Tag: Sword and Sorcery
-
Top 10 Worst Fantasy Stories 2019
This is the original version of an article that I’ve since updated. I highly recommend you check out the up-to-date version, where I’ve added new entries and adjusted the order. It’s time to take a look at some fantasy stories: specifically the worst fantasy stories I know of. When J. R. R. Tolkien published The…
-
Epic Fantasy vs. “Sword and Sorcery”
I’d like to shed some light on a misconception concerning the genres of Epic Fantasy and Sword and Sorcery. For those who don’t know, the genre of Sword and Sorcery was created primarily by Robert E. Howard and thrived for many years in pulp magazines. Epic Fantasy (at least Epic Fantasy as we know it…