Featuring as much derring-do heroics as they did ray guns and aliens, these stories filled the pages of amazing stories, built ...  Read More

Featuring as much derring-do heroics as they did ray guns and aliens, these stories filled the pages of amazing stories, built the careers of authors like edgar rice burroughs and leigh brackett, and cast a long shadow ranging from dune to star wars.  Read Less

Sword & planet offers a glimpse into everything that has made stories like these a popular standby since the pulp era, with eno...  Read More

Sword & planet offers a glimpse into everything that has made stories like these a popular standby since the pulp era, with enough creativity, variety, and talent showcased to prove that there’s still plenty of life left in the century-old genre.  Read Less

"sword and planet" is a sub-genre mixing science fiction and fantasy tropes that, although one of the oldest in modern sf (thin...  Read More

"sword and planet" is a sub-genre mixing science fiction and fantasy tropes that, although one of the oldest in modern sf (think "john carter") doesn't get the attention it merits.  Read Less

I don’t know why they get published, honestly, though i feel like the notoriety of particular names in the readercon-attending ...  Read More

I don’t know why they get published, honestly, though i feel like the notoriety of particular names in the readercon-attending community has a lot more to do with publishing than the quality of the stories.  Read Less

I originally bought this from the baen e-book store to support them, but felt it best to review here as this is the most popula...  Read More

I originally bought this from the baen e-book store to support them, but felt it best to review here as this is the most popular book-seller.  Read Less