The Riddle of Iron Part 11: Sword and Sorcery in Unexpected Places #3: The Mandalorian

Let’s solve the Riddle of Iron once and for all, for the glory of the #IronAge!  Part 1. (What is Sword & Sorcery?) Part 2. (The Tower of the Elephant) Part 3. (Jirel of Joiry) Part 4. (The Historic Riddle of Steel) Part 5. (The meaning behind the Riddle of Steel in the ‘Conan the Barbarian’ motion picture) Part 6. (The Importance ofContinue reading “The Riddle of Iron Part 11: Sword and Sorcery in Unexpected Places #3: The Mandalorian”

The Riddle of Iron Part 8: Newpulp, and “Tales from the Magician’s Skull” (issue 11)

Join me as I try to answer “The Riddle of Iron” in a continued journey to help move the great genre of Sword and Sorcery forward, for the glory of the #IronAge.  Part 1. (What is Sword & Sorcery?) Part 2. (The Tower of the Elephant) Part 3. (Jirel of Joiry) Part 4. (The Historic Riddle of Steel) Part 5. (The meaning behind theContinue reading “The Riddle of Iron Part 8: Newpulp, and “Tales from the Magician’s Skull” (issue 11)”

The Riddle of Iron Part 7: What exactly IS the Iron Age?

Part 1. (What is Sword & Sorcery?) Part 2. (The Tower of the Elephant) Part 3. (Jirel of Joiry) Part 4. (The Historic Riddle of Steel) Part 5. (The meaning behind the Riddle of Steel in the ‘Conan the Barbarian’ motion picture) Part 6. (The Importance of “Appendix N”) Join me as I try to answer “The Riddle of Iron” in a continuedContinue reading “The Riddle of Iron Part 7: What exactly IS the Iron Age?”