Flame and Crimson - by Brian Murphy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The Many Children of Conan<p>Little did then-obscure Texas writer Robert E. Howard know that with the 1929 publication of "The Shadow Kingdom" in the pulp magazine <i>Weird Tales</i>, he had given birth to a new and vibrant subgenre of fantasy fiction.</p><p>Sword-and-sorcery went from pulp obscurity to mass-market paperback popularity before suffering a spectacular publishing collapse in the 1980s. But it lives on in the broader culture and today enjoys a second life in popular role-playing games, music, and films, and helped give birth to a new literary subgenre known as grimdark, popularized by the likes of George R.R. Martin's <i>A Song of Ice and Fire</i> fantasy series.</p><p><i>Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery</i> provides much-needed definitions and critical rigor to this misunderstood fantasy subgenre. It traces its origins in the likes of historical fiction, to its birth in the pages of <i>Weird Tales</i>, to its flowering in the Frank Frazetta-illustrated Lancer Conan Saga series in the 1960s. It covers its "barbarian bust" beneath a heap of second-rate pastiche, a pack of colorful and wildly entertaining and awful sword-and-sorcery films, and popular culture second life in the likes of <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> and the bombast of heavy metal music.</p>
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