’s episode I’ll be discussing “The Affair of the Cuckolded Warlock” by H. Warner Munn. It’s a short story that appeared as a chapbook in 1975 from The Lanthorne Press.
It’s told in the first person narrative style, from the viewpoint of a professor at the University of Chorazim, and is being told as a cautionary tale to group of graduates. The University of Chorazim specializes in the education of witches and wizards. The professor tells them about how a gifted warlock went astray.
Links:
Jessica Amanda Salmonson Interviews H. Warner Munn: https://web.archive.org/web/20130628075234/http://www.violetbooks.com/Munn.html
W. H. Pugmire on his friend H. Warner Munn: http://lovecraftianhorror.blogspot.com/2012/03/thinking-of-harold.html
Purchase Tales of the Werewolf Clan by H. Warner Munn from Altus Press: http://www.altuspress.com/shop/tales-of-the-werewolf-clan/
Past Pulp Crazy episodes on Munn tales: http://pulpcrazy.com/?tag=h-warner-munn
http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/143.mp3
In this week’s episode of Pulp Crazy, I discuss Swords against Death by Fritz Leiber. This is Book 2 of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series. The collection is comprised of 10 pieces of short fiction. It’s notable for the first appearances (from an internal chronological standpoint) of Sheelba of the Eyeless Face and Ningauble of the Seven Eyes, the patron warlocks of The Gray Mouser and Fafhrd respectively. Swords against Death also includes the cleverly titled, “Bazaar of the Bizarre.”
Links:
Purchase Swords against Death via Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Swords-Against-Death-Fafhrd-Mouser-ebook/dp/B00J84KUAE/
Purchase Swords against Death via Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Swords-Against-Death-Audiobook/B002V0LZAQ/
A Fritz Leiber Site: http://www.lankhmar.co.uk/
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser at Stormbringer: http://www.stormbringer.net/mouser.html
http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/142.mp3
In this week’s episode I’ll be discussing an early H. P. Lovecraft tale, “The Tree.” While it doesn’t fit as snugly into Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos as some of his other tales, it does have some interesting elements going for it. The setting of Ancient Greece, circa 4th Century B.C. being the most prominent in my opinion.
Correction, according to a listener, Ningauble, Lovecraft didn’t discover Arthur Machen until after “The Tree” was written.
Links:
Read “The Tree”
Via eBook: http://arkhamarchivist.com/free-complete-lovecraft-ebook-nook-kindle/
Via eText: http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tr.aspx
or listen via audio: http://ia802707.us.archive.org/11/items/NearlyCompleteHPLovecraftCollection/The_Tree.mp3
“The Tree” at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_(short_story)
“The Tree” at ISFDB: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41878
Lovecraft eZine: http://lovecraftzine.com
The World’s Largest H. P. Lovecraft Audio Links Gateway: http://cthulhuwho1.com/2013/09/07/the-worlds-largest-h-p-lovecraft-audio-links-gateway/
http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/141.mp3
In this week’s episode I’m going to be discussing a comic book that ties in with H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. Weird Detective from Dark Horse comics.
I think it’s a comic that kind of fell below everyone’s radar last year and I’m going to be discussing it in depth during this episode. There will be spoilers, but this is more of a setup than a self-contained story, so don’t be afraid to keep listening. This is more like a #0 or #1 issue.
Weird Detective ran in Dark Horse Presents, Dark Horse’s staple comics anthology title. Weird Detective is branded as a Lovecraftian crime comic. The tag-line is, “It takes a monster to catch a monster.” It’s written by Fred Van Lente and illustrated by Guiu Vilanova. Josan Gonzalez is the colorist and Nate Piekos of BLAMBOT is the letterer. Francesco Francavilla provided art for one of the covers to Dark Horse Presents #8 featuring Sebastian Greene, the main character.
The third part concludes by announcing Weird Detective will return in a new #1 issue.
Links:
Dark Horse Website: http://darkhorse.com
The Lovecraft e-Zine: http://lovecraftzine.com
http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/140.mp3
In this week’s episode I discuss, Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham. It’s an Elseworlds tale set in 1928, featuring a pulp Batman encountering Cthulhu Mythos inspired elements. This was originally published as a prestige format 3-issue mini series. In the past few years, the individual issues proved pricey on the secondary market due to the popularity of Cthulhu Mythos and Lovecraftian fiction, but DC released a trade paperback collecting the series in late December 2015. It’s now available on Amazon for under $11.00.
Writers: Mike Mignola & Richard Pace
Penciller: Troy Nixey
Inker: Dennis Janke
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Editors: Archie Goodwin & Mike Carlin
Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger
Cover Artist: Mike Mignola
Links:
Purchase Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Doom-That-Came-Gotham/dp/1401258069
Lovecraft eZine: http://lovecraftzine.com
H. P. Lovecraft at Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft
Free Lovecraft Complete Fiction ebook (multiple formats): http://arkhamarchivist.com/free-complete-lovecraft-ebook-nook-kindle/